New Year's Superstitions plus

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First I'd like to point out something about this New Year's Superstition;

"Don't wash any clothes on New Year's Day or there could be a death in your home. Legend has it that if you wash your clothes, you "wash away" that person. The more superstitious, don't even wash dishes."

It doesn't work. Five years in a row now I've tried this, not a thing.

None the less more superstitions to follow.

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1. Black-eyed peas
Eat these for good luck! And, if you eat them with greens, you'll find financial prosperity. The peas represent good luck, while the greens represent money.

2. 'First Footer'
It is considered good luck if the first person to visit your home is a man. And, if that man brings gifts, it's even better!

3. Fill your cupboards
Don't leave any cupboards empty on New Year's, or they'll stay that way through the year. Kind of late to do anything about that. Hmm.

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4. Nothing goes out
Some believe you will lose things all year long if you take anything, even trash, out of the house on New Year's Day.

5. Make some noise
Scare away the evil spirits by making lots of loud noises. Eating blackeyed peas will help here.

6. Happy birthday
Babies born on January 1 are thought to have luck on their side.

7. Midnight kiss
Kissing someone at midnight will ensure romance for the next 12 months. Don't worry, if you're alone at midnight, give your hand a smooch.

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8. Hatsuyume: first dream of the new year. Whatever happens in the dream can tell what kind of luck the sleeper will have in the new year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsuyume

9. No cleaning
No brooms or dusters this New Year's. Some fear sweeping will sweep away all the good fortune for the new year.

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10. Open doors at midnight
Let the bad out and the good in by opening your doors at midnight

11. No loans
Don't lend money or items to anyone of New Year's. If you do you'll be paying out money all year long.

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12. As you prepare to countdown to the new year, make sure you have a plate of grapes close by.

But this is no midnight snack. Before (or during) the hugs and kisses that ensue after the new year begins, make sure to eat 12 grapes -- representing the 12 months of the new year -- while making a wish for every month/grape that you have.

But beware! Get a sour grape and that could mean a bad month is in store for you. Also, many believe the grapes must be consumed within the first 12 minutes of the new year -- or else...

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13. Father Time is Chronos is Saturn
Accept it.

are tendies ok to eat? what about masturbation or sex?

i also hear something about putting quarters in 12 glasses of water or some shit.

>>18476594
Why not google those and report back to us? That'd be cool.

Or do an experiment with masturbation, quarters and tendies and stream it at midnight local time? Start the new year as an /x/ hero.

>>18476180
My Latino coworker says that if you wear some red for the new year, you will eventually find love.

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>>18476734
Worth a try :)

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comfy /x/ New Years at home garb

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>>18476886
A few drinks later...

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>>18476187
>black eyed peas
I spent last new year at caddo lake, it straddles the Louisiana-Texas border near Shreveport. They insisted I eat this dish with the same symbolism. I did. This year sucked ass I cam confirm. I lost everything I care about. But, interestingly, some things happened at the end of the year to at least correct the financial disaster. Attributable? doubtful. Likely coincidence. Just thought Id share my story.

Happy New Year /x/!

>pic related: a prohibition era "tea room" on caddo lake. one of the last remaining of dozens.

>>18477078
On the plus side, it was really good and the locals were really nice.

>>18477177
nice 7 thing there kek. i like this image.

>>18477179
oooo. do u have the images that make up the gif?

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>>18477191
>oooo. do u have the images that make up the gif?
Is there a special one you want?

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New Years Eve gone wrong.

Men dressed as Santa Claus kill 35, wound 40 in night club in Istanbul:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4079112/Many-wounded-New-Year-s-Eve-gun-attack-Istanbul-nightclub.html

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>>18476753
Good luck, anon.

>>18476180
Where I live, there's the belief that if you go to a beach to see the turn of the year, you can jump 7 waves or throw flowers into the ocean to guarantee good luck all year long (granted by Iemanja, Queen and Goddess of the Sea).

>>18476594
>are tendies ok to eat?

Nope, not in my family anyway. We have a pork roast and ear after midnight (with sauerkraut and baked beans and mashed potatoes) for good luck. I think the reasoning goes something like chickens scratch back for their food, but a pig roots his nose forward. No looking back, it's time to move forward into the new year.

Thanks for a cool and interesting thread idea, OP. Happy New Year, /x/.