Old wives tales you believed as a kid?
24 February 2008, 12:56 PM
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Old wives tales you believed as a kid?
heres a few that got me, had me scared for years they did 
1, If you swollow chewing gum, it stays in you forever.
2, If you swollowed a stone from a cherry a tree would start to grow inside you
3, If the wind changes you face will stay like that.
I was also convinced I was going to be blind when I was older
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1, If you swollow chewing gum, it stays in you forever.
2, If you swollowed a stone from a cherry a tree would start to grow inside you
3, If the wind changes you face will stay like that.
I was also convinced I was going to be blind when I was older
any more?
24 February 2008, 01:03 PM
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If you swallow hair / cotton it wraps around your heart and you die*
If you pick your nose you will stretch it and end up like Barry Manilow
* Not completely untrue as it CAN stay in your stomach having knotted and cause huge problems
Steve
If you pick your nose you will stretch it and end up like Barry Manilow
* Not completely untrue as it CAN stay in your stomach having knotted and cause huge problems
Steve
24 February 2008, 01:21 PM
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Not a common wives tale, but my mum used to tell me that my Great Aunt Peggy, who was missing half of a finger, had to have her finger cut off when it got stuck up her nose 'cos she picked it too much.
This worked well until I actually met Great Aunt Peggy at a family wedding and asked her all about it. Mum was VERY embarassed.
This worked well until I actually met Great Aunt Peggy at a family wedding and asked her all about it. Mum was VERY embarassed.
24 February 2008, 01:22 PM
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Not a common wives tale, but my mum used to tell me that my Great Aunt Peggy, who was missing half of a finger, had to have her finger cut off when it got stuck up her nose 'cos she picked it too much.
This worked well until I actually met Great Aunt Peggy at a family wedding and asked her all about it. Mum was VERY embarassed.
This worked well until I actually met Great Aunt Peggy at a family wedding and asked her all about it. Mum was VERY embarassed.
24 February 2008, 01:41 PM
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Obviously true in your case.......
You have to take off your jewellery and cover all the mirrors in the house when there's a thunder storm.
........and this one isn't an old wive's tale, but I think it deserves to be told.
When I was small, my mum had to take me to the doctor's for earache. He wanted to put some drops in, so I had to lay my head on my mum's lap and the doctor told me to put my hand over the other ear to stop the drops from coming out the other side................so I did!
I can still hear the laughter.......
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Obviously true in your case.......
You have to take off your jewellery and cover all the mirrors in the house when there's a thunder storm.
........and this one isn't an old wive's tale, but I think it deserves to be told.
When I was small, my mum had to take me to the doctor's for earache. He wanted to put some drops in, so I had to lay my head on my mum's lap and the doctor told me to put my hand over the other ear to stop the drops from coming out the other side................so I did! I can still hear the laughter.......
You have to take off your jewellery and cover all the mirrors in the house when there's a thunder storm.
........and this one isn't an old wive's tale, but I think it deserves to be told.
When I was small, my mum had to take me to the doctor's for earache. He wanted to put some drops in, so I had to lay my head on my mum's lap and the doctor told me to put my hand over the other ear to stop the drops from coming out the other side................so I did!
I can still hear the laughter.......I see he had you summed up straight away.
24 February 2008, 02:02 PM
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From other culture:
That the two inches tall dwarves lived underground. How many times my cousin and myself dug the ground to get one of them out with no success whatsoever!
We used to build up the excitement with such bullsh!t exclamations- " Oh, look! I can see the top of his hut!
I think I am going to discover the whole new village full of them!"
That the two inches tall dwarves lived underground. How many times my cousin and myself dug the ground to get one of them out with no success whatsoever!
We used to build up the excitement with such bullsh!t exclamations- " Oh, look! I can see the top of his hut!
I think I am going to discover the whole new village full of them!"
24 February 2008, 02:04 PM
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From other culture:
That the two inches tall dwarves lived underground. How many times my cousin and myself dug the ground to get one of them out with no success whatsoever!
