Old Wives' Tales

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  1. Beth Gallagher

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    OMG, my mother was the original "old wife." She had a million of 'em. If someone had a wart, they were supposed to steal a dishrag and bury it. (We never had dish towels; just dish rags.) If you got a stye on your eye, you had to go down to "the crossroads" and say "stye, stye, leave my eye" three times, turn around and walk home without looking back.

    I could go on for days, haha.:D
     
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    Eat all your food....The starving people in China would love to have it.
     
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    I think my granddaughter would believe this one.

    One Day old:
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    @Jerry Adams - what a loverly head of hair ! :)
    Wonder if there's one to get yer hair back ………...
     
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  5. Jerry Adams

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    I can remember an old news paper comic strip "Katzenjammer Kids" about that one.
     
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    What "starving children" were you all chided about?

    We were Protestant and most of our missionaries were in Africa, so I was told "an entire African village could live for a month on what you leave on your plate, young lady!"

    My Catholic friends had the "starving Chinese orphans" thrown at them.

    My father told me that his particular burden was the "starving Armenians".
     
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    Ours when I was a kid was Biafra...


    Find a penny pick it up, and all that day you'll have good luck.!! Nonsense, of course but I still do it to this day..:D

    Go out with wet hair catch a cold...
     
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    see a pin and let it lay bad luck you shall have all that day---i always pick them up
     
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    Going barefooted will make your cramps worse.
    White spots on your fingernails represent all the lies you've told recently.
    If you swallow gum, it will stay in your stomach 7 years.
     
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  11. Hal Pollner

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    "The Katzenjammer Kids" was also called "The Captain And The Kids".

    Hal
     
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  12. Hal Pollner

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    Old Wive's Tales?

    How about Young Husband's Tales?

    Hal
     
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  13. Craig Wilson

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    Same here.

    If you pull a strange face and the wind changes, you'll be stuck that way

    Eating your crusts would make your hair curly

    If someone yawns and you like them, you yawn too

    Eating carrots can help you to see in the dark
     
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  14. Holly Saunders

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    yep we had all of those too... and don't forget if holding a buttercup under your chin reflected yellow, it meant you loved Butter... :D
     
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  15. Nancy Hart

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    My mother told me this one. She didn't believe it either.

    To cure warts, rub the wart with an old dishcloth. Bury the cloth. (When it rots, the wart will be gone)
     
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