Looking for some good luck in the new year?

By Albany Herald News

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December 29, 2015

At the stroke of midnight, quickly eat 12 grapes one at a time, one for every month of the coming year to ensure prosperity all year long. Make a wish with each grape but beware of sour grapes, which will bring a bad month for each one eaten in the new year. (staff photo: Mary Braswell)

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Eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day, the more the better, is also a good idea as they resemble coins. (Staff Photo: Mary Braswell)

The cupboards should be stocked with food and the wallets with money. Both will bring prosperity in the new year. (Staff Photo: Mary Braswell)

Washing clothes on the year’s first day is inadvisable. Such action could bring the death of a family member. (Staff Photo: Mary Braswell)

Make a list of things that bothered you during 2015, burn it and vow to leave it in the past. (Staff Photo: Mary Braswell)

Wearing new clothes on New Year’s Day predicts more new clothes for the year. Red clothes are the preferred color as the wearer will attract a happier year ahead. (Staff Photo: Mary Braswell)

It is believed that the evil one and his attendants and servants hate loud noises. For this reason, celebrations of the coming year should be as loud as possible. (Staff Photo: Mary Braswell)

Some cultures believe one should not wash his or her hair on New Year’s Day as such will wash away the good fortune of that person. (Staff Photo: Mary Braswell)

A wallet stuffed with money is believed by some to mean prosperity in the new year. (Photo: Jim Hendricks)

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