Weird stuff our parents or grandparents said or believed (female, male, disappointment)
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Don't know.....he'd probably have to run around the house five times backwards or something. Or maybe something as simple as go out the back door and come back in the front door "properly". There was usually a way to overcome these little faux pas.
The blackeyed peas, ham hocks, and collards on New Year's Day is called Hoppin' John. The blackeyed peas are for health and the collards for wealth. We still eat it every year.
I have one that makes me chuckle. My Dad, who is black, had some really premature grey back in the day. Well, as you imagine, it was quite a contrast. I was very young and it seemed to pop up overnight (likely I was just being unobsevant as young children are). I asked him what happened and he claimed he spilled white paint in his hair painting the barn. I believed that for years and even became a little paranoid about being near paint thinking if it got in my hair, it would never come out!
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
My mother would rub Vicks on chest and put a clothe over it before I went to bed. I think she believed it would help with congestion. I hated it, it felt funny and smelled worse.
Most of these come from my Aunt who was full of strange quotes and odd ideas, but a very kind and loving person as well.
Sitting on concrete steps will give you hemorrhoids unless you put newspaper on the step.
If you drop a fork someone will come visit.
Eating bread crust gives curly hair, it's bad luck to put a loaf of bread upside down and a sin to throw away stale bread.
Fish is brain food.
My college roommate believed if you sat on concrete, or the ground, when it was cold you would get a cold in your bladder. Her elderly parents told her that and she believed it.
My mother, although she was from an upper midddle class background, had that weird habit of talking slang whenever she could, I guess it made her feel more "interesting" and "in the move"...
Most of these come from my Aunt who was full of strange quotes and odd ideas, but a very kind and loving person as well.
Sitting on concrete steps will give you hemorrhoids unless you put newspaper on the step.
If you drop a fork someone will come visit.
Eating bread crust gives curly hair, it's bad luck to put a loaf of bread upside down and a sin to throw away stale bread.
Fish is brain food.
I got the crust/curly hair thing, too, from my grandmother. I hated the crust and always cut it off, and I had the most unruly, godawful curly hair you ever saw.
If you have a cold, you can't shower or wash your hair (yuck....nothing worse feeling dirty w/ greasy hair on top of being sick)
If you got a bump on your head from falling or getting struck on the head, she would take a cold butter knife and press the swelling 'back in'. (ouch....that was not fun)
When we moved, she would rub butter on the cats paws before letting him outside for the first time. She believed the cat would not get lost that way. (that may have some truth to it, as the cat would smell the butter his footprints would leave and he'd find his way back home. We never lost a cat btw.)
If you make a face, it will stay that way.
Left hand itches - you will get in an argument
Right hand itches - you will receive money
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