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Cynthia Owens @cindiowens (5120) • North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 14 Jul 16

Washing a car will bring rain. Ya think??? I have known this one forever. Well, not forever, but for as long as I can remember. I now call washing a car, doing the rain dance. Wow, superstitious people really knew what they were...

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Do you know any old wives tales? Here are a few I can remember.

lacieice @lacieice (2060) • United States 19 Jan 13

Put butter on a burn. Don't swallow gum, it will make your insides stick together, or it will not digest for years. Toads give you warts. TV makes you go blind. Don't go out with wet hair...you will get a cold. Wait...

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Ouch Kidney stones!

OpinionatedLady @OpinionatedLady (5965) • United States 10 Nov 10

So my husband has kidney stones. We have been told a million different hings he should not eat. All the things we should try like drinking lemon in his water and what not. Looking for other hints to help him get through this.

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Do you have bad luck??

mrsl2008 @mrsl2008 (634) 25 May 09

I must be just one of life's unlucky people, especially when it comes to cars. I have just been and found a beutiful car, 1 previous owner, test drove it and paid for it. 2 days later engine management light comes on & the gear...

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Superstitions

monsterj1 @monsterj1 (188) 26 Feb 09

Here are a few I am aware of..... Don't cross directions on the stair. Don't walk under a ladder. If you put a item of clothing on inside out, don't change until after midday Don't step on the cracks on the sidewalk 7 years...

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it's just an old wive's tale !

MOMMASAM @MOMMASAM (1003) • United States 18 Jul 08

Someone recently sent me some interesting news. If you get stung by a bee or hornet tape a penny on it for 15 minutes. Pain relief is almost immediate. The copper in the penny some how neutralizes the protein in the...

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Do you have a health condition no one understands?

Amy @artemis432 (7474) • Abernathy, Texas 2 Sep 07

For me its migraines, most people go by the myth that these are just headaches. While this may not seem like such a big problem on the surface, I just read that the inability or difficulty of others to understand Migraine has...

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Urban legends..Old wives tales...true or false?

fab315 @fab315 (1231) • Philippines 26 Jul 07

When me and brother were still kids we loved to play outside and in order for my mother to make us stop, get inside the house is scare us with different tales/stories... - Hide and seek, kids like that game.. my mother would...

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Superstitions and Old Wives' Tales: No Harm in Following or Foolishness?

snookumsnort @snookumsnort (313) • Philippines 4 Jun 07

Growing up under oriental and Filipino influences, we have always had to do things to conform with superstitious beliefs. I've done silly dances to prevent frequent falling from the stairs, drank strange brews, visited quack...

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Fruit Flies or Honey?

helpful_ideas @helpful_ideas (1620) • United States 1 Jun 07

So goes the old saying "You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar." Now my problem: I have fruit flies,. I've done my best to get rid of all the places they can hatch but I am not physically capable of keeping up with...

What is your hiccup rememdy? Try the paper towel trick

4cuteboys @4cuteboys (4099) • United States 29 May 07

For my son gripe water works every time. My husband has this silly trick, where he puts a paper towel over top of a glass of water and drinks the water thru the paper towel and it works every time for him, so one day I laughed and...

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Old Wives Tales....

Calais @Calais (10893) • Australia 24 May 07

There are so many, some are great, some are just absolutely pathetic, who makes these up ? Do you know any, Do you believe any ???

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left handed children and twins ....

samtaylorskykierajen @samtaylorskykierajen (7976) • Canada 28 Apr 07

Just curious if anyone can prove or disprove this theory . A friend of mine saw on the news where they were saying studies show that anyone who is left handed was a twin and in cases where only one child was born it meant the...

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What the Hic are Hiccups... How Do They Start and How Do We Stop Them?

Darkwing @Darkwing (21583) 10 Apr 07

Do you suffer from frequent bouts of the hiccups? What causes them to start? How do we stop them? There are some old wives' tales flying about, of which some work, but some are pretty difficult to apply and even then, they don't...

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Why is it bad luck to kill a spider?r

pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 7 Apr 07

Okay this might be a silly thing to ask...but this was a saying my great-grandmother used to say...that it was bad luck to kill a spider..Now I can understand why that might be a belief in certain Native American cultures, such as...

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Old Wives Tales

mrsbrian @mrsbrian (1949) • United States 31 Mar 07

My guess is that they come from long ago from old wives? Although it is just a kind of a superstion many in the older days lived by them,I dont think so much in todays world do we pay much attention to them,but my mom sure did...

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Old Wives Tales

Jon @Bomber109 (201) • Australia 25 Mar 07

I have heard people say that putting spoons in the fridge makes them poisonous. Is this true? What other old wives tales have you heard?

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Superstitions and old wives' tales in your area

ethanmama @ethanmama (1745) • Philippines 20 Mar 07

What superstition and/or old wives' tales are common in your area? Does you or your family believe in it? Why or why not? I don't generally believe in superstitions and old wives' tales, but I sometimes follow them just so the...

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Do you believe in old wives tales???

bucksbunny @bucksbunny (45) • United States 25 Feb 07

Have you heard the one that if your right palm itches, you are going to spend or pay out money and if the left itches, you will be getting money? I have not really put much faith into old wives tales but it seems like in the last...

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What is your fave Old Wive's Tale?

princeworthy @princeworthy (1909) • United States 19 Feb 07

I have been told some crazy old wive's tales such as: If you have acne when pregnant you are having a boy. If you cut your have on a full moon it will grow faster. Trimming your hair makes it grow faster. When you...

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