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... Don`t get into the shower or bath tub during a storm...you will get electricuted.
Hey! This is true. If the plumbing isn't grounded properly, lightening can follow the water lines. It happened in my ex wife's parents house -- blew a hole in the side of the shower. I saw the results.
I'm not sure if it was an "old wives' tale", but when I was a kid we weren't allowed to go barefoot outside during any month with an "r" in it. Come May Day my shoes were parked for the summer!
Find a penny that's laying heads up on the ground and it'll bring you good luck; if it's tails up, leave it alone. (I picked up any money I found.)
Hair shaved off will grow back thicker.
Cats can suck the breath out of a baby.
If you pull out a grey hair, 10 more will turn grey.
If a black cat crosses your path, you'll have bad luck. (My uncle tried to turn his car around after a black cat crossed in front of him; he rolled the car over in the ditch.) Hmmmmmm....
If you walk under a ladder you'll have bad luck. (Same uncle died from a ladder falling on him.) Hmmmmmmm....
Friday the 13th is unlucky. (Same uncle was buried on Friday the 13th.) Hmmmmmm....
Some superstitions trip me out. One I'd never heard before, until I moved here, is how closing a pocket knife someone else has opened is bad luck.
Giving power to an inanimate object just seems silly to me.
The one i always heard for hiccups was light a match and put it in water and then drink it. I think holding your breath is actually effective but they all are obviously intended to get your mind off the hiccups.
I always heard dont go outside with wet hair or you will catch a cold.
Also, i was always given ginger ale when i had a upset stomach. Not sure if that works or not.
Don`t go outside with a wet head...you will catch a cold.
Probably an OWT but this sure steams (or ices) up the windows in your car. An accident waiting to happen.
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