Halloween Superstitions

If a candle flame turns blue suddenly, there's a ghost nearby.

You'll have good luck if a black cat crosses your path.

Ringing a bell scares evil spirits away.

If you see a spider on this night, it could be the spirit of a dead loved one who is watching you.

Don't look at your shadow in the moonlight or you'll be next to haunt a graveyard!

Children born on Halloween will enjoy lifelong protection against evil spirits and will have the gift of second sight.

To meet a witch, put your clothes on inside out and walk backwards on Halloween night.

All souls in Purgatory are released for 48 hours on Halloween.

Knock on wood to keep evil away.

If you sit under a Hawthorn tree on Halloween, you run the risk of being enchanted or carried away by fairies.

A burning a candle inside a jack-o'-lantern on Halloween keeps evil spirits and demons at bay.

If a candle suddenly goes out by itself on Halloween, as though by breath or wind, it is believed that a ghost has come to call.

Always burn new candles on Halloween to ensure the best of luck.

It is believed that if a person lights a new orange coloured candle at midnight on Halloween and lets it burn until sunrise, he or she will be the recipient of good luck.

If you hear footsteps trailing close behind you on Halloween night, do not to turn around to see who it is, for it may be Death himself!

To cast a headless shadow or no shadow at all is a death omen

You will invite bad luck if you allow a fire to burnout on Halloween.

If a bat flies around a house three times, it is considered to be a death omen.

A person born on Halloween can both see and talk to spirits.

. You should walk around your home three times backwards and counterclockwise before sunset on Halloween to ward off evil spirits.

In Britain, people believed that the Devil was a nut-gatherer. At Halloween, nuts were used as magic charms.

Mirrors were covered with a black cloth so that they could not act as a gateway into the otherworld

If there is a new moon then there will be fertile ground in the following year

If the moon is waxing it will be a costive year

If the moon is full divination and psychic powers will be stronger