Josie Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Never let a black cat cross your path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwen Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 is there a difference between superstitions and old wives tales? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elphaba Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 is there a difference between superstitions and old wives tales?Yes. I haven't looked through all of these to see if someone has already mentioned this one, but in my family, the "Elderly Womens' Myth" was that if you gained weight on the sides when pregnant, it was a boy. If you carried the baby in the front, it was a girl. That wouldn't be a superstition.Elphaba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlton Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 The atonement took place in Gethsemane. (sorry, couldn't resist) wrong...the atonement did take place in Gethsemane and on the Cross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josie Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Touching a toad will give you warts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josie Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 according to Merrium-Webster: old wives' tale Main Entry: old wives' tale Function: noun Date: circa 1590 : an often traditional belief that is not based on fact : superstition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elphaba Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 according to Merrium-Webster: old wives' taleMain Entry: old wives' tale Function: noun Date: circa 1590: an often traditional belief that is not based on fact : superstitionI stand corrected. :)Elphaba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josie Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 You only asked a question Elphaba. No correction necessary. Dark blue eyes = delicate and refined souls; Light blue or grey eyes = strong and healthy ones; Green eyes = hardy souls; Hazel eyes = vigorous, deep-thinking folk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Haste makes waste He who hesitates is lost How can they both be true??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pushka Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 One-eye browed people are bad tempered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Pushka is going to remain in spot #5 for a long time. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pushka Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Hehehehe... PC doesn't give a darn about how many posts we all make!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elphaba Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 One-eye browed people are bad tempered!I first read this as a person with one brown eye!So if they get their unibrow waxed, are they suddenly fun to be around? Elphie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pushka Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 LOL Elphie!! I wondered how many people would read this wrong...you can correct it if you wanna... I've met quite a few unibrowed people, I hope they aren't really all bad tempered cos of the men I've met, I've fancied quite a few! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 no good deed goes unpunished (funny, but a rather destructive belief) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josie Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 First time you do something you have never done before, throw salt over your shoulder for good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiancum Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 UFO's exist.... Sorry, once you call them a UFO, you have identified them...so they are really just FO's. Therefore UFO's only exist until ya see 'em. Wait, now that I have said that they exist before ya see 'em,I identified them, so they are even FO's before ya see 'em. I just changed the world. In yer face Einstein!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josie Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Your palm itches, you are going to get money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moksha Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 no good deed goes unpunished(funny, but a rather destructive belief)A corollary in government is that no good project goes unblamed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwen Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 santa clause red heads have tempers blondes are dumb when someone is talking about you, your ears burn if you have a lot of heartburn when pregnant the baby will have a lot of hair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elphaba Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Eating green M&Ms makes you frisky. Elphaba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Mormon Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Eating green M&Ms makes you frisky.ElphabaRealy? I'll have to give some to my wife I'm kidding of course, she doesn't need any more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josie Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Small ears denote a delicate character thick ears a person of a sensual/coarse nature. Thin, angular ears = a bad temper Long or prominent ears = a person with musical inclinations The larger the ear lobes, the greater the intellect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Baldness or thinning hair means the brain has grown so large it's pushing out the follicles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josie Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 it is unlucky to pass anyone on the stairs. Stairways symbolized the means of ascending to the abode of the gods and it was dangerous to trespass; also, early stairways were very narrow and two people passing each other left themselves open to attack from behind. Stumbling on the staircase is said to be a good omen and may indicate a wedding in the household before long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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