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Life.ru has compiled a list of items that folk superstitions say should not be lent to neighbours: salt, bread, money, a knife and scissors, needles, a broom, and dishes. We look at which prohibitions are connected with prosperity and the protection of the home, and how our ancestors got around each of them.
Otabek YusupovLife.ru published a breakdown of numerological interpretations of phone numbers: how the 'number code' is calculated, which digit combinations tradition considers money-bringing, and which are seen as a sign of spending. The outlet itself emphasizes that these are interpretations, not science.
Otabek YusupovThe BBC reports on the Japanese category of housing known as jiko bukken — 'stigmatized' apartments and houses where suicides, murders, or lonely deaths have occurred. Such properties are rented and sold at steep discounts, and a 2025 survey found that more than half of Japanese people would be willing to rent them if the price is low.
Aziz Karimov
