new years superstition

jwb267

i can remember my aunt at new years eve getting a can of kippered herring and a loaf of bread and placing them on the table. she would also place a penny on the window sill. she claimed if you did that you would never go hungry or be broke. i know she always used a certain type of bread but i cant remember what type. anyone ever heard of this or know what type of bread is to be placed on the table

He Dog

Soda Bread. If she was Irish.

Fatstrat

We always ate Black Eyed Peas on New Years Day for good luck.

jimdeere

My mom always cooks cabbage, ham hocks and black-eyed peas on New Years. She also puts coins in the cabbage. If you scoop out a coin with your cabbage, it's supposed to be good luck.
I think it's an Appalachian thing, probably derived from Scots-Irish ancestors.

jwb267

quote:Originally posted by He Dog
Soda Bread. If she was Irish.

she was of irish and scottish decent. thanks for your help

He Dog

A foine New Year to you laddie.

bhale187

I've always have blackeyed peas, and the inlaws always have cornbeef and cabage. I usually have lunch at one family and dinner at the other. Combine that with some hearty drinking the night before and you can image how it smells under the covers on the night of the 1st.

n/a

Tradition (superstition?) in my family has always been to have sauerkraut and pork for New Years Day eats.

dheffley

quote:Originally posted by Fatstrat
We always ate Black Eyed Peas on New Years Day for good luck.


Same here.

bill2740

quote:Originally posted by dheffley

Originally posted by Fatstrat
We always ate Black Eyed Peas on New Years Day for good luck.




Same here, plus smoked hog jowl bacon.

carbine100

yankees is sauerkraut and pork, southerners is black eyed peas and greens. greens are supposed to represent paper money in the new year, and peas, coins.

Zebra

All the above for good luck.

Never wash clothes on the 1st, it's BAD luck!