Superstitions your parents/family told you

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I got to thinking of the strange things my parents used to tell me when I was little. Are there things your parents told you that you always remember but don't necessarily follow? Ones my parents told me include: "If you swallow a watermelon seed, a watermelon will grow in your stomach: "If you sleep with wet hair, you'll wake up with headaches" "You'll go blind if you sit too close to the television" What did yours tell you?