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.
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".
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.. Go out with wet hair catch a cold...
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.
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
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...
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)