The dish is said to bring good luck in the new year.

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Estrada is still wearing the goatee he grew during the campaign period, on the advice of a seer who told him it would bring good luck.

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And I think in addition to all the fertilizer we put down this will bring good luck to the garden. (Laughter.) Thank you very much, that is lovely.

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The mah song are specially chosen to shift evil from individuals and bring good luck to the community, and it is claimed that they feel no pain as they march around Phuket Town in a trance for two hours, "possessed" by the purifying spirits of the Nine Emperor Gods, who they believe will protect them from any harm or scarring.

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The hyena men of Harar are a modern phenomenon, begun by a local family in the 1950s who believed that feeding the city's roaming hyena packs would bring them good luck.

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Body parts of albinos are sought in some regions of Africa, where some believe they bring wealth and good luck.

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For Game 4, he purchased a ticket for himself and one for his goat "Murphy, " who he thought would bring the Cubs good luck.

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