Comparing the

superstition
between the UK
and VN
HOÀNG LAN
 IN THE UK IN VIETNAM
- Unlucky to walk underneath a ladder. - Unlucky to walk underneath a clothes-line.

- 7 years bad luck to break a mirror. - It’s unlucky to break mirror, dishes at the first day
of a month or a year.
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- Unlucky to pass someone on the stairs - Pushing someone shoulder during New Year's Day

- Unlucky to put new shoes on the table - Do not hang the wind bell at the head of the bed.
 IN THE UK IN VIETNAM
- Lucky to find a clover plant with four leaves

- A horseshoe over the door brings good luck - A wind bell hang on the door of your home can
bring positivity and happiness
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- The number 13 and Friday 13th are unlucky - The number four is considered extremely unlucky

- It is luck to say firstly "white rabbits, white - On the first day of the month, it is luck to say
rabbits, white rabbits” of the month "may mắn"
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- Catching falling leaves in Autumn will bring to
- Passing a funeral is good luck
you the good luck

- It is bad luck if you see bat flying and hear - If a bird flies suddenly into your house, it is a bad
their cries omen
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- It’s unlucky to open an umbrella in door

- Unlucky to see one magpie, but lucky to see two - Cat and crow are the animals often bring bad luck
 IN THE UK IN VIETNAM
- Rabbits will bring to you the good luck - Dogs will bring to you the good luck

- It’s unlucky to spill salt.

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 IN THE UK IN VIETNAM
- Push the spoon through the bottom of the empty - People often sprinkle salt and rice in front of
shell to let the devil out the house.

- Cut off both ends of the loaf would make the - Offerings like garlic being rancid or moldy
Devil fly over the house quickly are bad luck
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- Very unlucky to have the feathers of a peacock

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- It’s lucky to touch wood - Lucky to touch the head of the turtle in Van Mieu.
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- Meet snakes means something or someone
- It is lucky to meet a black cat
important will come into your life

- If a sparrow enter a house it is an omen of the - An owl flies and sings near the home of a
death to one who lives there seriously ill person, the death is coming.
 Game: Should or Shouldn’t?
Find the Vietnamese or British equivalents
1. Walk underneath a ladder
We shouldn’t do
that. In VN, we
don’t walk
underneath a
clothes-line.
 Game: Should or Shouldn’t?
Find the Vietnamese or British equivalents
2. Pass someone on the stairs
We shouldn’t do
that. In VN, we
avoid pushing
someone
shoulder during
New Year's Day.
 Game: Should or Shouldn’t?
Find the Vietnamese or British equivalents

3. Hang a wind bell on the door of your home

We should do
that. In the
UK, a
horseshoe over
the door brings
good luck.
 Game: Should or Shouldn’t?
Find the Vietnamese or British equivalents

4. Open an umbrella in door

We
shouldn’t
do that in
the UK and
Vietnam.
 Game: Should or Shouldn’t?
Find the Vietnamese or British equivalents
5. Touch wood

We should do that.
In VN, we touch
the head of the
turtle in Van Mieu.