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New Year’s Eve superstitions in Hungary – PART 2
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New Year’s Eve superstitions are abundant in Hungary, and Magyarorszagom.hu collected a long list of the most popular ones in the country. As we have seen in the previous part, there are sometimes amusing and funny ones that can put a smile on your face. Some of them actually come from folk superstitions, while others are inherent parts of our modern life. Let’s check out more superstitions related to New Year that might be interesting to consider or absolutely avoid on New Year’s Day to bring fortune into your life.
1. There is nothing bad about the consumption of pork meat on this day as pigs dig out your good luck. Furthermore, in many places, in order to bring an abundance of food and good luck into the family, people also pull the tail of a pig. A funny fact related to this is that the longer the scream of the animal is, the longer your good reputation will last.
2. If you plan to go shopping on New Year’s Day, postpone it to some other day without any hesitation as otherwise, you might face serious expenditures in the following year. Who would risk the fulfilment of such a prophecy?
3. It is a long-standing practice that shortly after midnight, people deal with lead-pouring or candle making. It is believed that simply from these activities, they can figure out who their lovers will be in the next year. Furthermore, they can also get to know what causes their good luck or hinders it.
4. Those working in small or big businesses might consider it a great idea to eat fruits to make their next year in business also fruitful. While eating apples, do not forget to count the apple pips in the fruit as it might refer to the number of great achievements and successes waiting for you in the near future.
5. Those young girls planning to get married soon should keep in mind that a handsome guy should be the 1st person wishing a happy New Year to them because if the person is a woman, it will bring bad luck. Moreover, if the person is an old man, the girl in question will not get married in the following year either, while if the person is a married man, the girl will become the mistress of the former. 🙂
