I have heard that if you have a bumper crop of acorns ao crab apples you are in for a bad winter.
thunder in the fall no winter at all

If you have a wart, bury a dish cloth. When it rots, your wart will go away. My Mom told me that it worked for her. :shock:

Oh that is funny. We sat Shiva for my Jewish FIL and covered the mirrors. We weren't supposed to wear make-up either but I didn't want to scare anyone so sneaked some on.

If you see a penny on the ground that is heads up, pick it up for luck. If it is tails up it is bad luck to pick it up, turn it over but leave it there for the next person to find and they'll have good luck.

If you give a knife as a gift, include a penny for luck so it doesn't 'sever' your relationship with the receiver. If they give you the penny back they have 'purchased' the knife from you and it isn't a gift anymore and the relationship is safe.

Don't sweep the floor after dark, especially not out an open door.

It sure wasn't good luck for the cricket to be found in the house...I had a cat who would sing at the door to lure them in (he used a kind of 'chirpy' noise) and then he would rend them limb from limb (but never actually 'eat' them ;-) )

Mama told my sister once that to change into a boy (my sister was the only girl in a house of 5 boys for nearly 13 years, and HATED it) she should kiss her elbow. Luckily it isn't possible to kiss one's own elbow (I guess unless one is a contortionist) because I am lucky to have the BEST sister EVER!

Never cut the ribbons on wedding gifts, pull them off the package instead (more severing relationships stuff)

Don't wear sparkly jewelry to cemeteries so you don't attract attention. I've extended that to not wearing jewelry other than wedding ring to funeral services whether they are at graveside or not.

I've enjoyed reading everyone's responses! Thanks for posting :-)

My nana was very superstitous if a tea towel fell she said company is coming, and she would put a pot of tea on, and someone would show up - weird.
A bird flying into the house meant that there was going to be a death.
Same thing with fore runners if you heard 3 knocks on your door, and I remember that happening, mom would go to the door and no one was there. Then she got a call her brother passed away.

Oh I forgot one,
Never give anyone an empty wallet for a gift, always put at least a dollar bill in it, if not it was considered bad financial luck.

laalaaquilter, those poor crickets!

My MIL did this too, put a penny in a new purse she gave me.

Never rock and empty rocking chair or someone will die.

Never open an umbrella in the house,

Don't ask, I have no idea why my Grandmother felt so strongly about those but I find myself saying the same things.

My sweet little Grandmother would ALWAYS leave by the same door she entered the house when she came for a visit. Old-time Czech superstition?

If your nose tickled then you would Kiss a Fool.

If your ears were ringing, someone was talking about you...

If you tickled a baby's feet, it would make them studder.

Never leave a cat in a room with a infant. It will suck the life from it. :shock:

Find a heads-up penny, put it in your shoe. For good luck.

Never start a trip on a Friday, you'll meet mis-fortune.

If the bottom of your foot itches you will take a trip.

Freckles are caused by being under the cow too long.

A sudden chill means that someone is walking on your Grave.

Those are just a few my Mom came up with... :roll:

BTW... 13 "IS" my lucky number. My Son was born on the 13th.. :D

Love these comments. My grandmother always said that when cleaning out your hairbrush, wrap the hairs up in something to keep the birds out of it. Meaning that if a bird happened to use your hair in it's nest, you would get pregnant.

Another, never kill a cricket, or bad luck would come.

Breaking a mirror is worth 7 years bad luck.

Will have to try and remember some more, she had lots of them. Many were already mentioned, lol.

Never pass someone on the stairs.

Never walk under a ladder.

My mother used to do that constantly - - - and while not particularly superstitious - - I do it too - by habit!! :mrgreen:

Marysewfun

Yes, it WAS the pully bone ! Back in the day my mom would cut a whole chicken up and was able to cut the front portion of the breast that housed the wishbone, and the most tender meat, this would always be my piece ! Then we would take the pully bone, hold it under the table leg and break it, can't remember if the longer or the shorter bone got the wish !

Sing at the table, and you'll cry before you go to bed.


Something old, something new,
Something borrowed, something blue,
These things a Bride should do.

1234Irene's comment on "break a mirror = 7 years bad luck":

A big, big mirror "sitting" on the dresser (we had just moved and he hadn't fastened it up yet) got knocked over by the cat - -- my husband and I wondered: 7 years bad luck - or 14 for that big thing!!

This is a fun topic - love it!

Marysewfun

We broke a big mirror moving into our new house 21 years ago, have had nothing but GOOD luck. SO there. :mrgreen:

Never called it anything but a "pulley bone" :lol:

Never say thank you to someone for giving you a plant or slips of a plant because it will die. My mother and all of the neighbors swore by this.

shoes upside down in closet - you will have a bad day, Mine are all right side up!

Also, never give knives as a gift - severs relationships.

MIL was from Portugal and every time I had a baby and the cord fell off she would burn it in the fireplace. She said if a cat got it my child would have nothing but bad luck all of it's life.

I have no idea where I got this but if I hear a "hoot"owl near our house it means a death in the family. This has really happened several times. My youngest daughter doesn't want me to tell her when this occurs.

I grew up hearing if a bird hits your window someone in the home will die -

10 yrs ago now, a girl I worked with had decided to start a business and were planning it for months. We drove to lunch together and were laughing and talking and a bird hit the drivers side window, and I joked I was glad it was her car and her window cus she was driving, cus the bird was for her - we laughed.
she left work early for a dr appt, and later in the afternoon I heard her calling me to the work floor - I thought she'd come back for something, so I went out of my office and asked quite a few people where sandy was, cus she had called me but I couldnt find her, no one saw her and no one heard her. I finally thought I was just working too hard or going crazy, and at the end of the day the CEO came and told me her husband called.

She was turning left into the drive of the lady who babysat her kids - one of them had the dr appt. - and a semi - who had to take a detour down this country road - tried to fly by her and he plowed over her car and she was killed instantly.

I have never ever forgotten that lunch and that afternoon at work when I heard her calling me. sharet

[quote=Tussymussy]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.

could you explain the saeweed thing?? Is it out of the water and you just look at it?, cus if its seaweed isnt it always wet? sharet

Slice a potatoe, rub the wart, put the potatoe back together and bury it under the front step. Wart will come off.
Don't count the cars in a train, or there will be a death in the family.
Drop a dish cloth, someone coming dirtier that you are.

It IS a pully bone. What else would you call it? LOL

I was told the same thing. When my son arrived he looked like a gorilla!

When I lived in NC, the mountain saying was--put a bean in a pot for every August fog. That will be how many snows you will have in the winter. Take a bean out of the pot every time it snows and see if they come out even!

I was just going to share that! It is true.

this is true, I did it and it worked.

I think that is what is meant by WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND my daughter hates it when I say that LOL
:roll:

To QuiltE::: Was there soap in the cup??? Just kidding.

To: QUILTE Was there soap in the cup??? Just kidding.

To: QUILTE Was there soap in the cup??? Just kidding.

Sorry for all the duplicate printing.

has anyone ever heard if you have a statue of a elephant,
having the trunk upwards is goodluck, downwards is badluck.
Just curious.I once gave my mother a stuff elephant, trunkdown,
she never put it out on display, hmmm

Yeppers!

If the sky has blue in it while raining, will rain the next day too.

Sun dogs in sky needs change in weather.

I heard that if you get elephants you should face their trunks the same direction for good luck.

spiders do that all the time here and its tooo dry. we just don't notice em (thank goodness) unless it'sdewey in the morning