Originally Posted by ptquilts
If you hit your mother, your hand will stick out of your grave.
I don't know about hands coming out of graves but I could have guaranteed something else would have happened had I dared to hit my mother.
Can't imagine ever wanting to hit my mother. Sainted woman.
I can tell you that Grandma was very superstitious - old world superstitious. If she dreamed of someone a certain way it foretold that they would die. The poor woman then spent the next several days (or whatever it took) in mourning and guilt ridden until that person died (which strangely enough wasn't usually very long). Seriously, she would wear black and literally rock back and forth in her chair with her head bowed while fingering and saying the rosary - trance like.
One of my friends mothers was Sicilian. She wouldn't let anyone put shoes on the table as it would mean someone in the house would die. Not even brand new in the box "look what I bought today" shoes. And certainly NOT shoes if they were still on your feet - heaven forbid (that foretold a slap on the back on the head!).