Answers To: Best of Luck! By Terri Morrison and Wayne A. Conaway © Copyright 2004, All Rights Reserved True. The clean, dried Christmas Carp scale is considered blessed by the Christ Child. C. Aaaa-chooo! False. Kissing the Blarney Stone gives you "the Gift of the Gab," which the Irish so desperately need. A. Sharp edges represent poison arrows which can cause ill fortune. True. But be careful, the figa is considered obscene in other countries. C. False. Singapore, "Asia's Garden City" uses plants to soften sharp edges on roads and buildings, and introduce Yin elements to Yang structures. B. The man with coal is thought to bring good luck, while the woman in red (or a redhead) brings bad luck. True. If the trunk is curved down all the good luck "runs out." C.