• PAPERBACKWRITER said on Sep 24, 2008....

  
  bookmarking, dear quiet!
  
  (((huggies)))
  
  paper ~
  
  
  

• CayenneMan said on Sep 24, 2008....

     I remember my mother always telling us on Christmas Eve . . . After Santa comes tonight . . . if he does and you sneak a peak before morning comes all the presents under the tree will disappear. I don't even know why I cared, all I ever got was a bunch of wooden blocks and coal anyway. :0(

• uniquely-ironic said on Sep 24, 2008....

  How about "step on a crack, break your mother's back"?
   
  Then, I don't know if it's consider a wives tale, the old "if you keep making faces like that your face will grow like that".
   
   

• quietone said on Sep 24, 2008....

  Cman ~ hahaha...... lump of coal, now I could see where you might get that in your stocking! wooden blocks, maybe your parents were trying to tell you something!

  uniquely ~ yes, I remember hearing both of those often.. especially the one about the face...... I think it turned out to be true~ haha

• secretlife said on Sep 24, 2008....

  my mother believes that if you see a black cat, you should SPIT immediately!
   
  if your ears are burining it means someone is talking about you.
   
  never open an umbrella in the house because it's bad luck
   
  if you break a mirror, you'll have 7 years bad luck
   
  if you swallow a watermelon seed, a watermelon will grow inside your stomach.
  now i had an aunt when i was a little girl who was very very pregnant, and i remember my uncle telling me she'd swallowed a watermelon seed.  you better believe i was really careful about eating my watermelon from that day on!

• quietone said on Sep 24, 2008....

  secret ~ hahaha.... oh, yes, I had forgotten about the watermelon thing.  I also was told every one of those except the spitting - we were told don't let a black cat cross your path or it will be bad luck. 

  How bout the one about if you rock a rocking chair while no one is in it someone will get sick.  That one belonged to my grandmother I think.  I will have some good ones to bring to work for my young boss.  LOL

• uniquely-ironic said on Sep 24, 2008....

  I've heard the one (SL reminded me with the burning ears) about if you get a shiver down your spine someone is walking over your future grave.

• Twylarants said on Sep 24, 2008....

  If a bird gets in your house it means someone is going to die.
  Never put a hat on the bed...but I can't remember why.
   But those old wives knew what they were talking about. If we got bitten by a mosquito, my mother would tell us to spit on it. It really works! Our saliva contains antihistamines, or something like that. Anyway, try it...it works.
  My grandmother always said we have to eat a coffee can of dirt before we die. She meant over the course of a lifetime, not all at once...lol!
  She would say it when a young mother would fuss at her child for getting dirty. If a child in the family was sickly, she blamed the mother for not letting the child come in contact with germs. There seems to be some evidence to support that nowadays.
  I guess you have to get old to see the wisdom in the old wives tales.
  

• phie said on Sep 24, 2008....

  being a budding thespian i have to say never NEVER say the scottish plays real name in a theatre x

• pickersplock said on Sep 24, 2008....

  Haha, Twirly, my Grandma used to say, "You have to eat a peck of dirt before you die."
   
  If you drop a dish towel, company's coming.
  If your palm itches, you're going to get some money.
  If you get a chill, the goose just walked on your grave.
   
  I announce that all the time....."The goose just walked on my grave!"
   
  I'm nutty and I get goose bumps a lot!

• wombat said on Sep 24, 2008....

  Interesting about the Hawaiian volcanic rock thing. I had never heard that at all.  Or the one about eating dirt!  I can't think of many right now, but these haven't been mentioned yet I don't think:
   
  Bad luck to walk in one shoe.
  Don't let a cat see itself in a mirror.
  If you leave the house and forget something, sit down and make a wish before you leave again.
  It's bad luck to sing in the bed.
  Also bad luck to tell someone you saw a falling star.
  If you dream of a wedding, you will go to a funeral----and vice versa.
  And Mr. W learned from his mother, and won't let me do this either----can't sweep the floor after dark.
   
  But anyway--is there a difference between superstition and old wive's tales?

