Do you remember any of the old sayings?

This springs from another thread........I was saying that my grandmother always said that if you drive past a herd of cows, and they're laying down, that meant it was going to rain. She always said, "get up cows, get up"

Do you remember any old sayings, whether you believe them or not?

Another one I always heard that if a bird comes pecking at your window, some bad luck is going to happen to you!

If you were making a face and someone hit you on the back, your face would stay that way forever!

If you say something, and either you or someone else sneezes immediately afterwards (I can't remember which), what you just said is proven true. Ah choo.

If your nose itches, you're gonna kiss a fool! Man, that must be why I'm getting allergies...

That if your palm itches you're gonna be rich. Wish that one were true

If your palm itches your coming into $!!!

I wish! I'd be patting down the poison ivy!!!

Originally Posted by goosehazel

That if your palm itches you're gonna be rich. Wish that one were true

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sorry we posted at the same time...

Originally Posted by goosehazel

That if your palm itches you're gonna be rich. Wish that one were true

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My feet are itching!! I wonder if it also applies!

Originally Posted by kittylover4ever

My feet are itching!! I wonder if it also applies!

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Hmmm not sure what that means maybe you need to air your feet out? is the office empty so you can take off your hose again??
I remember the one about don't step on a crack (in the sidewalk) or you'll break you're mother's back- I remember the cow one too, and every time i see a cow laying down I also wonder if its going to rain

I remember my grandma always telling me when I was little, that if I was pouting and stuck my bottom lip out (which I apparently always did, I was sassy ), that if I were to go outside like that, a bird would poop on my lip

I remember being told if you spilled salt you had to throw some over your shoulder to prevent back luck
An apple a day keeps the doctor away

Originally Posted by lucat

I remember being told if you spilled salt you had to throw some over your shoulder to prevent back luck
An apple a day keeps the doctor away

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whoops should be bad luck

Originally Posted by babyharley

I remember my grandma always telling me when I was little, that if I was pouting and stuck my bottom lip out (which I apparently always did, I was sassy

), that if I were to go outside like that, a bird would poop on my lip

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My mom told me that one!!

And if I was whiney she would ask me if I wanted her to call a WHHAAAAmbulance!!

Walking under a ladder is bad luck and so is breaking a mirror and opening an umbrella in the house!!

Originally Posted by kittylover4ever

My feet are itching!! I wonder if it also applies!

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That means you're going to travel!

Originally Posted by LuckyGirl

sorry we posted at the same time...

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Great minds think alike

I remember hearing that you should hold your breath when you pass a cemetary so that you don't get possessed.

And to lift your feet when you go over railroad tracks for good luck (I still do this )

Originally Posted by goosehazel

That if your palm itches you're gonna be rich. Wish that one were true

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I always understood that to be left hand incoming , right hand outgoing

I also remember that if your going under a bridge, to put your hands up as if your holding it up, so it doesn't fall on you

Originally Posted by babyharley

I remember my grandma always telling me when I was little, that if I was pouting and stuck my bottom lip out (which I apparently always did, I was sassy

), that if I were to go outside like that, a bird would poop on my lip

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I can't stop laughing at that one! I've never heard anything like that before.

My mom always told me that if I stuck my lip out further, I'd trip on it.
My stepdad taught me about red skies at night, sailors delight, red skies in the morning, sailors take warning.


And then there's the one that my stepdad made up...
I iused to have a bad habit as a toddler of sticking my elbows in my shirt hem and then stretching it up over my head.
My folks got sick of me ruining all my shirts so my stepdad told me then if I didn't put my sirt down he was going to unscrew my bellybuttom and my butt would fall off.