Today on The List, New Years superstitions do you have any? Maddie & Tae’s Maddie Marlow says SHE doesn’t have any but won’t be eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s day that’s for sure. “I don’t have any superstitions, because the black-eyed peas made me throw up one year, so I’m not a fan of the black-eyed peas thing anymore. So, I just go into a new year with a good mind set, and just start at that” Black eyed peas giving good luck is a superstition in the South that dates back to the civil war.