• hinana said on Sep 24, 2008....

  oh ive got lots of these.. my family's indian so they have all the evil eye stuff mied in with superstitions..

  theres if your right hand itches ull get money and if ur left itches ull be losing money

  if u step over someones legs ur supposed to step over them again or they wont grow

  if u kick ur legs alot while ur sitting..or like swinging them or whatever, it increases ur debt..or sitting in doorways..come again so does peeing in teh bathtub =P

  if ur left eye is twitching something bad is gonna happen

  if u have the hiccups someones thinking of you..list the ppl u know and when you name the person thinking of you itll stop

  when dogs are howling/crying its either the devil or someones dying

  i cant think of the rest off them right now, maybe ill post more if i rmr =)

• diabolicdame said on Sep 24, 2008....

  And I thought an itchy nose meant love is in the air! Silly me! I'm sure yours is the real version.. kissing a fool does seem more likely than love!  :-)

• KMT said on Sep 24, 2008....

  My father in law has always said that if you see seven blackbirds (or it could have been Robins, can't remember) in your yard in the morning, it means good luck.

• skald said on Sep 24, 2008....

  Don't believe it is bad luck to take the rocks from Hawaii but it is a clever thing to say that so people will not take to much of it away.
  
  If you have an itchy nose here we say that you are going to get angry. We say the same about spilling the salt.
  Same as Secret says never open an umbrella in a house. some one will die there then. 7 years bad luck if you brake a mirror.
  Don't walk backwards my mother said when I was a child, You will walk your parents in the grave if you do that.
  Don't point at a plane or ship. The ship will sink the plane crash.
  A pregnant girl had swallowed a prune seed or prune stone as we call it here. Not a  watermelon seed like Secret told of.
  Just as Hianna we say if your right hand itches you will get money and if the left itches you will loose it.
  If a raven sits on a roof some one is going to die. Also that the raven repays you there is more and more.
  Also if you have hiccups someone is talking badly about you. But not the rest Hianna says to list people.
  
  

• woman said on Sep 24, 2008....

  Most of this "old wife"s tales were brought up already but I do remember my grandma saying that if the hem of your dress turn up by accident, you had a boyfriend. This was fun and I do remember when I was in Hawaii hearing about not taking anything or risking being cursed.

• quietone said on Sep 24, 2008....

  uniquely ~ I have not heard of that one ever!  someone must walk over mine a LOT then!

  Twyla ~ I have heard that if a bird hits your window, someone is going to die.  I have had that happen very often.  I believe that about the dirt and germs thing and agree that today proves that to be pretty true.

  phie ~ is that bad luck?

  pickers ~ oh, yeah, I forgot that one about the dish towel.  uniquely just said the same thing about the goose bumps too.  There must be a well beaten path over mine by now! LOL

  wombie ~ I must say I have not heard any of those.  They are pretty good!  I like the not sweeping the floor at night.... ( or day either LOL)  I don't know if there is much difference between the two.  I used to think people were sayin old wise tales when I was younger. haha

  hinana ~ I haven't heard these before either... these are great!!!  something to pass on to the next generation!  :)

  diabolic ~ LOL well it could mean love is in the air, the "fool" could fall for ya after you kiss him/her.

  KMT ~ that is a new one to me too! thanks

  skald ~ I find that very interesting that even in Iceland some of these "wives tales" are exactly the same!  There must be something to them!  This girl I work with says the "curse" of the rocks and stuff from Hawaii is true, many people do send the stuff back because bad things start happening to them.  But you are right, it is a good way to keep their native things where they belong!  :)

  woman ~ I remember hearing something about a hem.  I also remember if you find a thread on your clothing it means you are going to have a date.  If the string is long it will be a long date if short it will be short! 

   

   

   

   

• queenparanoia said on Sep 25, 2008....

  hmmmm i hgeard somethign before it's unlucky to wear your wedding gown befre the wedding... and if it rains in your wedding it means your marriage is gonna be prosperous... ;-)

• quietone said on Sep 25, 2008....

  queenie ~ I have heard that one about the wedding and rain. 

• scipio said on Sep 25, 2008....

  Wonder whether anybody has really had first hand experience  & their after effects of these tales
  If a telephone rings means someone is calling.  LOL - in good humour.
   
   
   

• phie said on Sep 25, 2008....

  Quiet its the worst luck!
  Your playing with life and death! in fact i dont say the name EVER!
  I think its mainly for the actors on stage more than the audience but just to be on the safe side, watch what you say about billy's scottish play!

