it's good luck, supposedly. it keeps bad things away
If you have supersticions, you throw salt over your shoulder to get rid of them
You throw salt on your left shoulder.
The left shoulder.
over your right shoulder with your left hand
salt
your left shoulder
over the left shoulder
Yes
salt
It is believed the devil stands over your left shoulder and spilling salt is supposed to bring his attention to your "wastefulness" bringing bad luck. If this happens, you are instructed to throw the salt over your LEFT shoulder and "hopefully" into the devil's eyes, thus blinding him to your mistake.
im pretty sure its your right shoulder
left shoulder