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Household Omens Generator · 6 tables
Household Signs Inside Household Omens d12 table · 12 entries
  1. If the keys of a careful housekeeper get rusty in spite of care, it means someone is saving money for you.
  2. A hot cinder jumping out of the grate signifies the coming of good fortune.
  3. If meat shrinks while boiling in a pot, it is a bad sign.
  4. If meat swells while boiling in a pot, prosperity is in store.
  5. The first cake taken from the oven should be broken, not cut, or all the rest baked that day will be soggy.
  6. Do not sweep dust out of the front door, or your good luck will be swept out with it.
  7. If a leaf of soot hangs in the grate, it announces the coming of a guest.
  8. If a rooster stands upon the threshold and crows, expect a stranger.
  9. If you neglect to close the lid of your teapot, a guest will come and have tea with you.
  10. If your tea-kettle sings, it is a sign of contentment in the home.
  11. If you wash your hands and face in water already used by someone else, it foretells a quarrel with that person.
  12. To break up your bread into crumbs at the table is an omen of coming poverty.
Mirror Omens Inside Household Omens d6 table · 6 entries
  1. To break a looking-glass is unlucky, and the breaker will have bad fortune for seven years.
  2. If the looking-glass is willfully broken and thrown away, it has no effect upon one’s fortune.
  3. A distorted image in a mirror dipped in water means the sick are likely to die.
  4. A clear image in a mirror dipped in water means the sick will live.
  5. To break the glass over a friend’s portrait is a bad sign and often betokens that person’s death.
  6. It is ill luck to see your face in a mirror by candlelight.
Salt Omens Inside Household Omens d4 table · 4 entries
  1. The overturning of a salt-cellar is looked upon as the breaking of friendship.
  2. To spill salt at table is unlucky.
  3. To change the spell of spilled salt, take a pinch and throw it over the left shoulder.
  4. To put too much salt into the food is proof that the cook is in love.
Knife Omens Inside Household Omens d6 table · 6 entries
  1. It is unlucky to accept a knife from a friend without giving something in return.
  2. A penny is usually offered in exchange for a knife, though among some believers a pin is enough.
  3. To drop a knife on the floor means the coming of a visitor.
  4. Knife and fork should never be crossed at table, for they presage bad luck.
  5. To leave a penknife open after you are through with it is a sign of danger.
  6. To drop a knife so that it stands upright is a sign of coming success.
Candle Omens Inside Household Omens d6 table · 6 entries
  1. A birthday cake should have as many candles as the person’s years; this ensures another year of happiness.
  2. When candle wax forms a loop like a handle, it is called a “coffin handle” and portends bad luck.
  3. Wax dripping down the side of a candle is called a “shroud” and foretells death to the person toward whom it points.
  4. A spark in the wick is called a “letter” and foretells good news.
  5. A knot in the wick, burning with a red glow, indicates the visit of a stranger.
  6. A wick charred but remaining over the flame is a sign of good luck.
Ladder Omens Inside Household Omens d4 table · 4 entries
  1. To walk under a ladder leaning against a wall is a sign of bad luck.
  2. To climb a ladder with an odd number of rungs is a good sign and leads to success.
  3. To be on a ladder with a pretty girl is a good sign and foretells matrimony.
  4. To fall from a ladder is an omen of ill luck and foretells a loss of money.