Myths, Wives tales, Superstitions, and the Like
08-07-2011, 02:15 AM
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something was wrong with my key board, so was unable to finish, but i always loved the
red sky at night thing
my favorite, when i lived in nc, was "the frogs are crying for rain" people would say that just before the rain came in the summer (usually another hurricane-when i lived in nc i sat thru several of them, like i think 17 or at least it seemed like it. bonnie came over us 5 times in otway, once you could even see the eye, and the gulls flying in it over the house, lucky for us, it was just days without elec, for other people it was horrible. i must ask my mom, she is 94 and i bet she has a million, texas girl, raised on a ranch, the stories she can tell
jan in palatka
red sky at night thing
my favorite, when i lived in nc, was "the frogs are crying for rain" people would say that just before the rain came in the summer (usually another hurricane-when i lived in nc i sat thru several of them, like i think 17 or at least it seemed like it. bonnie came over us 5 times in otway, once you could even see the eye, and the gulls flying in it over the house, lucky for us, it was just days without elec, for other people it was horrible. i must ask my mom, she is 94 and i bet she has a million, texas girl, raised on a ranch, the stories she can tell
jan in palatka
08-07-2011, 02:34 AM
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Seaweed can predict the weather. My grandmother swore by hers.
Dry and there would be no rain.
Wet and it would rain.
Scientists have just proved this is correct.
I loved a saying of my mother's. If you fall off that and break your leg, don't come running to me. Hmmmm running is a bit difficult if your leg is broken.
Sad part, is that one day I heard myself saying it to my son!!!!
Dry and there would be no rain.
Wet and it would rain.
Scientists have just proved this is correct.
I loved a saying of my mother's. If you fall off that and break your leg, don't come running to me. Hmmmm running is a bit difficult if your leg is broken.
Sad part, is that one day I heard myself saying it to my son!!!!
08-07-2011, 03:40 AM
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Mom always said:
Don't rock the empty rocking chair- bad luck
Don't open an umbrella in the house- brings rains of bad luck
Ears burning- someone's talking about you
Don't leave shoes on the couch/chair - you'll be a wanderer all your life
Can't remember others-- seems like she had a superstition for everything! LOL
Don't rock the empty rocking chair- bad luck
Don't open an umbrella in the house- brings rains of bad luck
Ears burning- someone's talking about you
Don't leave shoes on the couch/chair - you'll be a wanderer all your life
Can't remember others-- seems like she had a superstition for everything! LOL
08-07-2011, 04:21 AM
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Originally Posted by ptquilts
If you hit your mother, your hand will stick out of your grave.
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!).
08-07-2011, 04:28 AM
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Oh!! My husband has one that he taught me when I went to England. It's about Magpies. We don't have Magpies here where I live so the first time I saw one in England I exclaimed 'oooh! look at the pretty bird'! He saw it and said "look away quick!". I guess one Magpie is bad luck as they are usually seen in pairs.
Those darn birds .. every time I've seen a Magpie in Englands I've *A* Magpie.
And his mother would put sheets/blankets over the mirrors if someone passed away. My comment was "well, *someone* passes away every day", hubbies response "that could explain Mom's lack of skill in the makeup/hair department".
Those darn birds .. every time I've seen a Magpie in Englands I've *A* Magpie.
And his mother would put sheets/blankets over the mirrors if someone passed away. My comment was "well, *someone* passes away every day", hubbies response "that could explain Mom's lack of skill in the makeup/hair department".
08-07-2011, 04:34 AM
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I've seen a lot of the same ones I've heard but here's a few no one has mentioned yet.... put pennies in ziplock bags filled with water and put them around the area you want to keep fly free... picnic.... cookout etc.
More babies are born at the full moon. Also, in astrology, if the person's chart shows the moon is square to the sun, the parents were not getting along when child was conceived. Ring around the moon means rain. Work begun at new moon will be more prosperous. Work begun at full moon will always struggle to survive.
The stripe on woolly caterpillar in the fall tells of the winter temps... the thicker the stripe the colder the winter.
An itchy nose means you'll have a fight.
Spit on a bite to stop the itch.
More babies are born at the full moon. Also, in astrology, if the person's chart shows the moon is square to the sun, the parents were not getting along when child was conceived. Ring around the moon means rain. Work begun at new moon will be more prosperous. Work begun at full moon will always struggle to survive.
The stripe on woolly caterpillar in the fall tells of the winter temps... the thicker the stripe the colder the winter.
An itchy nose means you'll have a fight.
Spit on a bite to stop the itch.
08-07-2011, 04:37 AM
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Another from my MIL ..... never seat 13 at the table, or one will pass away within the year.
If that were the count, she would either split it into two tables, invite another or you could bet she would not sit at the table.
If that were the count, she would either split it into two tables, invite another or you could bet she would not sit at the table.
08-07-2011, 05:31 AM
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Originally Posted by QuiltE
if there were bubbles when we poured tea into your tea cup, my MIL used to scoop them up with a spoon and eat them. If you did, you were supposed to have money coming your way.
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