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You will have good luck throughout the year if you stroll under the first rain drizzles in May (las primeras lloviznas de mayo A common superstition holds that each of the first twelve days of each January represents the corresponding month of that year. Whether or not it rains on that day, determines whether or not it will rain during the corresponding month. To celebrate the new year, we throw a bucket of water outside to symbolize the cleaning of our life to be when the clock strikes 12:00 midnight on December 31st. Tuesday the 13th is the equivalent of Friday the thirteenth in the United States of America and elsewhere. Many people respect both Tuesday and Friday the thirteenth. Left-handed people are not allowed in Heaven. Black cats are universally feared as symbols of evil and ill fortune. Like almost anywhere else, people will refrain from walking under ladders. Number thirteen is universally feared and the number is not used in high-rise buildings and some other consecutively numbered things.
Warning: It brings bad luck not to believe in superstitions! If you cannot find the information you need, and we will try to help you find it.
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Some of these SUPERSTITIONS are not restricted to Puerto Rico, but they are included if they are prevalent here.
It is a common belief that a rabbit's foot is lucky. This belief is said to have its roots in Afro-American folklore. The rabbit's foot, and especially the left hind foot, is believed by many people to surround its owner with protective magic against evil. Holding or rubbing the rabbit foot is believed to activate the foot and bring good fortune.