Small Poems - Japanese Superstitions

Commonplace Book – Pages 1-2

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Married in white, you’ve chosen right,
Married in blue, your lover is true
Married in pink, your fortunes will sink
Married in green, you will not long be seen
Married in yellow, ashamed of a fellow
Married in brown, you’ll live out of town
Married in grey, you’ll live far away
Married in black, you’ll wish you were back

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Monday for health
Tuesday for wealth
Wednesday the best of all
Thursday brings crosses
Friday losses
Saturday no luck at all

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January Bride – prudent housekeeper, good-tempered
February Bride – affectionate, tender mother
March Bride – frivolous, chatterbox, quarreling
April Bride – inconsistent or forceful, well-meaning
May Bride – handsome, agreeable, practical
June Bride – impetuous, generous
July Bride – handsome, slightly quick-tempered
August Bride – agreeable and practical
September Bride – discreet, affable, well-liked
October Bride – pretty, coquettish, loving but jealous
November Bride – liberal, kind but sometimes cold
December Bride – entertaining but extravagant

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Japanese Superstitions

~ The number 4
~ Sticking chopsticks vertically into rice
~ Passing food from chopstick to chopstick
~ Sleeping facing North
~ If a funeral car passes, bite your thumb
~ You will turn into a cow if you lie down immediately after eating
~ A snake will come if you whistle at night
~ A black cat crossing your path

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