What "old wives tales" do you still find yourself adhering to?

[GramToEmandKenn]

My mom had a lot of them but just thought of one while I was cutting up a cucumber for my lunchtime salad. She used to say to cut the ends off the cucumbers and rub them on the ends to "take the badness out". She also used to say if you saw the backs of the leaves it was going to rain, if one of her hands itched, going to get money or give money, etc. Love to know what you think.

 

[kimblebee]

I still throw salt over my shoulder if I spill some.

 

[Floridaman999]

Bad things come in threes. It seems to happen again and again and again (see what I did there?).

I'm almost convinced this one is true.

 

[J'aime Paris]

An apple a day keeps the doctor away!

 

[low-key]

If I didnt stop it, I would go blind (anyone remember Woody Allen old movie "Could I do it until I need glasses "

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Your face is going to freeze like that.

 

[scrhsa]

Rubbing a potato on a wart. I had one on my knee as a kid and my Aunt cut potato in half, rubbed one half on my wart then told me to buy my half of the potato without telling her where, while she buried the other half somewhere else. It worked. I've not had another opportunity to test the validity of the process

 

[lovesmurfs]

My mom had a lot of them but just thought of one while I was cutting up a cucumber for my lunchtime salad. She used to say to cut the ends off the cucumbers and rub them on the ends to "take the badness out". She also used to say if you saw the backs of the leaves it was going to rain, if one of her hands itched, going to get money or give money, etc. Love to know what you think.

Yes--when you see the shiny sides of the leaves (silver, backs, etc.), it's going to rain. And when cows were lying in a field it was going to rain.

ETA: Probably more a superstition, but my grandmother used to cut the tip of her pie off and eat it last. Dunno why. I'll google to find out.

 

[Christine]

The leaf thing (shiny side or backs of leaves) is true. Not an old wives' tale. When we're ready to get a thunderstorm, I always see the leaves turn like that. Not so on a regular, rain though. It's more like when a storm comes in.

 

[Floridaman999]

You're gonna go blind if...

 

[RUDisney]

Chicken soup helps to cure a cold. I make soup every time one of us is sick.

 

[loves to dive]

I'm southern, I won't wear white until Easter and not after Labor Day.

 

[DLgal]

Chicken soup helps to cure a cold. I make soup every time one of us is sick.

This one is actually scientifically proven.

 

[RUDisney]

This one is actually scientifically proven.

Wow! I knew it helped, but I thought it was psychological and a placebo affect.

 

[Searc]

I'm southern, I won't wear white until Easter and not after Labor Day.

I'm not southern and follow this fashion rule.

 

[Christine]

I'm southern, I won't wear white until Easter and not after Labor Day.

Here in the mid-Atlantic, I think we were told that white is only worn between Memorial Day and Labor Day!

 

[DizMinMouse]

My mom always said “it’s bad luck to put shoes on the table”.

 

[Kitty 34]

I still throw salt over my shoulder if I spill some.

Years ago at a restaurant Up North my DH reached for the salt shaker and accidentally dropped it in his glass of water. I'm thinkin' now he should have just thrown the whole glass with the shaker over his shoulder!!

 

[Simba's Mom]

I'm southern, I won't wear white until Easter and not after Labor Day.

Me too! Even though it was in the 90s here yesterday, and should be again today, no white yet.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

My mom had a lot of them but just thought of one while I was cutting up a cucumber for my lunchtime salad. She used to say to cut the ends off the cucumbers and rub them on the ends to "take the badness out". She also used to say if you saw the backs of the leaves it was going to rain, if one of her hands itched, going to get money or give money, etc. Love to know what you think.

When DW and I first started living together, I cut the ends of a cucumber and threw them away. She was aghast and told me about the rubbing the ends business. She got it from her father. I thought DW and her father were the only ones who believed this nonsense.

Bad things come in threes. It seems to happen again and again and again (see what I did there?).

I'm almost convinced this one is true.

Horsefeathers!!!! If you're patient like me and wait another week you'll see that bad things always happen in fours.