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What Myths were we told when we were Children......
Lynne:
This is a great thread! What a good idea!
My Grandma Mamie told me the one about 'A whistling girl and a crowing hen - both will come to some bad end.'
And in Tennessee it's black-eyed peas, turnip greens, and cornbread on New Year's Day for good luck and prosperity - never had the pork or hog jowls, tho - maybe some corned beef? which I don't care for either.
What else? If your ears are burning, someone is talking about you.
If you raise your feet for someone to sweep under them, you'll never get married. ::)
jstephens9:
If your nose is itching, it means somebody is coming to see you.
MaineWriter:
Itchy palms....
Itchy left palm, you are going to receive some money. Itchy right palm, you are going to lose some money.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: jstephens9 on December 23, 2007, 12:41:28 am ---Oh yes, definitely, and walking under a ladder is bad luck too in case nobody has mentioned that yet.
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Ah, but there is a sort of historical basis in the notion of it being bad luck to walk under a ladder. Once upon a time, before trap-door gallows were invented, people were executed by hanging by being pushed off a ladder. The rope was attached to a beam, or sturdy tree limb, or something, and the condemned had a noose placed around the neck, and was pushed off a ladder by the executioner.
If memory serves, you can see a dramatization of this in Three Sovereigns for Sarah, a very good fact-based film about the Salem witch trials.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Katie77 on December 22, 2007, 12:05:47 am ---Another one I was told as a child, and still abide by it......
Is not to put shoes on the table.......supposed to be bad luck
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I was told the same thing--it's bad luck--if you put a hat on the table.
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