People believe in many different superstitions.
People everywhere are careful to salute magpies, to avoid walking under ladders and to guard their luck by crossing their fingers, touching wood or spitting. Another common superstition is with animals especially cats. Cats though out the world are associated with a wealth of superstitions. The cat became closely identified with witchcraft, even today no witch is completed without her black cat . When a black cat crosses a person's path it means good luck, but only if you take twelve steps back wards.