Old wives tales

andrew · 22-04-2007 08:01PM

deisemum wrote:

If you get a mark from a dandlion on you you'll pee the bed

So i wasn't just imagining that one, phew!

Chinafoot · 22-04-2007 09:23PM

If you kill a spider it's going to rain.
Putting new shoes on the kitchen table will ensure the soles fall off.
If you buy your own wallet/purse you're sure to lose it.
Bad luck to give an empty wallet/purse as a gift, you should always put a penny in it.

lezizi · 22-04-2007 09:30PM

Ruu wrote:

You will be able to see in the dark if you eat carrots .

Carrots conatin cerotene and vitiman A called retinol, which if you have a deficency in, causes night blindness

Msfc · 22-04-2007 10:01PM

Watching too much tv is bad for your eyes:rolleyes:
Cracking knuckles causes arthritis
If you eat pop rocks(remember the sweets that crack in your mouth) and then drink a fizzy drink-your stomach will explode
If you toych a toad youll get warts

Capt'n Midnight · 22-04-2007 10:13PM

#Elites wrote:

If you roll your eyes, and the windchanges they will stay like that.

ahhh to be 7 again..

I thought it was if you cross your eyes

Capt'n Midnight · 22-04-2007 10:15PM

scojones wrote:

If you have a sore throat, tie a 2 week old used sock around it for an hour and a half. Something along those lines anyway.

some truth in this, the ammonia from the socks acts like smelling salts.

deisemum · 22-04-2007 10:52PM

If you get a stye you've been looking at too much porno material

If you swallow chewing gum it will take 7 years to pass through your body.

If your ears are burning someone is talking about you

Nala · 23-04-2007 03:00PM

If you eat too much sugar you'll get worms

If you pick your nose you'll get worms

A cat always has to be let have a litter before being neutered (I think this is partially to blame for the 1 million stray cats in Dublin...).

funk-you · 23-04-2007 04:40PM

UrbanFox wrote:

Never whistle on a ship or it will bring bad luck.

That one is from a british navy ship where the crew organised to mutiny when one of them whistled a certain tune. I think its still not allowed to whistle on a british navy ship today.

-Funk

Fratton Fred · 23-04-2007 04:58PM

I was told that peeing on your feet would cure athletes foot, but I always considered it an old wives tale.

It is however, true:eek:

kenzie · 23-04-2007 05:22PM

andrew wrote:

Picking a Dandelion will make you piss the bed.

I only discovered the real name for those flowers when I was about 14. We always called them "piss d beds"

Alun · 23-04-2007 05:46PM

andrew wrote:

Picking a Dandelion will make you piss the bed.

Not quite, but there's an ingredient in dandelion leaves that is a strong diuretic, so drinking dandelion tea would certainly make you do that! The French call them 'pissenlit' or 'piss in bed' and in English they're also known colloquially as 'pissabeds', so there must be some truth in it.

Ponster · 23-04-2007 06:43PM

Alun wrote:

Not quite, but there's an ingredient in dandelion leaves that is a strong diuretic, so drinking dandelion tea would certainly make you do that! The French call them 'pissenlit' or 'piss in bed' and in English they're also known colloquially as 'pissabeds', so there must be some truth in it.

Not just 'some' truth...everything you said is 100%

Ponster · 23-04-2007 06:48PM

flogen wrote:

The soot thing is true too - although I'm not sure if it just made their gums darker (and as a result gave their teeth a whiter appearence)! My Grandad brushed his teeth with soot for most of his life and never needed falsies - he had a massive sweet tooth too and loved his toffee, so it's a pretty big feat either way!

Google "brushing teeth soot" and this thread is number 5 in the list

It's not the blackening of the gums (in fact after having brushed with soot and rinsed all evidence of soot is gone) but the small carbon particles that work against the plaque to remove it.

Caliden · 24-04-2007 12:00AM

'cracking' your knuckles will give you arthritus in later years.

Piste · 24-04-2007 01:13AM

Ponster wrote:

Google "brushing teeth soot" and this thread is number 5 in the list

It's not the blackening of the gums (in fact after having brushed with soot and rinsed all evidence of soot is gone) but the small carbon particles that work against the plaque to remove it.

I would just chew on diamonds then.

Love2love · 24-04-2007 09:03AM

Chinafoot wrote:

If you kill a spider it's going to rain.

Apparently, this is because the majority of people kill spiders in their home and garden spiders come indoors when its going to rain

nlgbbbblth · 24-04-2007 07:46PM

A butter dish (i.e a dish with real butter as opposed to a tub of Dairygold / other spread) on a kitchen table is a sign of

- a man who beats his wife.

:!!!

Nevyn · 24-04-2007 09:07PM

You won't get pregnant

if it is your first time,
if you wee afterwards
if he pulls out
if you do it standing up
if you do anal

Ponster · 24-04-2007 09:29PM

Thaedydal wrote:

You won't get pregnant

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if you do anal

Do you then?

Thrill · 24-04-2007 09:40PM

"If you eat it all up, you'll grow up to be big and strong."

Twinkle-star15 · 24-04-2007 10:40PM

Thaedydal wrote:

You won't get pregnant

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if you do anal

You mean that's only an old wives tale!!! Damn, that's my biology exam failed...:P Sorry, couldn't resist.

Nevyn · 24-04-2007 11:28PM

There can be seepage and it can can happen.

!_Brian_! · 25-04-2007 01:17AM

deisemum wrote:

If you get a slice of wedding cake and put it under your

If a bird (feathered type) craps on you it's a sign of good luck. :eek:

I always thought it was if a bird sh@t on your shoulder it was a sign of good luck cause it didn't sh1t on your head! lol

Our man in Havana · 25-04-2007 04:58AM

Thaedydal wrote:

There can be seepage and it can can happen.

That don't bear thinking about. :eek:

oleras · 25-04-2007 06:19AM

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

some truth in this, the ammonia from the socks acts like smelling salts.

Dont p1ss down your legs into your socks, cant be good.......

And what has smelling salts got to do with a sore throat ?

Capt'n Midnight · 25-04-2007 08:18PM

nlgbbbblth wrote:

A butter dish (i.e a dish with real butter as opposed to a tub of Dairygold / other spread) on a kitchen table is a sign of

- a man who beats his wife.

:!!!

A clean desk is a sign of a sick mind.

Capt'n Midnight · 25-04-2007 08:20PM

Thaedydal wrote:

You won't get pregnant

if it is your first time,
if you wee afterwards
if he pulls out
if you do it standing up
if you do anal

if you do it in the bath.

Caliden · 26-04-2007 12:55AM

it would want to be a hefty amount of 'seepage' considering how far it has to go

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