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- A rabbit's foot, in most English-speaking countries, is considered a sign of good luck when carried on or near the body.Superstition Bash ...12 KB (1,865 words) - 00:08, 15 April 2023
- As is the case with any good luck charm or amulet, if the bearer believes ... powers, either to hex (wish someone bad luck) or bring about good fortune ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 11:51, 22 January 2024
- which is any object intended to bring good luck or protection to its owner. ... In Asia, figures of elephants are said to attract good luck and money ...13 KB (2,101 words) - 17:26, 26 July 2023
- is to insulate moral appraisal from moral luck. Moral luck is a term introduced ... *Nagel, T. 1976. Moral Luck. in Mortal Questions. Cambridge: Cambridge ...13 KB (2,009 words) - 21:03, 3 May 2023
- they are considered a sign of good luck, whose killing brings bad ... on one's body, to be a sign of good luck to come, and that killing ...12 KB (1,767 words) - 22:15, 7 January 2024
- been used to indicate pure love and good luck; while striped carnations ... the carnation symbolizes misfortune and bad luck. In ancient Rome, carnations ...10 KB (1,415 words) - 00:27, 29 November 2023
- footing" and the eating of "good-luck" foods. ... Most cultures have their own traditions of good-luck foods, meant ...24 KB (3,673 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
- of a natural disaster, and brick good-luck pavilions were sometimes built to ward off bad luck from surrounding villages. According to ancient ...11 KB (1,699 words) - 06:15, 18 November 2022
- longer fictional works, Catherine and The Luck of Barry Lyndon. Later, through ... Sharp in Vanity Fair, Barry Lyndon in The Luck of Barry Lyndon, and the eponymous ...15 KB (2,180 words) - 11:11, 10 May 2023
- every one to whom these were exhibited, and bad luck was thought to menace the household not visited by the doll-bearers before Christmas Eve at the latest. ...6 KB (941 words) - 06:21, 15 June 2023
- Gwalior in a military campaign, but Ibrahim's luck ran out against Rana Sangha, the ruler of Mewar, who defeated his armies twice and drove him ...6 KB (975 words) - 05:58, 16 June 2023
- trance-state mutterings of shamans.Georg Luck, Arcana Mundi: Magic and the ... *Luck, Georg. Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 16:08, 11 November 2022
- themselves and their homes to receive good luck. Celebrating Chinese New Year’s ... believed the cleaning sweeps away the bad luck of the preceding year and ...42 KB (6,591 words) - 16:45, 10 December 2023
- Crickets are popular pets and are considered good luck in Asia, especially ... Cri-kee is carried in a cage as a symbol of luck, as in many Asian countries. ...14 KB (2,028 words) - 00:20, 15 January 2023
- fictional town of Freedom, Kansas. In Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (Atlantic-Little ... memoir, is a little more extended than Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff and though there ...13 KB (2,098 words) - 11:04, 9 May 2023
- * Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck (1972) * South of No North (1973) ... * Luck (1987) * Barfly (film) (1987) * Beauti-Ful (1988) ...22 KB (3,383 words) - 01:57, 4 December 2023
- Sun of the Desert. "Your Excellency Lady Luck" (Ваше благородие, госпожа Удача, music: Isaak Schwarz, lyrics: ...7 KB (1,082 words) - 18:39, 22 November 2023
- ” blessings, and was applied for luck as well as joy and beauty ... ” blessings, and was applied for luck as well as joy and beauty ...26 KB (4,222 words) - 09:39, 10 March 2023
- | "Bad Luck Blues" |- |} ===1927 Blues singles=== ... | "Change My Luck Blues" |- | 1928 | "Prison Cell Blues" ...16 KB (2,469 words) - 18:13, 31 October 2023
- carved in jade, as ornaments to be worn or good-luck totems. People that wore the jewelry of the Feng-huang were regarded as being highly moral, and ...9 KB (1,360 words) - 17:17, 26 March 2024
