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People quietly observing a rainbow in a rural American landscape without pointing

Pointing at Rainbows Causes Bad Luck

Rainbows have long held a place of wonder in American belief. Appearing briefly after storms and disappearing without warning, they have been treated not simply as weather events but as signs that something unseen had passed through the sky. Among Plains and Eastern Woodlands communities, a quiet rule followed these moments of beauty. One should never point at a rainbow.

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