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Originally Posted by joyce blint
(Post 6620868)
You're making some nice memories and interesting reading for your DGD. Just noticed your address and realized we came thru there on our way from Paducah, KY Sunday.
As far as the journal, I have been fiddlin' with it a while. But after my sister passed away in Dec. unexpected at the age of 50, it made me realize how tomorrow really isn't promised. My DN has a 4 yr old daughter who thought her Mammy hung the moon, they are expecting a boy next month. So I am making them both a "Mammy's story Book" I thought it would mean alot to them as they get older and to keep her memories alive to them! Sorry, I know TMI. |
Originally Posted by JenniePenny
(Post 6620869)
The most old wives' tales I heard involved pregnancy.
Here is just one of thousands: If the mother-to-be still looked beautiful, fresh-faced with clear skin and shiny hair through the eighth month, it meant she was having a boy, because a baby girl would steal her mother's beauty and youth! |
Originally Posted by kathy
(Post 6620876)
never reach above your head when you're pregnant, it will cause the cord to wrap around the baby's neck!
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Originally Posted by Chasing Hawk
(Post 6620897)
My Gram said that eating bologna while pregnant caused birth defects.
And my Aunt said drinking soda while pregnant caused low birth weight. The latter one I had to chuckle when she said that. My last two children were big babies. My daughter weighed 10 lbs, and my son weighed 9 lbs 14 oz. :) |
Here are a few more. If you get your belly all wet while washing dishes you will marry a drunk,
Whatever you do on the first day of the year is what you will end up doing the rest of the year. How about this one, If your left hand itches you are going to get money and if the right itches you will shake hands with a stranger. I could go on and on with these things but I think my favorite is the one where you are making ugly faces at someone and your mom says to yo"your face is going to freeze like that one of these times" |
Originally Posted by libby2595
(Post 6620911)
mine might be a little "different" being that i'm first generation american.
i'll chime is as i remember them. * if you sweep over the feet of a young-single girl/lady, she will be a spinster. * if you hit yourself on the elbow (the funny bone), don't rub it. it'll bring good luck. * if it's raining and the sun is out, a "witch" is getting married. * if your new baby (up to toddlerhood) gets very needy with mommy, that's because there's another bun in the oven. * if your boob itches, an "old man" is "desiring" you. |
If your baby has the colic, make a tea from an onion and give to them.
If the wooly worm is black, it will be a bad winter. If it is warm and the snow doesn't melt, it is waiting for another snow. If your ears are itching, company is coming. The lower a hornets nest hangs in the tree, the colder the winter will be. When moving to a different house, leave your broom in the old house for good luck. Never hand an open pocket knife to someone or you will have bad luck. Do not open an umbrella inside a house. Do not drink milk while eating fish, it can be deadly. These are just some I have heard over the years. :p |
Originally Posted by NJ Quilter
(Post 6621023)
If your palm itches you're going to get money.
If your nose itches you're going to kiss a fool. If it rains while the sun is shining, the devil is beating his wife. Don't know where any of these came from but were standards in my family! |
Originally Posted by NikkiLu
(Post 6621016)
"A stitch in time saves nine". How true that is! That tear in my bedskirt would not be a foot long if I would have fixed it when I first noticed it. Now it is glued with Elmer School Glue until I change my bedding and can get it off and sewn on my sewing machine.
They better have spools ready when the crowd off here shows up.LOL |
Never give cutlery for a wedding gift -- It will cut the relationship
Putting shoes on the table will bring bad luck Spill salt -- throw a pinch over your shoulder to ward off evil spirits Shiver for no reason -- Ghost walked over your grave If your ear itches, it means someone is talking about you. Want your kids to find you, go to the bathroom |
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