PENNY MYTHOLOGY

- Carry a penny for luck.

- Tossing a penny overboard while traveling at sea will ensure a safe trip.

- Keeping a jar of pennies in the kitchen is good luck.

- If giving a gift of a purse or wallet to someone, put a penny in it for good luck. (With inflation, this superstition has now grown to a dollar bill!)
Keep a coin in a baby's pram or crib and the baby will grow up to be healthy, wealthy and wise.

- Finding a penny means more money is coming your way.

- Putting the first penny you receive each day into your pocket will attract more throughout the day.

- Coins with holes in them are especially lucky.

- Tossing a penny when you have a problem will allow the fates to take care of the problem for you.

- Tossing a penny over your left shoulder, into a wishing well or body of water, while making a wish, will make your wish come true.

- According to a very well known old wives tale, to throw a penny in a wishing well will bring good luck to the one that threw the penny into the well.

 - If you find a penny on tails, throw it over your shoulder and don't look back; make a wish.

- If you find a penny that is tales up, pick it up and give it to someone this will give you both good luck.