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My grandmother was convinced that my parents' pet cats would "suck the breath" of their babies. We all made it out unscathed, and had kitty friends for years.
Same grandma - Said- Never touch a birds nest or the little birds will die.
for certain birds, reptiles would eat the eggs and replace them with their own when the mother was away... so when the mother returns to feed them when they hatched the newborn reptiles would eat the mother.
some birds would abandon the eggs if they smelled differently.
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I always heard my grand say " don't can any food especially tomatoes while on your period or they will turn black LOL; don't wash your hands in a thunderstorm because lightning can come through the pipes and electrocute you .
don't sweep over a young womans feet or they will never get married or have children .
Rob peter to pay Paul I actually thought my mom had robbed a man named peter to give money to Paul LOL ... Never let an animal lick you in the face or you will die from the germs
I swear I truly wonder if they believed all this stuff they were told by their parents or grandparents . I'm sure I heard more but the above is what comes to mind .
its illigal to sell a home in the northeast without having grounding wires across the hot and cold pipes of a water heater.
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bitten by a rabid dog ?
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My dearly departed grandmother told me rubbing Vicks on my chest would cure colds faster. I have no idea if it's true, but I use it to this day. It reminds me of her, and her memory cures much of what ails me, no matter what it is
vicks vaporub is designed to open the nasal passeges so you snore/choke/cough less in your sleep.
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My grandmother was convinced that my parents' pet cats would "suck the breath" of their babies. We all made it out unscathed, and had kitty friends for years.
cats are attracted to the mouths of sleeping newborns because their breath smell like milk.
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Reason: changed smelt to smelled
Drinking coffee when you were a child would make your skin dark and/or stunt your growth;
Never put your purse on the floor because you would be poor all year (okay, I still won't set my purse on the floor);
Never sweep the dust/dirt straight out the front door because you would sweep out the good luck as well;
If you went to the beach and got in the water during your period, sharks would smell blood and swim directly towards you.
My mother was not superstitious at all, but she did say that if a weeping willow tree grew to the height of a house, someone in the house would die. She repeated it as if she didn't really believe it, but I thought she was a bit worried about the weeping willow planted in our front yard.
My grandmother had difficulty understanding about astronauts orbiting around and later landing on the moon. She seemed to think the moon was sort of pasted onto the sky. She also refused to wear black because old widows wore black. (She was an old widow.)
My dad, also not superstitious, had diabetes. He told my mother firmly that none of us girls would get it because diabetes always "skips a generation." His mom had diabetes though, so I don't know why he believed that.
Mostly my parents were scornful of old wives' tales.
Actually, you could just refer them to several of the C-D forums where the same stuff blooms in even great profusion. Nothing in U.S. culture has grown as fast as out-and-out nutbaggery.
A man I used to work with, his mother in law lived her whole life in a rural farm area in Germany. When the family was installing indoor plumbing, she flatly refused permission to install a toilet. "S**t in the house, are you crazy"?!?, was her outraged response. They installed the pipes and covered it all up until after she died, then installed a toilet.
My grandfather had an outdoor toilet until he was quite old...until the doctor said they HAD to add a bathroom to the house. He never did like the idea.
My other grandfather believed, until the day he died, that the moon landing had all been staged.
I firmly believe that most of the beliefs about women not doing certain things during their menses were started by our many-many-great-grandmothers so that they'd have a couple days a month to just sit around. Think about it....
Can't cook because it might poison the food? OK
Can't work in the field because the crop might die? OK
Can't grind corn or parch wheat because it might get contaminated? OK
Can't sleep with your husband? Okaaaayyyy!
Might as well wander over to the Womens' Hut and sit around gossiping with the other ladies. Talk about the husbands for a while. Swap recipes. Braid each other's hair. Sounds like a huge sacrifice to me....
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