SUPERSTITIONS THAT I GREW UP WITH

Remember Bex , a powdered painkiller , bought by the carton load , ' take a bex a day and a good lie down ', no mention of the kidney failure they could have caused . Never put new shoes on the table ( bad luck ) . No carnations or lillies in the house ( death in the family ) . Never cut your fingernails on Sunday or Friday ( bad luck ) . Never give knives as a gift unless you receive a coin from the recipient ( cuts friendship). Never turn a mirror or painting to the wall ( death ) . Never look a crow in the eyes ( danger ) . A painting falling from the wall ( death). No meat on Good Friday . Never cross your knife and fork after finishing your meal ( bad luck ) . Thank goodness that I tossed off the hocus pocus as I got older .