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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.
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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.
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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. |
Originally Posted by ptquilts
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.
speaking of superstitions, everyone knows about the wishbone and making a wish. How many grew up calling it a "pully bone"? I had a friend down south who called it that. |
Originally Posted by JenniePenny
A wive's tale that I heard while pregnant:
If the mom-to-be has a lot of heartburn, then she will have a curly haired child. I do have a curly haired child, and I did get some heartburn in the last trimester, but I also was married to a curly-haired man, so don't know if I can put any stock in the old wives' tale. |
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!
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Originally Posted by QuiltE
Red sky at night, sailors delight.
Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning. Weather predicitions for the coming quarter are based on the day before, the day of and the day after the change of season Example -- Spring to Summer If June 20th was wet, then the first month, will be wet. If June 21st was clear and warm, the 2nd month. If June 22nd was extremely hot, then ... you got the idea! Likewise for the rest of the 1/4's. |
Originally Posted by Cheri_J
A slice of raw potato will get rid of warts
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