New Years traditions and/or folklore

[Ferngully]

Please post some of your your new year's traditions or folklore and what it is said to bring to the new year. I know they are all different for various regions of the country and world.

Here in the south with my husbands family it is blackeye peas and collard greens for prosperity. In the north of my parents, corned beef, potatoes, carrots and cabbage for prosperity.

What do you do or have for the new year for traditions. Who knows, if they work, we may all benefit from you.

 

[chickabator]

black eyed peas & jowl bacon forgot the collard greens I hope I have a can

 

[debilorrah]

My fiance is Irish and I am still puzzled over banshee's........

 

[JennsPeeps]

I heard Rick Steve talking w/ someone from Sicily on NPR last weekend. In Sicily they wear red underwear for the New Year for good luck.

So today I've got on red undies for the celebration. Not that anyone will know!

 

[adrian_lasek]

In Poland, people on New Year Day do jokes of different kind other people.

 

[PotterWatch]

My family always has black-eyed peas and ham... well I do turkey ham, but basically the same thing.

Forgot to say that watching the Rose Parade is a must as well!

 

[Birch Run Farm]

Back when I lived in Michigan I had a nut bug neighbor who's tradition was to fire everything in his home arsenal several times at midnight. Even though he knew I had to be up early for work the next day. He had some heavy ordnance.

I don't live there anymore.

 

[ourhouse51]

Definitely the black eyed peas and hog jowl....my dad used to say if we would eat T Bone steaks on New Years and have peas the rest of the year, we might prosper!

 

[dixiechick]

sweep all the floors the day before and NO laundry on New Year's Day...

Of course, Black Eyed Peas for good luck

 

[jnjross]

black eye peas , greens and/or cabbage. for luck and wealth
i already broke the christmas tree one i took our down sunday, lore says leave up till the 7th