Eat grapes, wear polka dots and carry an empty suitcase on New Year’s Eve if you want to achieve good luck and fortune in 2025. At least that’s according to some long-standing superstitions.

Sir Walter Raleigh was the greatest adventurer of the Elizabethan Age, but when his fortunes changed he made a fatal mistake that led to his downfall. advertisement. Factinate Media Group.

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