I was just curious, thanks.
2007-03-27 10:54:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
You've never heard of 'Whistlers Mother'??
2007-03-27 11:31:45 · answer #1 · answered by cindy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Probably people trying to attract birds or something.
Whistling is sometimes seen as a way to bring bad luck because it calls up ill winds and it can make sailors get trapped in a storm or call up a big windstorm or something.
My mother likes to say, "Whistling women and crowing hens/Never come to no good ends!"
Probably because I asked her repeatedly to teach me how to whistle, she refused, and I figured it out on my own.
But I can't whistle through my teeth like she can 'cuz she got some BIG OL' spaces between her teeth like a jack-o'-lantern and the wind just whistles through them like through tree branches. HA!
Supposedly, women shouldn't whistle because if they do, they're witches calling up storms. I guess men don't call up storms when they whistle.
Sexist bastards! I can call up a storm if I want to! I'll whistle when I please!
2007-03-27 12:18:32 · answer #2 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe farmers during a hot summer day and while taking a rest and since they didn't bring any form of entertainment, they tried to purse their lips. lo! and behold a sound came out of their lips!.. thus whistling was born and the rest is history...lol!
2007-03-27 12:05:41 · answer #3 · answered by jargon blue 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They say it was a man named "Whistler," but it was really his mother.
Regards,
Chris
2007-03-27 13:22:16 · answer #4 · answered by ChrisJ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
couldn't you just reasearch it...your on the net Deet da dee!!!!
2007-03-27 12:31:03 · answer #5 · answered by darkvale 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