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Lucky Charms
Lucky Charms
Lucky Charms is a brand of cereal produced by the General Mills food company of Golden Valley, Minnesota, United States. It first appeared in stores in 1964. The cereal consists of two main components: toasted oat-based pieces and multi-colored marshmallow bits in various shapes, the latter making...

is a breakfast cereal
Breakfast cereal
A breakfast cereal is a food made from processed grains that is often, but not always, eaten with the first meal of the day. It is often eaten cold, usually mixed with milk , water, or yogurt, and sometimes fruit but sometimes eaten dry. Some cereals, such as oatmeal, may be served hot as porridge...

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Lucky charms are items within cultures that are believed to bring luck
Luck
Luck or fortuity is good fortune which occurs beyond one's control, without regard to one's will, intention, or desired result. There are at least two senses people usually mean when they use the term, the prescriptive sense and the descriptive sense...

 and may refer to:

Lucky Charms in Western Culture

  • Four-leaf clover
    Four-leaf clover
    The four-leaf clover is an uncommon variation of the common, three-leaved clover. According to tradition, such leaves bring good luck to their finders, especially if found accidentally...

    , an uncommon variation of the common, three-leaved clover
  • Rabbit's foot
    Rabbit's foot
    In some cultures, the foot of a rabbit is carried as an amulet believed to bring good luck. This belief is held by individuals in a great number of places around the world including Europe, China, Africa, and North and South America. It is likely that this belief has existed in Europe since 600 BC...

    , carried as an amulet believed to bring good luck
  • Horseshoe, a U-shaped item made of metal or of modern synthetic materials, nailed or glued to the hooves of horses and some other draught animals
  • Charm bracelet
    Charm bracelet
    A charm bracelet is an item of jewelry worn around the wrist. It carries personal "charms": decorative pendants or trinkets which signify important things in the wearer's life.-History:...

    , an item of jewelry worn around the wrist. It carries personal "charms": decorative pendants or trinkets which signify important things in the wearer's life
  • Wishbone
    Furcula
    The ' is a forked bone found in birds, formed by the fusion of the two clavicles. In birds, its function is the strengthening of the thoracic skeleton to withstand the rigors of flight....

    , a forked bone found in birds and thecodonts, formed by the fusion of the two clavicles. In birds, its function is the strengthening of the thoracic skeleton to withstand the rigors of flight
  • Male Tortoiseshell Cat
    Tortoiseshell cat
    Tortoiseshell describes a coat coloring found mostly in female cats. Cats of this color are mottled, with patches of orange or cream and chocolate, black or blue. They are sometimes called torties...

    , describes a cat with a coat that is mottled, with patches of orange or cream and chocolate, black or blue.

Lucky Charms in Other Cultures

  • Ashtamangala
    Ashtamangala
    Ashtamangala or Zhaxi Daggyai are a sacred suite of Eight Auspicious Signs endemic to a number of Dharmic Traditions such as Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. The symbols or 'symbolic attributes' are yidam and teaching tools...

    , a sacred suite of Eight Auspicious Signs endemic to a number of Dharmic Traditions such as Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism

Other Uses

  • Lucky Charm
    Fun Trick Noisemaker
    Fun Trick Noisemaker is the debut studio album from The Apples in Stereo, recorded in a house in Los Angeles, in Robert Schneider's portable Pet Sounds Studio. The album is perhaps the most raw example of the Apples, with the rather lo-fi recording values being eclipsed somewhat by their later...

    , a song by The Apples in Stereo
    The Apples in Stereo
    The Apples in Stereo, styled The Apples in stereo, is an American indie rock band associated with The Elephant Six Collective, a group of bands also including Neutral Milk Hotel and The Olivia Tremor Control. The band is largely a product of lead vocalist/guitarist Robert Schneider, who writes the...

  • Lucky Charm
    Body Kiss
    Body Kiss is the twenty-ninth studio album by The Isley Brothers on the DreamWorks label. Almost solely written, arranged, composed and produced by longtime collaborator R...

    , a song by The Isley Brothers
    The Isley Brothers
    The Isley Brothers are a highly influential, successful and long-running American music group consisting of different line-ups of six brothers, and a brother-in-law, Chris Jasper...

  • Lucky Charm, a song by Kathy Mar
    Kathy Mar
    Kathy Mar |]] by analogy with non-rhotic accents) worked as a professional folksinger and street performer in Denver, Colorado for many years before she discovered filk...

  • Lucky Charm (song)
    Lucky Charm (song)
    "Lucky Charm" is a 1989 single by The Boys. The single was their follow up to their debut single, "Dial My Heart", and hit number one on the Hot Black Singles chart for one week.. "Lucky Charm" was the only one of their three number ones not to place on the Hot 100....

    , a 1989 single by The Boys
  • Lucky Charms (song), a composition by Steve Vai
    Steve Vai
    Steven Siro "Steve" Vai is a three time Grammy Award-winning American guitarist, songwriter and producer who has sold over 15 million albums. Steve Vai is widely known as a flamboyant guitar virtuoso....

  • Lucky Charm (film)
  • Lucky Charm (novel)
    Lucky Charm (novel)
    Lucky Charm is the eighth book in the Beacon Street Girls series by Annie Bryant. It was released in 2006 by B*tween Productions, Inc.....

    , the eighth book in the Beacon Street Girls series by Annie Bryant. It was released in 2006 by B*tween Productions, Inc.
  • Lucky Charm (Care Bears episode)

See also

  • Luck
    Luck
    Luck or fortuity is good fortune which occurs beyond one's control, without regard to one's will, intention, or desired result. There are at least two senses people usually mean when they use the term, the prescriptive sense and the descriptive sense...

    , good or bad fortune in life caused by accident or chance, and attributed by some to reasons of faith or superstition, which happens beyond a person's control
  • Amulet
    Amulet
    An amulet, similar to a talisman , is any object intended to bring good luck or protection to its owner.Potential amulets include gems, especially engraved gems, statues, coins, drawings, pendants, rings, plants and animals; even words said in certain occasions—for example: vade retro satana—, to...

    s, a close cousin of the talisman (Arabic: طلاسم‎ / transliterated: tilasim), consists of any object intended to bring good luck and/or protection to its owner
  • Touch pieces
    Touch pieces
    A touch piece is a coin or medal attached to attracted superstitious beliefs, such as those with "holes" in them or those with particular designs...

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