We used to build up the excitement with such bullsh!t exclamations- " Oh, look! I can see the top of his hut! I think I am going to discover the whole new village full of them!"
That the two inches tall dwarves lived underground. How many times my cousin and myself dug the ground to get one of them out with no success whatsoever!
We used to build up the excitement with such bullsh!t exclamations- " Oh, look! I can see the top of his hut!
I think I am going to discover the whole new village full of them!" Bet it was fun though at the time
24 February 2008, 02:19 PM
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I dunno, man. I used to get annoyed with digging the hole deeper and deeper to look for some non-existing micro creatures
Another one was that a man goes around with a twig in his
hand. He is a twig monster. Christ!
One day, my sister and myself were waiting for our driver to pick us up from school. He was late, and it started to rain. So, we took shelter under a porch. To our fright, there appeared a stranger with a twig
, asking if we were ok. **** that! We ran like mad as far away as poss from him!! Anyway, the next day we found out in school that he was one of the best and most kindhearted art teachers from our school
Another one was that a man goes around with a twig in his
hand. He is a twig monster. Christ!
One day, my sister and myself were waiting for our driver to pick us up from school. He was late, and it started to rain. So, we took shelter under a porch. To our fright, there appeared a stranger with a twig
, asking if we were ok. **** that! We ran like mad as far away as poss from him!! Anyway, the next day we found out in school that he was one of the best and most kindhearted art teachers from our school
24 February 2008, 02:34 PM
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I asked my Dad if everything was black and white when he was a kid like in the old films and he told me yes. spent years as a kid thinking it was true.
I was also told chocolate was a poison and if I ate too much my heart would explode and die
never been much of a chocolate lover
I was also told chocolate was a poison and if I ate too much my heart would explode and die
never been much of a chocolate lover
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I asked my Dad if everything was black and white when he was a kid like in the old films and he told me yes. spent years as a kid thinking it was true.
I was also told chocolate was a poison and if I ate too much my heart would explode and die never been much of a chocolate lover
I was also told chocolate was a poison and if I ate too much my heart would explode and die
never been much of a chocolate lover
24 February 2008, 02:42 PM
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I used to believe everything my old man told me When I asked why we couldn't go to france like my mate tim's family he told me there were German submarines still out there that didn't know the war was over that were sinking ships. at the time I remember on the news there was a ferry that had sunk killing 200 people, he told me the Germans had torpedoed it
Guess I can use them on my son in a couple of years
When I asked why we couldn't go to france like my mate tim's family he told me there were German submarines still out there that didn't know the war was over that were sinking ships. at the time I remember on the news there was a ferry that had sunk killing 200 people, he told me the Germans had torpedoed it Guess I can use them on my son in a couple of years
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I used to believe everything my old man told me When I asked why we couldn't go to france like my mate tim's family he told me there were German submarines still out there that didn't know the war was over that were sinking ships. at the time I remember on the news there was a ferry that had sunk killing 200 people, he told me the Germans had torpedoed it
Guess I can use them on my son in a couple of years
When I asked why we couldn't go to france like my mate tim's family he told me there were German submarines still out there that didn't know the war was over that were sinking ships. at the time I remember on the news there was a ferry that had sunk killing 200 people, he told me the Germans had torpedoed it Guess I can use them on my son in a couple of years
It explaims so much about you
i think it only right that parents use mental cruelty on their kids because the role will reverse as they reach their teens.
Our kids belive that the SRS (Special Rat Service) lives in our garage and if they are bad then one or two of the rats will come out and bite/scratch them remorselessly. the leader is called 'old snotter' who always has a cold and will cover them in think green snot when he catches them. Our two are little girls and the thought of being snotted on fills them with dread and sends then screaming to hide.
occaisonally, one of us parents will go hide in the garage and make scratching and 'eeeeking' noises to add gravity to the tale!
It mostly works!
