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Old Wives Tales .


I always thought
Blue and green should never be seen unless upon an Irish queen lol


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A women whistling brings bad luck.

Never trust anyone whose eyebrows meet in the middle.

Seeing a raven is an omen of death. (I get hundreds of them gathering on the green near where I live and we're all still here.)

Groom shouldn't see the bride on the day of the wedding before the wedding. He shouldn't see the dress either.

Children should be seen and not heard. (I do like that one :lol: )

If you pull faces at people, your face will stick like that :***:
 
Green, blue and tangerine - could be a new colour combo sensation for Cheryl Cole (well if purple and orange worked for her why not?). Trying to get the image of an irish queen out of my head - thanks for that suggestion! :lol:

Just thought of another one - if the cat washes behind it's ears it's going to rain. Well my two have been furiously washing their ears and faces and no sign of rain despite weather forcast. suppose I will have to go and water the garden again
 
Always wear clean underwear every day - just in case you get run over. You wouldn't want anyone to see those old grey bloomers and overstretched bra that you're so comfortable in! (That's one of my mother's)
 
GraceK said:
Always wear clean underwear every day - just in case you get run over. You wouldn't want anyone to see those old grey bloomers and overstretched bra that you're so comfortable in! (That's one of my mother's)
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Hahaha I remember that one


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By queen I meant the kings wife lol


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Sorry, too late to tell me that now!!!!!
 

Well you made me literally laugh out loud


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If you say that again, I'll wash your mouth out with soap!

Don't look at me with those eyes.

Look at your face!?! It's filthy! As she spits on a hanky and scrubs your face with it.

(Billy Connolly) woe betide the boy who doesn't attend my lessons! (Billy as a boy) "Good old Woby!!"
 
If a snapping turtle gets you, he won't let go until it thunders.
 
Honestly, as grown ups these are so funny, but were gospel as an innocent infant.

As an aside, Month. Did you ever hear about mobsters in the deep south and mexico where the bosses kept giant snappers to dispose of their foes? They have no teeth, rather a sharp 'beak'. It may be a fable, but I've read many a tale about this method of house-keeping. May be too much Lee Child or Robert Crais or Michael Connelly, but it does make you thing, what if. Either that or I'm gullible, like boars/pigs eating corpses to be free of an enemy. I believe this has happened in sicilly, way back, but wonder how true they are.
 
I must admit, I thought the snapping turtle one was a joke-but true apparently ! I have read a few crime books where various victims were fed to pigs as they leave no trace ! Lovely thought. I feel less guilty eating a bacon butty now ! Payback !


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If u drop a knife its bad luck to pick it up so someone else needs to pick it up but it has too be with their left hand or they'll have bad luck


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I seem to remember Hanniabal Lecter turning the tables on a certain Mason Verger (gary oldman in the film). It's has to bear SOME truth, as it has featured in so many stories. They'd all be be dispelled as urban myth otherwise!
At least my tool is a keyboard and can only p people off or give them blunt force trauma!
 
Knife to the floor, man to the door.
If you drop something it is unlucky to pick it up yourself but a surprise for someone else who picks it up.
Don't look at me in that tone of voice.
If it rains at a funeral the soul goes straight to heaven.
If you wear your jumper/cardigan/coat inside out you won't get lost.

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To spill salt brings bad luck. If you spill salt, take a pinch and throw it over your left shoulder to keep the divvel away.
 
I always used to tell my children (as my mother told me) that if they did anything wrong I would find out as I had eyes in the back of my head. Only recently my son (41) told me that he and his sister believed this and they would look to see if they could see the eyes


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I'm fascinated by the fact you said your son, then he and his sister, rather than he and my daughter. How peculiar.
 
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I'm facinated by the fact you said your son, the he and his sister, rather than he and my daughter. How peculiar.
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That is good,
Got me thinking about my 4 children.My son and my son also sounds wrong,I know I could have said My son's.
I have 2 boy's and 2 girls, but their adults and some times treat us (my wife and I) as children.
I wonder what is the proper way to describe your children , "without using their names".
mind you "he and my daughter would be her grandaughter.
Roy.
 
I didn't realise I do that. When speaking of only my son it is "my son" likewise when speaking only of my daughter it is "my daughter" when speaking of them both I always say son/sister or daughter/son. Strange as you say !!


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