The Good Luck Shoe

To ensure good luck for the home, people often wedged an old shoe between the wall as they constructed a new room.It supposedly brought the family good luck.Source: Century Home Magazine.

Here are a few more that I found especially entertaining.

• Old shoes should be worn on Friday the 13th for good luck. Source: Superstitions: 10,000 You Really Need

• If your shoe becomes untied, that means that someone is talking about you. Source: Superstitions: 10,000 You Really Need

• We have all heard of Leprechauns, but did you know that they are also referred to as "the maker of one shoe? According to legend, Leprechauns make shoes for elves, but only one shoe... never a pair. Source: www.irishclans.com

• From the time I was little, I heard that planting flowers in old boots ensured that you would attract good luck to your home. I have no idea how this urban legend originated.