i grew up with the haircuts before first birthday, ojo, La Llorona, and itchy palms... i grew up hearing about these beliefs, but i did not grow up thinking they were true... my parents always relayed these beliefs as beliefs that the old ladies in their little town believed... my parents did not beieve them... i just mentined the itchy palms belief to my son yesterday... i said i have itchy palms, that means i will come into money... and a minute or so later my son said, “let me see your hand.” i gave him my hand, and he put two pennies into it... :)
In my family it was if you spilled salt, toss some over your left shoulder. I still do it. Always had to have fresh ham (pork roast), cabbage and especially black eyed peas on New Years Day. Still do. If someone shivered it was because someone was walking over their grave. I never quite figured that out. We’re not latinos. Scotch Irish and Irish.