WHAT NOT TO EAT ON NEW YEAR'S DAY SOME BELIEVE THAT LOBSTER COULD CAUSE BAD LUCK IN THE COMING YEAR BECAUSE IT MOVES IN A BACKWARD DIRECTION AND COULD MEAN SETBACKS IN THE YEAR AHEAD. FOR THE SAME REASON, CHICKENS COULD BE BAD LUCK. THEY SCRATCH BACKWARD, PLUS THEY ARE WINGED SO YOUR LUCK COULD FLY AWAY