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What Myths were we told when we were Children......
Jeff Wrangler:
New Year's Day: Roast pork and sauerkraut for the Pennsylvania Germans. Never, under any circumstances, eat chicken on New Year's Day. Why? Chickens scratch backward, but hogs root forward. ... ;D
When I moved to Philadelphia, I was told that it's an Italian custom to eat lentils on New Year's Day.
MaineWriter:
I reminded everyone of this last year, but I'll bring it up again this year...
New Year's Eve in Germany, Austria, Norway, and who knows how many other countries (but not the US or Britain), the tradition is to sit down and watch "Dinner for One," a very silly British skit filmed in 1963. Here's an interesting article with links to places you can watch the video. I will be watching it on New Year's Eve, as I have for the last two years....
http://www.slate.com/id/2133551
"Same procedure as last year, Miss Sophie?"
"Same procedure as every year, James!"
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: David on December 23, 2007, 04:03:55 am ---A boiling pot of salted water will scare away house haints.
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--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on December 27, 2007, 10:15:52 am ---What's a "house haint"? ???
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--- Quote from: Lynne on December 27, 2007, 10:19:21 am ---a ghost?
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A Haint is an angry ancestral spirit. Charms, spells + rituals are practiced to keep them away, such as painting a house Haint blue because it resembles water + Haints won't travel over water
ifyoucantfixit:
Man oh man where do you get all that information... :D ?
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: ifyoucantfixit on December 27, 2007, 11:21:29 pm ---
Man oh man where do you get all that information... :D ?
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The amazing trivia that resides in my brain....LOL
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