- The filming of this piece was disrupted by bad luck and bad chemistry with his crew. A true auteur, few others understood what Cocteau's vision ...15 KB (2,215 words) - 17:01, 4 July 2022
- in the belief that they carried good luck. Bent coins, such as the crooked sixpence of the nursery rhyme "There Was a Crooked Man," ...23 KB (3,753 words) - 22:27, 7 January 2024
- and also the poverty stricken hoping to find better luck in a new land. John Macias was one of the latter. He first arrived at Cartagena de Indias ...8 KB (1,322 words) - 19:54, 22 December 2022
- sounding names in hopes of obtaining good luck in various areas of life during ... certain ages were especially prone to bad luck and hence in need of divine ...16 KB (2,547 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- focusing on the complexity, the "moral luck," as he called it, of ... Bernard Williams, Moral Luck: Philosophical papers, 1973-1980 (New ...30 KB (4,357 words) - 20:51, 23 January 2024
- hours. Raw strength, experience and dumb luck saved their lives. At Framheim ... was then used by Scott. Without the good luck of finding this new shorter ...24 KB (3,885 words) - 21:07, 16 April 2023
- Fortuna, the personification of good and bad luck. Several authors, such as Disticha Catonis, refer to the Latin concept of Occasio (a female word that ...9 KB (1,381 words) - 22:33, 4 October 2022
- from a projectionist who was "down on his luck". Warner pg. 50. The enterprising brothers screened a well-used copy of The Great Train ...9 KB (1,211 words) - 08:50, 13 March 2024
- Sonia Cole, Leakey's Luck: The Life of Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey ... * Cole, Sonia. Leakey's Luck: The Life of Louis Seymour Bazett ...20 KB (2,921 words) - 11:00, 11 March 2023
- started making caramel candies. This time he had luck. An English importer of candies was so impressed by the taste and quality of Hershey’s caramels ...10 KB (1,508 words) - 11:05, 10 March 2023
- |"Bad Luck""Bad Luck" was the b-side to "Sweet ... |"Bad Luck Soul" || || || || |- |"Hold That Train" ...26 KB (3,986 words) - 05:20, 26 August 2023
- that can be used for love, mental clarity, and good luck in card games. In addition, Persian magi are known to have prized agate rings in their ...9 KB (1,311 words) - 06:10, 16 June 2023
- known as "Hoover Hog" by down-on-their luck Americans who had to eat them instead of the "chicken in every pot" Herbert Hoover ...11 KB (1,442 words) - 03:47, 15 August 2023
- death in 1784, Boswell moved to London to try his luck at the English Bar, which proved even more unsuccessful than his career in Scotland. He also ...10 KB (1,514 words) - 08:53, 18 March 2024
- He attended Wharton Elementary School,Kenny Rogers, Luck or Something ... In October 2012, Rogers released a book Luck or Something Like it: ...38 KB (5,690 words) - 22:10, 3 March 2023
- for happiness, prosperity, longevity, and good luck. Today in India, Hindu Sadhus still meditate below this tree, and in Theravada Buddhist Southeast ...10 KB (1,612 words) - 20:37, 17 April 2023
- known as the Vedas assert that emeralds promise good luck and enhance well-being. International Colored Gemstone Association, [http://www.gemstone ...10 KB (1,413 words) - 15:17, 31 December 2021
- actually a portmanteau of "pot" and "luck." ==The Traditional Ceremony== [[Image:Indian visitors attending Potlatch at Kok ...10 KB (1,450 words) - 05:54, 30 November 2022
- *Cole, Sonia. Leakey's Luck: The Life of Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey, 1903-1972. Harcourt. 1975. ISBN 0151494568 *Isaac, Glynn L. Human Origins: ...10 KB (1,575 words) - 02:54, 4 November 2022
- considered by students to bring good luck) in recognition of his donation. He also made substantial gifts to the Tuskegee Institute and the Hampton ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 11:03, 6 November 2022
