Do you remember any of the old sayings?

Originally Posted by GingersMom

That means you're going to travel!

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Oh I HOPE SOOOOOO!!!!

I remember something about if you don't clean your ears, pussywillows would grow out of them.

And if you eat watermelon seeds, you would grow a watermelon in your tummy.

And if you swallow your gum, it NEVER digests - EVER! (I always pictures a skeleton with chewed gum in his tummy - still there after all those years!)

Originally Posted by lucat

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

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I was told that the end of that one was
An apple a day keeps the doctor away, if aimed correctly.

What about "stepping on a crack will break your mamas back" ??

One that never bothered me until I reached 17 or so (yes, it started early for me).

Pull out a gray hair and 7 will come to it's funeral.

Originally Posted by Arlyn

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.

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OMG I laughed my BUTT OFF!!!!

Originally Posted by menagerie mama

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

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Now I always heard that if your nose itches, it means you're gonna get in a fight (I guess the theory is your nose is getting ready to be punched... )

Oh these are great guys! Some I've heard, some I haven't.........but your giving me a good laugh! Let me think if I can think of some more........

If someone is talking about you, your ears will burn. I think I also heard that if your nose itches someone is thinking about you.

One comes to mind, I alway's heard Money doesn't grow on trees

Originally Posted by valanhb

If someone is talking about you, your ears will burn. I think I also heard that if your nose itches someone is thinking about you.

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I thought it was your ears would ring

If you cross your eyes they will stay that way.

Oh and if you keep cracking your fingers, your knuckles will be huge

I remember "Penny, penny bring me luck, 'cause I'm the one who picked you up!"

Of course the penny should be face up or else the luck will be bad!


I also heard that if a cat washes forward over his ears, it will rain.

Catfriend

Originally Posted by menagerie mama

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

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That ones the best!!

Oh, gosh, I just thought of another one (I love folklore and superstitions):
When I was in grade school another girl told me that if I twisted my apple around its stem once for every letter of the alphabet, the letter the stem broke on would start the name of my future husband!

Originally Posted by Catfriend

Oh, gosh, I just thought of another one (I love folklore and superstitions):
When I was in grade school another girl told me that if I twisted my apple around its stem once for every letter of the alphabet, the letter the stem broke on would start the name of my future husband!

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I totally remember that one!! I still do the twisting when I'm bored

My grandmother had a bunch of them:

If you drop a knife, you're going to get company. They'll come from the direction the knife is pointing.

You never leave a hat on a bed...someone will get sick.

You never get an empty rocking chair rocking because the next person who sits in it will get sick. (for some reason, this one stuck...I don't believe it, but it makes me uncomfortable when someone does it)

This one wasn't my grandmothers, it's just an old saying: "Don't light three on a match". Apparently this one comes from WWI...if three soldiers lit their cigarettes off of one match, it would give snipers time to take aim and pick off the third soldier.

And of course, "Bad luck comes in threes".

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 used to tell my nephew that, though it was if he stuck his tongue out a big would come along and poop on it!

Originally Posted by valanhb

And if you eat watermelon seeds, you would grow a watermelon in your tummy.

And if you swallow your gum, it NEVER digests - EVER!

(I always pictures a skeleton with chewed gum in his tummy - still there after all those years!)

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The waternelon thing, my dad used to tell us that! He said he ate the seeds and the watermelon was growing in his belly. (He looks about 9 years pregnant, he's a big guy!)

And the gum thing... I actually know someone who had to go to the hospital for that (and she chewed on her hair too) she got it all blocked up in her intestines overtime. (due to both not just one more than likely!)


I can't think of any to add myself.... Now I must think! (that's rough!)

The version of that that I grew up with was..
"Find a penny, pick it up
and all the day, you'll have good luck.
Pass the penny to a friend
and your luck will never end"

I recall a few sayings mentioned here, but most of them sound new to me.