[meteorite-list] Meteorite Legend & Folklore, 6

[Galactic Stone & Ironworks]

Shooting Star Lore...

In Switzerland, it was though that shooting stars possessed the power
of God and could ward off pestilence.

The Swabians believed a shooting star foretold a year of good luck.

In Chile, a shooting star is also an omen of good luck, but one must
quickly pick up a stone to guarantee the luck.

In the Philipines, one must tie a knot in a handkerchief before the
light is extinguished to capture the good luck of a shooting star.

Some people of Hawaiian or Japanese descent believe if you see a
shooting star coming in your direction, you must open the
collars/breast of your kimono to admit the good luck.

Also in Swabia, a person seeing 3 shooting stars in one night was doomed to die.

In Lithuanian folklore, it's believed that a spinner spins a thread
for each new life and attaches it to a star. At the moment of a
person's death, the thread breaks and the star falls to Earth.

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