- An Apsara (Sanskrit: अप्सरा: apsarāḥ , plural अप्सरस: apsarasaḥ ) is a female spirit of the clouds and waters in ...10 KB (1,598 words) - 15:57, 11 August 2023
- " but with "so long, and good luck." The future British ... *Good Night, and Good Luck., a 2005 Oscar-nominated film directed ...32 KB (5,062 words) - 23:47, 12 February 2024
- they were expected to do—and with enough luck not to get wounded." Roosevelt’s biggest worry was that quantity of medals would dilute ...11 KB (1,788 words) - 04:34, 22 November 2023
- flowers, bamboo and knotted good luck symbols were incorporated ... traditional forms. Intended to bring good luck to the owner’s household ...22 KB (3,315 words) - 22:03, 5 January 2024
- * Harding's Luck (1909) ISBN 0548661618. * These Little Ones (1909) ISBN 1406598097. * The Magic City, (1910) ISBN 1587170248. ...11 KB (1,648 words) - 17:30, 12 February 2024
- each other's gagmen. But we had no luck with Keaton, because he thought ... *Hard Luck (1921) *The High Sign (1921) *The Goat (1921) ...28 KB (4,366 words) - 18:53, 22 November 2023
- symbol in Japanese culture of good luck. They are also popular in other parts of the world as pond fish. Goldfish and koi have advantages over ...12 KB (1,855 words) - 00:56, 13 January 2023
- survival was attributable to "typical Brown luck... we're unsinkable." She became known as the Unsinkable Mrs. Brown for the rest of her life. ...10 KB (1,600 words) - 03:54, 6 November 2022
- *Kane, Robert. Responsibility, Luck, and Chance: Reflections on Free Will and Indeterminism. Journal of Philosophy 96 (5). 1999. p. 217-240. ...14 KB (2,077 words) - 10:05, 29 January 2024
- *Brackman, Arnold C. 1978. The Luck of Nineveh: Archaeology's Great Adnventure. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. ISBN 007007030X ...11 KB (1,670 words) - 17:54, 22 August 2023
- on the false assumption that the "luck principle" is true. The ... minister.Robert Kane, "Responsibility, Luck, and Chance: Reflections on ...51 KB (8,066 words) - 10:37, 11 April 2024
- whose successes were due as much to luck as to military skill. ... attributes during the Civil War was luck, and he needed it to survive ...23 KB (3,575 words) - 07:01, 18 April 2024
- Also in Japanese mythology, weasels represent bad luck and death. ==References== * Bertrand, J. 2007. A gulp of cormorants?. The Bosque Watch 14(2). ...13 KB (1,923 words) - 18:44, 17 April 2023
- coin, or some food for them: it was considered bad luck to refuse. Other youths might set out with a large bowl of spiced ale with roasted apples, offering ...11 KB (1,816 words) - 21:47, 22 September 2022
- as to whether the curse results from sheer bad luck or from coordinated violence against the Kennedy family. There are several theories regarding ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 19:16, 16 December 2022
- of more than 9,000 troops required stealth and luck and the skill of Colonel John Glover and his 14th Regiment Marblehead Mariners. It was not completed ...12 KB (1,814 words) - 10:05, 22 September 2023
- version of God or just the idea of luck. Famous examples of superstition include bad luck resulting from breaking ...24 KB (3,693 words) - 06:15, 1 April 2024
- wishes and Allah's blessing and a good luck." Then she entrusted ... the hadith “three things bring bad luck, dogs, asses and women.” ...25 KB (4,166 words) - 07:12, 16 June 2023
- Gua Nasib Bagus (Good Luck Cave) or Lubang Nasib Bagus is the outstanding cave found within Gunung Mulu National Park, housing Sarawak Chamber ...13 KB (1,774 words) - 17:58, 12 July 2023
- heart, he had a soft spot for anyone down on their luck or with a good story. During his lifetime Robinson spent a fortune, but his generosity was not ...12 KB (1,783 words) - 03:51, 1 October 2023
