Attracting good luck, and thus more money, is pretty much a common-wisdom charm practice by lots of folks here.For example, we have a ceramic penguin that sits atop our refrigerator (note: not on a shelf, not on a table, not on a window sill – on top of the refrigerator). S/he is supposed to bring us more money. We wait anxiously for these results.
Luiz’s aunt gave us a couple of bay leaves a while back. We are to keep them in our wallet. They will bring us money. We have compromised – they are pinned to the bulletin board in our kitchen. (No money just yet, as far as we can tell. But maybe we have broken the charm by not keeping them in our wallets.)
Last year a good friend surrendered his good luck (money) charm to us. It is a tiny glass bottle filled with salt and draped with tiny ribbons holding various charms (bought in the North East of the country). Apparently it was not working for him, so he gave it to us. We have it sitting on a shelf in the kitchen. No money yet. But we are hopeful.
There are an endless number of “simpatias” and charms that are meant to bring about desired results. I only wish they worked. Our apartment has an inordinate number of these jingo-lingoes. And yet we wait…
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My MIL would say that you have to look at the center of your apartment. That spot can not NOT NOT NOT be a bathroom. If it is, bye bye money, down the toilet. And it has to be kept neat and, ideally, have the element of the year represented.
Oh, and I have a little baggie of herbs that the family tied around the doorknob to my kids' room. Have to keep yourself safe from the nasty evil (green) eye of envy. The whole family told me with both boys, when they were small, to put rosemary in their bath to clean them from the envy of others. I was supposed to do this each day because they are so darn cute.
Apparently, envy from another can make a person sick. Not just cold floors ;)
That sexy woman in the photo is Bruno from Flamengo's murdered baby momma...how is that at all considered good luck?
Rachel, have you ever actually given your boys baths in Rosemary?
OK, so I took away that Google Images find of a pic and put real photos of our charms...
Totally bought a Refrigerator pinguim on our last Sao Paulo trip, didn't know what it was for...Thanks for sharing :)
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