Old Wives Tales

[maggiebee]

Boiling my egg for brekkie this morning I recalled something my mum always said. In the days when men used boiling water, shaving soap and a bristle brush to have a shave, she always said not to use the water that eggs had been boiled in as it caused warts. Funny how things come back to you at odd times.

[Zacs-Master]

And never tie your shoelaces on a freshly donkeystoned step.

[Tissy]

I was always told not to get the white of an egg on your fingers when cracking an egg because it caused warts. I still don't like cracking eggs because of this reason.

[Prudie]

From childhood comes to mind, if you swallow chewing gum your innards will stick together, a tree will grow in your stomach if you swallow grape pips, you'll get piles if you sit on the radiator, if you cross your eyes one day they'll get stuck like it.

[Tilly2]

My mum told me the egg one as well. Also a tale about getting shingles. If you have a shingles rash around your waist and it meets up in a circumference, you die.

[Tilly2]

Sitting on a cold step causes piles. We didn't have radiators.

[Toorak]

I was told that if you made a face and the wind changed direction it would stay like that. There was a woman who lived near us who had a twisted mouth and I asked my mum if that's what had happened to her.

[marval]

I remember being told if I ate my crusts, I would get curly hair.

[emmie]

Prudie
and if you stuck your tongue out, it will stay like it, funny how you remember these things.

[emmie]

if you ate all your carrots you would be able to see in the dark, not in my home it didn't..

[Cloverjo]

And eating carrots helps you to see in the dark. My dad: have you ever seen a rabbit wearing glasses?
An ancient family joke that doesn't even work.

[petal54]

my gran often not to eat off 1 plate that was on top of another as it would kill a sailor,also not to put new shoes on the table.I've heard re apple pips would set off your appendix

[Jackdaw33]

Never open an umbrella in the house.
If you spill some salt you must throw a pinch over your left shoulder to keep the Devil away.

[Peter Pedant]

// In the days when men used boiling water, shaving soap and a bristle brush to have a shave,//

oh god has shaving moved on ?

I used to like those razor blades you put in the empty razor thing
and feel I have really moved far enough

[Jackdaw33]

I vaguely remember something about boiling eggs. You shouldn't use the pan for anything else. I still don't. My little milk pan which I use for boiling eggs is only ever used for that purpose.

[Tilly2]

Going outside/to bed with wet hair will cause you to have a cold.

[Barsel]

Not drying your hands properly will give you rheumatism.

[Jackdaw33]

Eating meat which has not been thoroughly cooked through will give you worms.

[jlcm]

safe sex marvel I too was told that eating your crusts will give you curly hair and being an ex publican used to berate people who didn't finish there meals till on day into my usual spiel it suddenly clicked what I was saying ,when your little you don't have curly hair[pubic] and I stopped dead and always being an easy blusher went bright red so my wife is interrogating me as to what have I said now to embarrass myself when I told her she collapsed in laughter ,always likes to see me make a fool of myself !!!