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

[MaineWriter]

I almost fergot this very important one. If a bird flies into yer window glass someone you know will die. If a bird falls down yer chimney lookout, someone in the house is gonna die.

TampaTalon">

I hate the dying superstitions. I never heard those about the birds. I have heard that if a knife falls into the floor, point down (ie, sticking in the floor), someone will die.

L

[tampatalon]

I hate the dying superstitions. I never heard those about the birds. I have heard that if a knife falls into the floor, point down (ie, sticking in the floor), someone will die.

L

The knife is a new one on me.

TampaTalon^">

[delalluvia]

Here in western NC it is black-eyed peas, hog jowls, collard greens and pork roast on New Years Day. Each stands for something and I can't remember what stands for what, but Shasta here is your problem. The collard greens mean money so if you haven't been having those that is why you are not rich with money. Of course, I have had them every year I have been alive and I haven't found the money yet either  I've never heard of the rice, beans or kraut though

Same in Texas, except for the pork roast and we add cornbread.  But I'm not fond of jowls or collard greens or tripe, so I just get sausage.  I bought my cans of black-eye peas six weeks ago.  Because while you can always find cornbread mix and sausages, the stores sometimes run out of black-eye peas. 

[Shasta542]

Hog jowl, fried to a crispy crunch, is delicious! It probably clogs up an artery as soon as you swallow it, but it is still delicious.

[jstephens9]

Same in Texas, except for the pork roast and we add cornbread.  But I'm not fond of jowls or collard greens or tripe, so I just get sausage.  I bought my cans of black-eye peas six weeks ago.  Because while you can always find cornbread mix and sausages, the stores sometimes run out of black-eye peas. 

I forgot the cornbread. Yes, we have the cornbread here too. It sounds like Texas and North Carolina have similar New Years Day traditions  And sometimes people put what they call chitlins in the cornbread.

[CellarDweller]

I hate the dying superstitions. I never heard those about the birds. I have heard that if a knife falls into the floor, point down (ie, sticking in the floor), someone will die.

That's new to me, too.  I do know that for as long as I can remember, whenever mom would drop a fork to the floor, she would say that means that company is coming over.

To this day, if a fork hits the floor, she shouts out "Company's coming!"

[delalluvia]

Hog jowl, fried to a crispy crunch, is delicious! It probably clogs up an artery as soon as you swallow it, but it is still delicious.

Wow, I bet it is good that way.  Any kind of fried pork fat - aka Pork Rinds - is always a treat. 

[Shasta542]

Wow, I bet it is good that way.  Any kind of fried pork fat - aka Pork Rinds - is always a treat. 

My grandmother always boiled it and I didn't like it very much. I'd eat one bite just to say I'd had it for New Year's Day, but that's it! Then I started having NYD dinner with my cousin, and she fried it. MUCH better that way. I wanted more! It's kinda like a really salty bacon.  

[David In Indy]

If you swallow your gum it will take 10 years to digest. Has anyone mentioned that one yet?

Or if you swallow seeds, a plant will grow in your stomach.


Shasta, boiled pork sounds TERRIBLE!! I don't blame you for not wanting to eat it. My Mother sometimes boiled fish. It was awful. And I don't like fish anyway, so you can just imagine...

We call baked or fried pork fat cracklins around here. Very popular during New Year's. Also black eyed peas. Up in the northern part of the state they will eat sauerkraut on NYD, but in the central and southern parts pork, cracklins and black eye peas are popular.

[Katie77]

Heres a couple more about spilling or dropping things....

If you spill sugar, it is supposed to mean  joy to you

and if you spill salt, you have to throw a little bit over your shoulder for luck