Wear a polka-dot shirt or dress to prosperity on New Year’s Eve to attract prosperity the whole year round.
Exploding firecrackers and ringing bells at the stroke of midnight on New Year will bring good luck.
If the first sound one hears at the stroke of midnight is a dog barking or a cock crowing, the coming year will be gloomy for such is an omen of financial difficulties ahead, sickness, typhoons and other calamities. But if the first sound is that of a goat, a cow or a carabao (water buffalo), the year ahead will be prosperous.
On New Year one must refrain from buying a lot of things, instead one must save money to increase one’s savings the whole year.
Merchants should sell their wares at a low price during New Year to attract more business.
Raining on New Year means prosperity and a bountiful harvest for the year.
Everyone must rise early and keep busy on New Year.
Whatever one does on New Year, whether constructive or counter-productive, will determine how he will fare for the rest of the year.