Old Wives Tales

[Sandy]

Just wondering if your grandparents/parents/aunts/uncles, etc., had any theories that they swore were legitimate? I have heard of a few from others that are truely weird to me :lol: so I thought I would ask. Two that I can think of that I heard as I was growing up

1. If you go outside with wet hair, you will catch your "death of cold."

2. If you burn yourself, put butter on it.

[Mandi]

Man, I know there are like a million but I'm blanking. :gah:

Only one comes to mind...

If you have tons of heartburn while pregnant, your baby will be born with lots of hair. (Ummm, so not right, trust me! :lol: )

[Hilary]

If you have tons of heartburn while pregnant, your baby will be born with lots of hair. (Ummm, so not right, trust me! :lol: )
:lol: It was right for me.

[Sandy]

Another one I thought of - florescent lights at school is the reason I am nearsighed and wear contacts. :wtf:

[Shel]

If you drop a fork on the floor it means someone's coming :rolleyes:

[Jessica]

If you have tons of heartburn while pregnant, your baby will be born with lots of hair. (Ummm, so not right, trust me! :lol: )

Seriously! I practically lived off of Zantac and I have a little bald guy!

[TtownAnne]

Now see, I had heartburn fit to kill and Caroline was born with a full head of thick dark hair! That's why they swear it's true, because it does work out for lots of people. :)

My grandmother was from the south, so she had tons of ridiculous ones but the two weirdest I remember are:

Never hang anything from a doorknob (don't know why, it was just bad!)
Shoes or hats on the bed meant someone would die.

[milliez]

If you find that you've put your underwear on inside out/backwards, don't fix it. It's bad luck.

If your nose itches, someone is thinking about you.

If your ears are ringing, someone is talking about you.

Lift your legs when you go over railroad tracks, and make a wish.

If you make a face and someone slaps you on the back, your face will stay like that.


I'm sure there are more....

~ Melissa

[Connie1222]

Shoes or hats on the bed meant someone would die.

Keith is very superstitious and gets so mad at me when I do this. Like seriously angry! I don't do it on purpose! :lol:

[Cami]

DH's grandma told me (over and over and over) that if I drank cold drinks, I'd upset my newborn baby's tummy.

[Hilary]

I remembered one! :lol: My grandma told me when my milk wasn't coming in to drink a beer and that it would.

[marcy]

"Eat your carrots - it's good for your eyes".

I loved carrots, ate a ton of them - and then I got glasses in second grade. Never liked cooked carrots after that.

[Jayne]

Eating Carrots would put hair on my chest and make my hair more red...(I HATED MY RED HAIR AND NEVER ATE CARROTS) I now like them though :lol:

Drinking Coffee would stunt my growth. I am 4'11 and have NEVER EVER had coffee :lol: Guess it didn't matter for me.

Those are the two my grandpa always told me!

[Jillian]

I remembered one! :lol: My grandma told me when my milk wasn't coming in to drink a beer and that it would.


That one is actually at least a little true...

Beer contains a polysaccharide from barley which can stimulate prolactin secretion and may enhance the production of milk. The polysaccharide is also found in non-alcoholic beer, and the effect on prolactin can also be induced by non-alcoholic beer [1, 2].

[TtownAnne]

Oh, that was the other one - if I ate the crust of my sandwiches, I would have curly hair. Hasn't worked yet!

[Karly]

I think that heartburn and pregnancy just go hand-in-hand, regardless of the amount of hair on the newborn's head. :nod: Now see, I had heartburn fit to kill and Caroline was born with a full head of thick dark hair! That's why they swear it's true, because it does work out for lots of people. :)

My MIL always said to cover the baby's head outside when it was cold, or they would get "air in their tummy." :crazy: I covered their heads, but it was so they wouldn't get cold! :lol:

She also was worried for me to reach up high with my hands/arms when I was pregnant because it "wasn't good for the baby." Whatever. :lol:

[Sandy]

All of these theories crack me up! :lol:

[kalm]

My grandma told me when my milk wasn't coming in to drink a beer and that it would.

My lactation consultant told me to drink beer to increase my milk supply, unless I was prone to yeast infections, then to have Malta (malt soda) to help prevent thrush.

My mother had zillions of these. Like if your hand itched you were going to give some money. If you dropped a spoon, company was coming. If your nose itched you were going to kiss a stranger....

[Becca]

:lol: I've heard so many of these before...my great-grandpa used to tell us to eat our crusts b/c it would put hair on our chests :P I eat my crusts b/c I like them & I don't have hair on my chest :giggle:
Last summer I accidentally put Jonathan's shoes on my Grama's coffee table & she nearly had a stroke. She marched me into the kitchen to throw salt over my shoulder faster than I even knew what was going on, then I had to sweep up the salt :rolleyes:

[ykmama]

Dont make faces in the cold or your face will freeze like that and you will look stupid for the rest of your life.

If your left hand itches, money is leaving your hand, if you right hand itches money is coming in.

An owl in your window means someone close to you will die.

Wolves in your yard are bad luck (for the other animals!) so you shouldnt go gambling

Hats on the bed are very bad luck.

Purse on the floor and money will never stay in it.