Shoes on a table are bad luck
Posted in Superstitions & beliefs | Author: Paul Carpenter | Comments | Last updated: 29th June 2012
I don't know where this superstition originates, or why it persists, but around the Leeds area at least it seems to be thought unlucky to put shoes on a table.I've often had a metaphorical cuff round the ear from my wife for doing exactly that, although I've no idea why!
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