Avoid
housework on New Years day: this activity runs the risk of washing
or sweeping away good luck. For the same reason, avoid washing your
hair on the first and last day of the New Year.
 It
is also considered unlucky to use anything sharp on New Year's day
- knives, scissors, even nail clippers. The action of the sharp
blades risks cutting the threads of good fortune brought in at New
Year.
It
is important not to use language which is negative- having an argument
on New Year's day is to be avoided at all costs.
Words
related to sickness and death are to be avoided. This even extends
to the use of words which sound like the words for death or sickness.
To
avoid any association with death, any slaughtering of poultry or
livestock is carried out on New Year's Eve. Finally, care must be
taken not to stumble or to break anything - this would be indicative
of bad luck ahead.
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