What Myths were we told when we were Children......

[David In Indy]

What's a "house haint"? 

Hey Jeff! What Chuck said. Around here a haint is a bothersome ghost. Mom always said a pot of salted water will get rid of them, especially if you allow it to boil.

[Jeff Wrangler]

Hey Jeff! What Chuck said. Around here a haint is a bothersome ghost. Mom always said a pot of salted water will get rid of them, especially if you allow it to boil.

Thanks, David! I'll remember that tip if ever I'm troubled with haints. 

Now, if Chuckie can tell me what on earth color is "haint blue" I'll be all set! 

[CellarDweller]

Now, if Chuckie can tell me what on earth color is "haint blue" I'll be all set! 

[MaineWriter]

I thought of two more superstitions that my mother repeated regularly:

Sing before breakfast, cry before night.

I always wondered how my Catholic friends finagled this on Sunday, since I knew they fasted before going to Mass, and then would be singing hymns during the service. Did every Catholic kid I know cry on Sunday evening? Probably.

Don't tell a dream before breakfast, otherwise it will come true.

I still subscribe to this belief, actually.

[Lynne]

Red sky in morning, sailors' warning; red sky at night, sailors' delight.