Polish superstitions (1-3)

You’ve all heard of international superstitions like ‘don’t walk under a ladder’, but how about some exclusive to Poland? 

Lucky number 102
In Poland, like in many other countries, the number 13, is usually considered unlucky. How about lucky numbers? Everybody has their own, of course, but in Poland the number 102 is supposed to be especially lucky. Why? No clue really. In fact many people here do not even know its existence.
You can use 102 as a good luck charm or you can describe something positive with it, for example: Będzie impreza na sto dwa! – ‘It’s going to be a 102 party!’.

Don’t count the pierogi
Speaking of numbers, remember never to count the pierogi while they’re still boiling!

If you will do, while they’re still in the pot, without a doubt half of them will end up stuck to the bottom of the pot or torn apart with the filling coming out.

Interestingly, this is one of the very few cases when a superstition does seem quite rational as indeed usually one or two pierogi from the batch tend to end up ruined.

Don’t sit down when baking a cake
Here’s another culinary superstition: when a cake is in the oven, you should never sit down. If you do, the cake will ‘sit down’ as well: it will sink and come out flat rather than nice and fluffy. So stand, lay down or hang upside down.

Stay tuned for more :-)

Have a nice day folks. Cheerio.

Source: culture.pl