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The superstition goes that if you have an itchy left palm then money and good financial fortune is coming your way but if your right palm is itchy then bad financial fortune is coming your way. Depending on who you ask the hands can be swapped.

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This superstition mainly comes from Japanese folklore, and goes along with many different beliefs. These range from accidentally killing yourself to angering spirits in your home to shortening your lifespan.

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Back in the day, there weren't any nail clippers, so they had to use plain old knives. People would be working in the fields all day and not have time until dark to cut their nails. People worried that they would accidentally cut themselves and get gangrene, dying. It was a different time.

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The story comes from the hindu goddess Lakshmi which symbolizes wealth and fertility. When your left palm itches it is thought that she is leaving you which would mean misfortune in the future.

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In 2010 a grandma living in new york by the name of Mary Shammas was on the bus when her left palm started to itch. She remembered the old superstition about itchy palms and went in to get a lottery ticket. That was when she won 64 million dollars.

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Superstitions relate heavily to the monkey's paw because it is the whole premise of the story. The people in the story believe that the paw has magical powers, which is not based on any logic. There are people who believe vehemently in it, and also people who are skeptical about it, like superstitions in real life.