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Spilling water for luck : ウィキペディア英語版 | Spilling water for luck Spilling water for luck is a Serbian folk custom. According to a Serbian belief, spilling water behind the person who goes on a journey, or to do a job, will bring good luck, and is done so that the travel or the job will end happily. It is also practiced when going to school, on an exam,〔 for a job interview, going into the army and the like.〔〔 In ethnology, it is considered that spilled or running water symbolizes mobility and ease of movement,〔 since it does not stop or get stuck, and so spilling of water is done so that the job someone started would go as smoothly as the spilled water.〔 At the very act of spilling water in some areas it is said: "Let him go clean and clear as water."〔 == See also ==
* Serbian traditions * Break a leg
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