Fiannan Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 Just curious as to what you'd put down as "old wives tales" that many if not most people actually believe in. I'd list these two for starters: 1) Kids playing out in the cold will come down with a cold unless they are bundled up. 2) Restricting your salt intake will make you healthier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 I'm not sure I get this, because limiting salt intake to 2-3 grams a day is supposed to be heart-healthy. Nevertheless: Wait an our after eating before going swimming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiannan Posted December 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 I'm not sure I get this, because limiting salt intake to 2-3 grams a day is supposed to be heart-healthy.Nevertheless: Wait an our after eating before going swimming.Any medical studies that show that salt intake will actually affect your health badly -- unless you are hyper sensitive?Myth 3 -- you should try to avoid the sun in order to avoid cancer.Good article on salt:http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/feb15/salt/smith.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkerboy Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 K well if you constantly bake yourself your chances of getting SKIN cancer go up dramatically. Not other cancers of course. So I believe that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susieSA Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 Any medical studies that show that salt intake will actually affect your health badly -- unless you are hyper sensitive?I have the perfect person you could "discuss" that point with...But alas she is not a member on this site & never will be...Her husband spent most of his life eating mountains of salt.. No he was not hyper sensitive...He eventually had to cut salt out of his food totally due to health problems & I don't mean gradually...He cried like a baby just for a little grain of salt... He died very soon after that...Myth 3 -- you should try to avoid the sun in order to avoid cancer.I wouldn't call it a myth... I have seen cancer spots etc due to too much sun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Mormon Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 There's this one that my mom kept saying last year: If you drop a knife (or fork) you'll be getting a lady visitor. I used to think that it was a bunch of whooie. But last year, I met my wife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwen Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 raising your hands above your head while pregnant and you will strangle the baby. there are still some old southern women that repeat that one. i don't think that is the issue; however, when i feel like i'm gonna pass out raising my hands above my head will for some reason speed up the process and make it worse. so maybe there is some risk, just not what was thought. my great grandmother used to tell my mom with very serious passion that a pregnant woman shouldn't go into the woods alone. the bears would hunt her down and get her. not sure if that one is true or not. maybe the hormones they don't like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiancum Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 -ducks don't echo -it takes 7 years to digest gum. (no, either it digests, or gets pooped out) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiannan Posted December 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 Myth 3 -- you should try to avoid the sun in order to avoid cancer.I wouldn't call it a myth... I have seen cancer spots etc due to too much sun.Yeah, you increase the chances of relatively non-life-threatening basel cell carcenomas with too much sun exposure but you decrease the chances of getting breast, prostate, colon and certain skin cancers. You see, people with diets high in calcium get way less cancers -- if they get enough sun to convert vitamine D from sunlight. Vitamine D is necessary for calcium use in the body. The lack of sunlight is one of the reasons Scandinavians have a high rate of these cancers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moksha Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 Here is one that never seems to go away: "Cutting or shaving hair makes it grow faster and/or fuller" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Mormon Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 "Don't make that face, or it will stay that way" - I remember that one. Or "I have eyes in the back of my head" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pushka Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Eat your crusts and you'll get curly hair!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Don't eat seeds--they'll grow in your stomach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pushka Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 You'll catch a cold if you go out with your hair wet...there's tons of stuff about catching colds, lol!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josie Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Breaking a mirror is 7 years bad luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pushka Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 If you stand on a nick, you'll marry a brick, and a spider will come to your wedding! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josie Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Walking under a ladder is bad luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pushka Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Magpies... 1 For Sorrow, 2 For Joy, 3 For a girl and 4 For a boy... Ma-a-a-a-a-agpie!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josie Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 A four leaf clover brings good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pushka Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 There's gold at the end of every rainbow.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josie Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Friday the 13th is bad luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moksha Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 You should take the Communion Sacrament with your right hand only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonKairos Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 The atonement took place in Gethsemane. (sorry, couldn't resist) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Mormon Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Step on a crack, break your mother's back. Tried it a few times, when I was mad at my mother, but it never worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susieSA Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Step on a crack, break your mother's back.Tried it a few times, when I was mad at my mother, but it never worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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