The Wishing Project

Wishing Traditions Around the World

 

Coins

"See a penny pick it up and all day long you'll have good luck. Leave it there and you'll despair." Some even take the idea of luck to the other side of the coin, and believe that if the coin is face down that it's best to leave it on the ground.


 
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Popular Wishing Customs

Birthday Cake and Candle Blowing

Wishing Tree

The Western Wall

Bubble Gum Alley

Wishing Wells

Mid-Autumn Festival or Moon Festival 

Beggar’s Soup

Coins

Wishbone

Eyelash

Star

Kiteflying

Bridge

Horseshoes

Dandelion

Rainbow

Wishing on a Day or Season

Wishing Wall, Virgin Mary’s House Turkey

Long Noodles