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Old Wives Tales .

let sleeping dogs lie

Red sky at night shepherds delight

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
 
My Mother used to say "eat up your crusts as it will make your hair curl"
I already had curly hair and hated it :shock:
I do like crusty bread now though.
 
Spiders are lucky.
I've got one crawling on me at the moment (luckily it's a small - rather nice looking one which I'm not afraid of so it will live :thumbup: ). Unless the cats get it..... It's unlucky to kill a spider anyway they say :shock:
My husband said he will go out this afternoon to play the lottery.
 
Mutton dressed as lamb

You can't polish a turd

If it rains on st swithyns day it'll rain for forty days and night

A black cat crossing your path is good luck

A gypsy will put a hex on you if don't buy their wares (heather, pegs, etc)

A slice of bread will always land butter side down

Eating snot will give you worms

W***ing makes you go blind

Tell the truth and shame the devil

There are no monsters in your wardrobe/under your bed

Never kill a spider

If you go cross-eyed and the wind changes, you'll stick like it (a kid over the road was cross-eyed and had to have an operation, I thought the wind had changed)

Here's 20p for an ice cream (great gran, I had to use my sisters half to get a small cornet)
 
Dandilions make you wee yourself...

She couldn't stop a pig in an alley (of someone bow-legged)
 
izzzi said:
let sleeping dogs lie

Red sky at night shepherds delight

Red sky in the morning shepherds warning.

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My dog sometimes says she's a cat,the little fibber, but it's ok as she's just talking in her sleep :)
 
My cat thinks he's a dog! :D

Some kitties are pretty vocal. Makes one wonder if they have the capacity to lie... 'No, I haven't had my dinner yet...'

Anyone ever open an umbrella in the house? I've done it just to check it isn't damaged before facing the great outdoors.


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I think as with all old wives tales, we've taken them, although with caUtion, with a pinch of salt.
 
If you put a buttercup under your chin and your chin goes yellow you will live a long life my nanny used to say...

If you stand in dog poop it's meant to be good luck.. (to be honest it stinks)

If you walk over three drain covers in a row you will have bad luck...

If you don't put money in a purse or wallet you buy for someone it will cause then to be poor apparently...

These are what my nanny and grandma used to say...

Kerry xxx


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Yeah, never got the dog **** thing! It generally means you'll be buying a new dish brush 25 minutes after scrubbing your shoe? How is that lucky?
 
Being from the coast we were taught Red Sky at night Shepherds delight Red Sky in.the morning Sailors Warning.

Dont stand on the cracks in the pavement or the Bears will get you!!

Never go out at night without a helmet or the Sky will fall on your head!! (Ancient Gaullish fear)

Beware the ides of March!!!
(Mr J Ceasar Esq forgot that one didnt he!!!)

Never let a woman on a boat

Never refer to Macbeth when talking to actors always call it The Scottish Play

I remember the Ice cream van one as well!!!


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If you give a knife or anything sharp that cuts to someone, you must put a coin in with it or you will 'cut' your friendship.
 
Don't put new shoes on the table, it brings bad luck. (Not sure if I'd put any shoes on the table).

Always have a supply of salt and oil in your house or you'll become poor (That's one of my Dad's).

Don't mock the afflicted, what goes around comes around.

Always keep some paper money sewn into the hem of your dress or your knickers so you don't have to stay with a date that isn't working out well.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

If you see a magpie on it's own, salute it and say 'Good Morning Mr Magpie' or you'll have bad luck. (You may also be carried off in a white van).

Never wear second hand shoes, always walk your own path in life.

Position a mirror opposite your front door, it will keep burglars away. (Apparently they get a shock when they see themselves.)

Never wear green, it's unlucky. (I love green and wear it at any opportunity, much to my late mother's annoyance.)

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
 
Where there is 'muck' there is brass [money] :shock:
My grandma used to keep telling me this one .

Never could find any when I looked - as a young child .
 
Better say nothing and be thought an idiot, than open your mouth and remove all doubt.

I did like that one.
 
Blue and green should never be seen unless there's a colour inbetween.

My husband is convinced that if he eats cooked tomato skin they will wrap around his intestines. He's not been able to explain how the tomato skin gets outside his intestines in the first place - they just do.

Don't walk under a ladder - something to with breaking the holy trinity of father, son and holy ghost

Bless you when someone sneezes harks back to the plague, a sneeze was one of the signs so people gave a blessing to ward it off.

It's bad luck to put keys on a table (maybe a burglar can see them?)

It's good luck for a bird to poo on your head (because you're worth it :lol: )

And my favourite - I'm told that when my older brothers were at school the teacher asked the class if they knew any old wives tales, and Tom piped up "Foxeth alwayth thmell their own holeth firtht" He doesn't lisp any more by the way.

I remeber the one about not taking off things you've put on inside out - the number of times I've tried to turn something the right way out without taking the whole think off, though I don't know if that applies to putting one leg through the waist of your knickers and wondering why they feel strange all day!!!!
 
chris lowe said:
......Blue and green should never be seen unless there's a colour inbetween.
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Sorry Chris, that's wrong. It should read:
Blue and green should ne'er be seen without a touch of tangerine.
You should see my dining room! :mrgreen:
 
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