Finding spare change or an extra dollar in your pocket always feels like a victory, . Without thinking, you might hear the familiar rhyme in your head when you spot one on the sidewalk:" Find a penny, pick it up. All day long you'll have good luck."
According to one theory, people originally thought pennies would bring good luck because of religious beliefs. This theory also fueled other superstitions(迷信行为) like charm bracelets and metal horseshoes, which are also "lucky. "Plus, metal currency like pennies were linked to more wealth and thus more luck. That might be a straightforward explanation, but other eleven strange origins of other everyday superstition sure aren't.
Another reason people might have claimed pennies would bring good luck comes down to the battle between good and evil, which is like two sides of the coin. Finding a penny heads up. meant you'd have luck on your side, but tails up would mean the opposite,. Some people say that if you find a penny tails up, you should turn it over to make it heads up so that it can bring luck to whoever finds it next. . The Irish half-penny, which stopped circulating in 1987, is especially lucky to anyone who finds one. Then there's also the old saying" Something old, something new something borrowed, something blue, and a penny in the shoe. " .
A. Pennies from heaven is a way of thinking
B. although the exact reasoning for this is unknown
C. but even finding something worth as little as a penny is satisfying
D. No matter what the reason is, pennies are part of many lucky traditions
E. Placing g silver sixpence in the bride's left shoe is said to be a symbol of wealth
F. These are all things brides should wear on their wedding day for good luck in their marriage
G Folktales from ancient civilizations said metals were gifts from gods intended to protect people from evil
