Since the very beginning of settlement in New England, area residents have been highly superstitious people.
Thanks to the Puritans, who believed in constant battles of good and evil, many odd traditions remain to this day. Acts like throwing salt over your shoulder if you spill some or rubbing the first snow of the season on your hands to keep them from being sore all winter, are still practiced by many New Englanders.
Even some long-standing Rhode Island architecture is a reminder of the odd beliefs of our ancestors…