FOR GENERATIONS, COAL REGION FOLKS EAT FOR GOOD LUCK ON NEW YEARS DAY. Click LIKE if pork & sauerkraut is a New Years Day tradition at your house & tell us if you believe in other good luck/bad luck practices to kick off 2015. We can thank the Pa. Dutch for the pork & sauerkraut tradition. Because pigs forage forward for food & dont look back, pork is 1 of the luckiest foods to eat. Eating cabbage & other legumes (peas, beans, & lentils) is symbolic of money & another excellent food choice for New Years. Fish is a lucky food too because fish swim in schools & that signifies abundance. Many will bake round cakes with silver or gold coins inside. If you get a slice with a coin, you will have good luck in the new year. Eating round or ring-shaped objects (black-eyed peas is a good example) is good luck--it signifies the completion of a year. At the stroke of midnight New Years Eve many will eat 12 grapes (1 grape for each clock chime) to bring good luck in the following 12 months. Its very good luck if you finished the grapes before the last sound of the chime. And when hitting the sack on New Years Eve, sleep with a horseshoe under your pillow for luck. There are also BAD LUCK practices to steer clear from on New Years. DONT eat chicken, turkey, or goose. Fowls scratch backwards for food & you certainly dont want to scratch for a living in 2015. DONT eat lobster or lobster tail. Lobsters move backward & thats bad luck. On New Years Day, DONT clean the house--youll sweep away your good fortune for 2015. DONT do laundry--you might wash away a person you love. DONT cry on New Years Day. It will bring unhappiness all year long--so be happy that 1st day of the year (even if your favorite football team loses). Finally, DONT lend money (especially to family members) on New Years Day. Wait til January 2nd. Yes, we are a superstition-prone lot here in the coal region. Anything else you do to bring good luck & ward off bad luck on New Years Eve & New Years Day? Tell us below. From Coal Region Connections to you & your family--a happy, healthy, & prosperous 2015. Thank you again for your continued support, along with your LIKES, COMMENTS, & SHARES of our posts. If this is your 1st time seeing this fan page – scroll down, view more old photos, & savor great memories. Please visit this page often because Facebook does not include ALL posts in your news feeds.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 23:25:48 +0000
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