• Mamie said on Sep 25, 2008....

  how about 'find a penny, pick it up, seven years of good luck'...and you have to put it in your shoe for some reason...mamie

• quietone said on Sep 25, 2008....

  phie ~ I think actorguy had mentioned a few things about what not to say to actors before they go on stage too.  I will make sure I never ever do that... I will just say break a leg!  :) 

  Mamie ~ I thought though you only pick it up if it is heads up.  Heads down is bad luck... ?  good to see ya~

• Mamie said on Sep 25, 2008....

  oh you are right! If it is heads up it is auto good luck, if it is heads down, you have to put it in your shoe to make it turn into good luck! haahaha

• skald said on Sep 25, 2008....

  Quiet.  I had heard the one about shivering and walking over ones grave. 

• quietone said on Sep 25, 2008....

  mamie ~ also with the penny heads down.. you can pick it up and give it to someone else, it is then good luck for both.

  skald ~ I remembered a bunch more at work today, but now they have slipped my mind again. LOL

• hinana said on Sep 26, 2008....

  lol i remebered some  more.

  theres one where if you leave a shoe upside down its bad luck..

  also if u lick pots..liek whe u make custard ad eat the leftover custard straight from the pot, itll rain on your wedding.

  if you and others are talking about someone and that person calls, or shows up or such, theyll live to be very old, or a great grandmother/father etc.

  =)

• quietone said on Oct 02, 2008....

  hinana ~ you had some good ones that I had not heard of.  I will be sure to pass them along to the young un at work.  thanks!  :)

• woman said on Oct 02, 2008....

  Did anyone say "if your ears are burning, someone is talking about you"? Opps, Secret said that. Well. How about opening an umbrella in the house being bad luck? Breaking a ribbon at a wedding shower meant one baby per broken ribbon. Step on a crack and you'll break your mother's back??

• quietone said on Oct 02, 2008....

  woman ~ I haven't heard the one about the ribbons.  I also remembered its bad luck to walk under a ladder.  I wonder why so many of these "tales" are mostly bad luck and not good.  :(     Maybe we should make up some new ones that are all about good fortune and luck huh???

• woman said on Oct 02, 2008....

  Deal. Let's see. If someone reads your writing on SC, you will find fame, fortune, and love. How's that?

• quietone said on Oct 02, 2008....

  cool thats a good start!  How about if you find out who an "alt" really is you get a years free subscription to SC  hahaha..........

• woman said on Oct 03, 2008....

  Or if you become an "alt" on SC, you will have 7 years bad luck!

• titapwease said on Oct 23, 2008....

  if you say goodbye to a friend on a bridge you'll never see them again.if a clock that hasn't been working chimes there will be a death in the family.a fish should always be eaten from head to tail.a bed changed on Friday will bring bad dreams.unless born in October wearing an opal is bad luck.if you drop scissors you lover is being unfaithful.sing before seven cry before eleven.sparrows carry the souls of the dead it is unlucky to kill one.if you bite your tongue while eating it is because you have told a lie lately.the number of x's on your right hand is how many children you will have.if a woman id buried in black she will come back to haunt the family.you must hold your breath when passing a cemetery or you will breathe in the soul of someone who died recently

• angelheart said on May 07, 2009....

  if your nose itches this means some one is coming to your house, left eye twitches means you are going to get mad and right eye twitches means good luck. If a pregnant woman goes to a funeral and cries and touches her belly she will mark her baby. If you sweep someone feet and don't spit on the broom you will go to jail. On new years it is bad luck for a woman to enter the house first. Don't but shoes on the bed it will cause bad luck. Don't wash clothes on New years day because you will wash someone out of your family. Mop your floors on New Years Eve so you can mop out the old so the new can find it's way in.

• Elizabeth said on Sep 02, 2009....

  Now I didnt read All the previous posts, so forgive me if I repeat any. superstitions/old wives tales *don't cut your nails on a sunday....youll die of a cut throat when the time comes. *females cant touch a didjeridoo....theyll fall pregnant *women cant play the didjeridoo.....their baby will be retarded *itchy nose means you will get into a fight *itchy left hand money leaves, itchy right hand money recieves. *touch your belly button if an ambulance passes with lights/sirens on...you'll save a life *if your necklace clasp comes to the front a you will recieve a fools kiss obviously some of these are even different to other posts, but these are the ones I grew up with. My dad is over the top about them.....mainly the cutting you nails one!!! what I would like to know is if anyone knows of an "itchy tongue" O.W.T???

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