what old wives tale do you always follow?

Question

i never go out in the cold with wet hair

Answer 1

I am an intelligent woman but I find myself unconsciously walking around and not under ladders, saying "jinx" to myself when someone speaks the same word at the same time, knocking on wood, not picking up a dropped coin if it lands tails-up, not using a fake illness if I lie about an absence because I don't want to jinx myself with that illness, tossing a pinch of salt if I spill it, I may turn in another direction if a black cat crosses my path, and when my son went to Iraq as a Marine, I sent with him MANY lucky tokens and totems of protection, just to be on the safe side. I pray for his safety and protection too. Geez...now that I have put this all down in writing, I kinda sound like a nut job! But in all reality I am a pretty normal chick.

Answer 2

Considering I am an Old Wife....heh heh heh....I wish I could actually remember what I do! But I have told the children "Put a sweater on! It's cold outside! Put a hat on that baby! Do you live in a barn? Shut that door." I did recently see a plaque I liked which said "Mirror mirror on the wall, I am my Mother after all."

Answer 3

When moving to a new home, leave your old broom behind and buy a new one.

Never give a wallet or purse as a gift without some money in it

The man always sleeps closest to the bedroom door. (I figure this is just so I can use him as a shield if a burglar comes in) :^)

Answer 4

Find a penny, pick it up. All day long you'll have good luck. ... Unless it's face down, and then it's bad luck. And I refuse to step on or 6 foot front of a gravestone. That's probably common courtesy, but I heard once that if you do, you could be haunted by that person. Freaks me out to no end. :P

Answer 5

I don't think that's a wives tale, it sounds more like common sense :) wise old wives and their tales. I don't open an umbrella in doors or count my chickens before they've hatched.

Answer 6

Hmm I do that one.... When my dauther was a baby, I always had her wearing a hat outdoors..... I try never to spill salt.... i can't really think of all the old wive's tales...

Answer 7

I put a penny in a plastic bag with water and hang it outside my door to keep the flies away, I also try not to step on cracks

Answer 8

I knock on wood, never open an umbrella in the house, and never, ever walk across a grave.

Answer 9

You're smart!

I always have salt in the house.
"A house without salt is a house without luck."

I never make sweaters for a boyfriend.
"Make a boyfriend a sweater, he'll leave you."
(This doesn't apply to husbands, however.)

Answer 10

None, I am not that stupid. I know some interesting ones.
Don't swim right after eating, gum will stay in your system 7 years, watermelon seeds grow in you.
you could probably find some on snopes.com