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Wine Spilling wine is not only bad for white tablecloths, rugs and clothing, it's also bad for luck. An old Italian superstition claims that if you accidentally spill some wine, you should immediately dab a little behind your ears, like perfume, which will create the exact opposite response and bring on some good luck.

Brent Furdyk is a freelance writer in Vancouver.

4/3/161:12 AM

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