- three either missed or failed to explode. But luck was against the Russians in so far as two of the three torpedoes hit their best battleships: The ...14 KB (2,217 words) - 10:20, 22 September 2023
- made on persons and things to denote good luck. It is composed of su- (cognate ... Traditionally the swastika has been used as a symbol of good luck ...40 KB (5,959 words) - 00:36, 27 February 2023
- as a symbol for abundance, fertility, and good luck. ==Tree, foliage ... a symbol of abundance, fertility, and good luck. Pomegranate decorations for ...26 KB (3,898 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- shooter. Oakley's amazing talent and luck led to her timely rise to fame and a starring role in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, which ...13 KB (1,904 words) - 05:10, 31 July 2023
- omened ages when he was born, so to avoid bad luck he was “abandoned” and handed over to his father’s friend, then accepted back into the Niihara ...12 KB (1,885 words) - 18:27, 22 December 2022
- Toju also tied moral principles with luck, or spiritual fortune. While actions made according to these moral principles lead to good spiritual ...13 KB (2,132 words) - 03:53, 1 May 2023
- your hands meet behind it, as a token of good luck. ==Qutb Complex Gallery== Image:Qutab.jpg|The Qutab Minar Image:9936775.jpg |Writing on the Minar. ...14 KB (2,079 words) - 16:04, 7 December 2022
- been a symbol of strength, prosperity, and good luck. They reflect the human ability to develop over time new varieties from the rich variability ...13 KB (2,084 words) - 22:49, 18 October 2021
- with the scale used for clothing and used for good-luck charms, such as rings used as a charm against rheumatic fever (Atkins 2004). ...14 KB (1,993 words) - 11:13, 11 March 2023
- When Kitchener died, the Mail reported it as a great stroke of luck for the British Empire. The paper then campaigned against Asquith, and Asquith ...14 KB (2,217 words) - 07:46, 12 January 2024
- R. Murrow's, "Good night and good luck," or Walter Cronkite ... R. Murrow's, "Good night and good luck," or Walter Cronkite ...26 KB (3,902 words) - 02:29, 8 December 2022
- *Keeling, Richard. 1993. Cry for Luck: Sacred Song and Speech Among the Yurok, Hupa, and Karok Indians of Northwestern California. Berkeley, ...15 KB (2,139 words) - 10:30, 7 June 2023
- name. In Chinese culture, red wrapping connotes luck. ==Occasions== Gift giving occurs in many different situations. Many occasions are simply ...16 KB (2,568 words) - 23:38, 10 December 2022
- In 1961, Nureyev's luck turned. The Kirov's leading male dancer, Konstantin Sergeyev, was injured, and at the last minute Nureyev was ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 17:40, 22 December 2022
- and the Oni dropped his magical Mallet of Luck. As a reward for his bravery ... , the Japanese god of fishermen, good luck, and workingmen, as well as ...36 KB (6,032 words) - 22:05, 24 November 2022
- This cap was traditionally worn by shepherds for luck and by married men (for fertility). ==Sikhs== Although not a skullcap per se, the Sikh ...15 KB (2,303 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- *Kinako mochi is traditionally made on New Year's Day for luck. This style of mochi preparation includes roasting the mochi over a fire ...16 KB (2,504 words) - 12:55, 10 March 2023
- *Nagel, Thomas. 1991. Moral Luck. In "Mortal Questions. Cambridge: ... *Williams, Bernard. 1976. "Moral Luck," Proceedings of the ...36 KB (5,446 words) - 18:16, 8 December 2022
- he comes of age. However, fearing that Tamar is bad luck and that Shelah too will die if he becomes her husband, Judah does not fulfill his word to her. ...15 KB (2,478 words) - 03:57, 27 February 2023
