What's the matter?

A penny!

Lucky!

If you see a penny, you should pick it up.

Because it's very good luck in England.

But!

Only if it's heads up.

If it's tails, you should put it back down.

So then the next person can have good luck.

And we have a little rhyme that goes.

Welcome to The Forking Tomatoes!

And today, let's talk about superstitions in different countries!

So, in Hungary, we have this weird superstition

that if you see a chimney sweep, on the street or from your window, on the roof, wherever

you have to touch a button on your clothes.

If you don't have one, too bad

and you're gonna have bad luck.

So, you might as well wear buttons on yourself all the time.

Another interesting one

is that if you put your clothes inside out for some reason,

there's only one good place you can possibly turn it around in the whole flat,

and that is in the doorway!

If you don't do that, it's bad luck,

but if you do it, it's good luck, for some reason.

And obviously we have a different version of touch wood,

why would it be the same as everywhere else?

So, if you say something and you don't want to jinx it,

you have to knock on a wooden surface three times

with the middle finger of your left hand, upwards.

And then it's good luck.

Finally, we're home!

Oh!!

I banged my elbow.

You've gotta be more careful!

I know. Oh look!

Someone left their umbrella.

You think it's big enough for two people?

WAIT!

[Mirror Breaks]

What?

That's a lot of bad luck!

Why?

Well!

Opening an umbrella indoors is bad luck in a lot of countries.

In the UK, in France, in Malaysia.

I didn't know that.

In the UK, it's just bad luck in general.

But, in France, it's an insult to the Sun God,

and in Malaysia, it's inviting evil spirits in.

So no matter where I am,

I did something horribly wrong.

Yeah!

And yeah, about the elbow banging.

I wasn't really happy, 'cause in Hungary,

if you bang your elbow, that means you are expecting someone unexpected to visit you in your home.

And hopefully, it's not someone you really don't like.

Yeah, and the mirror,

well, in England and Hungary,

that's 7 years of bad luck!

Yeah, so I'm not doing very well today, am I?

No...

So, in Malaysia, we celebrate Chinese New Year

according to the Lunar Calendar.

The Chinese in Malaysia believes that on Chinese New Year Day,

one should not sweep the floor,

because that symbolises sweeping away your good luck.

If one must sweep the floor,

Then we should always sweep inwards,

into the house,

and scoop them up.

That means you get to keep the treasures.

And in Malaysia,

well, especially for the Chinese,

we have a lot of superstitions surrounding numbers.

More specifically, the number four.

Four (si4), in Mandarin, sounds like Death (si3).

And therefore, in many housing areas and tall buildings,

you'll see that the number arrangements are as below.

1, 2 ,3, 3A instead of 4.

13A instead of 14,

and 23A instead of 24.

That's because most of us would like to avoid the number four, when we can.

Ashley, would you like a bit of salad?

Sure!

Oh, no! What are you doing?

What?

Just putting the bread... down.

Oh gosh...

Cheers!

Oo!

Sorry!

But, anyway, congratulations, Emma!

'Cause, in Hungary,

we have this superstition that if somebody spills wine,

and it's flowing towards , for example Emma now,

that means that somebody in Emma's family is going to have a baby within a year!

And, in France,

we also have some food superstitions.

And for example,

if you bring the bread onto the table and put it upside down,

it's calling the devil.

This is why I was not very happy with Petra bringing the bread upside down to us.

But, in the UK, well, particularly Yorkshire,

if the bread does not rise,

it means there's a dead body in the vicinity.

However, this is not very well known.

On the other hand, a well-known superstition is

if you spill salt, this is bad luck.

But to counteract this bad luck,

you take a pinch and throw it over your shoulder.

And then, you won't have bad luck.

Oh my Gosh!

Guys, look!

I found a 4-leaf clover!

Okay, I'm only joking.

But, there you go!

In France, like in many other countries,

finding a lucky clover is a sign of good luck for the rest of the day.

So I guess I've got some bad luck.

Well, nevermind.

And, in terms of bad luck,

One sort of superstition that we have got in France

is, for example, if you have got a bird that comes through the window,

then that's a sign of nearing death.

Aw, isn't this a cute cat?

It is, isn't it?

But in France, if you've got a black cat

walking by night in the dark,

then you've definitely got bad luck.

You should look out for yourself.

Well at least, that is the belief, and I believe that this is the belief that is,

that is also shared with other people, at least in Europe.

In Malaysia, which is an Asian country,

we have much more superstitions related to evil spirits and ghosts compared to the European culture.

And, one of the most interesting ones is rules we have to obey when we stay overnight in a hotel.

Let me walk you through that!

First, one should knock on the door before entering.

This is to let whoever, or whatever, residing in the room know that you are entering the room.

Then, one should switch on all the lights in the room,

and flush the toilet.

This can not only let the spirits, if any, know that you are already in the room,

the light will dispel the 'yin' energy in the room,

and the flushing symbolises washing away any dark energy that could be present in the room.

Next, one must not allow their shoes to be arranged nicely after they remove them.

When arranged nicely, it is believed that spirits could wear them,

and allows them to haunt you.

If there are more beds than people staying the night,

one should mess up the empty bed to make it looks like it's occupied.

This is to make the spirits think that it's occupied,

and will not sleep in them.

So as long as you follow these rules,

then you should be okay the next time you're in a hotel.

That's what they believe, anyway.

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