And this in Ashgabad. Superstitions 13 is an unlucky number but Friday the 13th is not an unlucky day. They don't have a baker's dozen but they do have a Devil's Dozen. Walking under a ladder is not bad luck. Even numbers of flowers are for the dead only.
Broken mirrors are bad luck.
Whistling indoors means you will loose your money. People here who have a toothache medicate it by holding a hanky against the part of the mouth where the tooth is. They believe that this makes a difference. The phone system here sucks worse than in Bucharest. Every day the phone will ring with no one there.