The cinquain is a five line poem with syllable count of 2/4/6/8/2. In the traditional form devised by Adelaide Crapsey, there is a downward turn in the fourth or fifth line. Also in the tradition of Crapsey, the title is considered a significant sixth line.
There are MANY superstitions associated with New Year's Eve and New Year's Day - all about warding off evil spirits and bad luck or assuring prosperity and good luck. Banging pots and pans at midnight is one I first learned from Italian-American neighbors, but when I looked it up it also appears to be popular in many places from Iran to Scandinavia. While eating cabbage with ham is a more common food tradition, I live near Pennsylvania Dutch country where pork and sauerkraut are considered mandatory to insure good luck for the new year. Black-eyed peas and ham hocks are a Southern tradition.

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