All journeys must be completed before nightfall on Halloween night else the traveler will meet with evil spirits and bad luck.
A young woman can light a candle, and while eating an apple, look into a mirror and see the face of her future husband.
Placing an apple under your pillow on Halloween night will bring you dreams of your future spouse.
If you see a spider on Halloween night, it may be the spirit of a loved one watching you (that means, don’t smoosh it).
If you want to meet a witch, put your clothes on backwards and walk backward on Halloween night.
If you want spirits to visit, don’t speak at the dinner table. You never know what, or who, you might hear.
Many people believed that the owl would swoop down to eat the souls of the dying. On Halloween, they targeted those who weren’t dead at all. To protect yourself, turn your pockets inside out.
If you’re out walking on Halloween night and you hear footsteps behind you, don’t look back. If it is a spirit and you see it, you will soon join it.
If a bat flies over your house three times, it is an omen of death.
A person born on Halloween can see and hear spirits.
Walk around your house three times, backward and counter clockwise to ward off evil spirits.
If a candle flame turns blue (or goes out completely), there is a ghost nearby.
Don’t look at your shadow in the moonlight on Halloween. If you do, you’ll be the next one to die.