– When a tooth is extracted, it either has to be buried or hideden in a place that nobody can find.
– Joining one’s hands on one’s knees and crossing the fingers of one’s hands are considered signs of bad fortune, so one must try not to do so.
– Cracking one’s knuckles is a sign of good health.
– When washing one’s hands, one must start with the right hand, otherwise he may have bad luck.
– When shaking hands or giving something to someone, the right hand must be used. The left hand is considered a sign of bad luck.
– One must not face in the direction of Mecca when putting one’s socks on.
– One must start with the right foot when putting on one’s socks.
– When someone has an itchy nose, it means people are gossiping about him.
– If one’s right hand itches, it is a sign that money is on the way. If the left hand itches, it is believed that money will be spent.
– The nails are not cut at night.
– Chewing gum is not allowed at night. People think it is not gum but the flesh of a dead body that is being chewed.
– It is believed that anyone who has an itch on his feet will go on holiday.
– Agate stops bleeding and brings good fortune.
– If an infant walks between two people who have not performed a ritual ablution, it is believed that the child will have open sores on his body.
– Hearing echoes in the left ear is a sign of prosperity.
– Hearing echoes in the right ear is a sign of good health.
– A twitch in the eye is considered a bad sign, as people believe that it is the messenger of death.
– When someone has echoes in the ear, it is believed that he or she has been remembered by a person living abroad.
– Putting one leg over the other when sitting is viewed as sinful.
– If a person loses a tooth from the upper side of the jaw, it is believed that he or she will lose one of his parents.
– If a person loses his top-right molar, it is believed that he will lose either his older brother or his uncle.
– If a person loses his top-left molar, it is believed that he will lose either his brother or his child.
– An itch in the hand means money is on the way.
– If someone steps on hair that has been cut, the owner of the hair will have a headache.
– If birds take the hair away, the owner of the hair will have a headache.
Beliefs Related to Celestial Bodies:
– People, who bath under the moonlight and in shadow, will shine as bright as the moon.
– Water on which the moonlight has been reflected may not br drunk, since it is believed that anyone who drinks that water have bad luck.
– Someone dies when a shooting star is seen.
– Babies born on the full moon are considered lucky, and it is believed that these babies will have a bright destiny.
– Girls born on the full moon are very beautiful with shining skin when they grow up.
– Cursing and spitting at the moon are considered unlucky.
– Sleeping while sun is going down may shorten one’s life span.
– Working in the fields during the solstice is not allowed.
– Animals sense the coming of a solar eclipse and express it with fear and screaming.
– The sun shines on the beautiful.
– Fruits that have been seeded during the old moon, bring abundance to the fields.
– When the moon is in crescent position, if it points to the earth, the month will be rainy, if they point to the sky, the month will be be dry.
– If someone loses his child as the sun goes down, he must not drink water.
– Sowing and harvesting activities are not allowed before the new moon.
– Trees are not cut down when there is no moon.
– Teeth are not extracted on days when there is no moon.
– It is not permitteded to go to or come back from the high plateaus or to go to the forest when there is no moon.
– Anyone who eats as the sun goes down will have bad luck.
– It is believed that all the saints come together when there is a shooting star.
Beliefs Related to Birth and Forty Days:
– A woman may not go far from her house until 40 days after childbirth.
– She may not go out of her house at night.
– Koran, amulets, knives and black cumin are placed by the head of a baby for 40 days.
– Matches and brooms are placed in the room where a woman who has had a baby within the last 40 days sleeps.
– Such a woman is not left alone in the house at night.
– After the 40th day, the woman visits her three neighbors first before going any distance away from her house.
– Women and their babies are not allowed to see each other for 40 days.
– Visitors to women within 40 days of childbirth give coins or money in order to protect baby.
– Cats and dogs are not allowed inside the room where there is a baby younger than 40 days; otherwise the skin of the baby turns red.
– Menstruating women are not allowed to see a deer in menstruation, as deer give birth once in seven years, it is assumed that the woman, too, will not have a child for seven years.
– If a baby younger than 40 days has to be left alone in the house, a knife, onion and garlic are put near him.
– People carrying gold or money are not allowed to see such a baby. If they do, gold and money are placed near the baby for a while.
– When a woman visits a house within 40 days of giving birth, she pours out water with myrtle leaves before entering the house.
– If a bridal procession passes in front of the house of such a woman, it is believed that that bride will not have a baby.
– Flour from the mill is not brought to the house of such a woman.
– Lambs are not shown to anyone unless aged over 40 days.
– A candle is lit at the head end of the bed of a woman who gave birth less than 40 days ago.
– Two such women exchange needles in order to bring the period to an end.