- events, or to end a perceived cycle of bad luck. During the Ming Dynasty, ... months in certain times of the year bring bad luck. The main purpose ...53 KB (8,207 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- nature it is still considered a symbol of good luck. == Gallery== Image:Leonardo da Vinci 047.jpg|Painting (the animal is deemed a ferret rather ...16 KB (2,415 words) - 07:45, 6 September 2023
- in the folk memory. For moments of bad luck, they have a saying: "more was lost at Mohács" (Több is veszett Mohácsnál). To this ...16 KB (2,410 words) - 10:17, 22 September 2023
- king and Florence. Boccaccio's notorious bad luck would strike as soon as he arrived. His father went bankrupt, and a little later, his mother died ...15 KB (2,382 words) - 05:18, 17 November 2023
- "I was told one who has good luck strives to do things in favor of others while one who suffers from frustration pays more attention to ...16 KB (2,379 words) - 20:04, 21 April 2023
- categories. The cooperative had the good luck to open in 1695 with the première ... himself by quick thinking and good luck. Horner never becomes a reformed ...31 KB (4,663 words) - 19:57, 8 December 2022
- However, the common soldier would have no such luck and therefore he told them they had better fight for their lives. The French were arrayed ...17 KB (2,683 words) - 11:30, 20 September 2023
- American Land Company to provide for his family. His luck continued to worsen and he was forced to move in with this daughter and son-in-law in 1845. ...17 KB (2,468 words) - 08:09, 28 January 2024
- Meher Baba and Irwin Luck. (compiler). The Silent Master Meher Baba ... *The Silent Master Meher Baba. Irwin Luck. (compiler). (Meher Baba ...32 KB (4,996 words) - 04:10, 9 November 2022
- designs was largely a mix of trial-and-error, luck and serendipity. With advances in origami mathematics however, the basic structure of a new origami ...17 KB (2,643 words) - 01:24, 18 November 2022
- offering table to please the ghosts and ward off bad luck. Fourteen days after the festival, to make sure all the hungry ghosts find their way ...19 KB (2,824 words) - 07:41, 24 January 2023
- a unique demon of destruction and bad luck, according to Hesiod a daughter of Echidna and of Orthrus or, according to others, of Typhon and ...16 KB (2,587 words) - 15:21, 27 April 2023
- *Lindsay's Luck (1878) *Haworth's (1879) *Louisiana (1880) *A Fair Barbarian (1881) *Through One Administration (1883) *Little Lord ...16 KB (2,561 words) - 06:42, 1 April 2024
- Owing to a stroke of luck, the royal family escaped unharmed from the catastrophe. King Joseph I of Portugal and the court had left the city ...16 KB (2,455 words) - 04:24, 29 October 2022
- #039;s first recordings, having better luck with stations that catered ... *Pot Luck (June 5, 1962) *Girls! Girls! Girls! (November 9, 1962) ...31 KB (4,709 words) - 17:51, 13 February 2024
- of world affairs, culture, zeitgeist, talent, and luck. It is simply no longer possible to have a life like his. What 21st-century Belgian-born aristocrat ...18 KB (2,585 words) - 03:52, 15 August 2023
- hopes. At the end of a process marked by chance, luck, and coincidence, and driven by greed, hatred, and the lust for power, embodied in a repressive ...16 KB (2,396 words) - 15:02, 26 October 2022
- practices like the use of horseshoes for luck, or charms to ward off evil ... enemy, are often used for healing and good luck in different areas of one ...35 KB (5,255 words) - 10:49, 9 March 2023
- and the X-1 (Glamorous Glennis) after her as a good-luck charm: "You're my good-luck charm, hon. Any airplane I name after you always brings ...37 KB (5,256 words) - 21:56, 10 December 2023
- * Raup, David M. 1991. Extinction: Bad Genes or Bad Luck? New York: W.W. Norton & Co. * University of California Museum of Paleontology. 2005 ...18 KB (2,826 words) - 06:16, 13 September 2023
- lives in which hard work, perseverance, love and luck win out in the end; virtue would be rewarded and wrong-doers are suitably punished. They tended ...18 KB (2,842 words) - 20:10, 3 May 2023
