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Devonian 1

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Old Wives' Tales
« on: Apr 15, 2021, 02:19:15 PM »
What old wive's tale(s) do or did you take seriously, wonder if you'd best stop and think first, accept without knowing why or say copied from your mother or father etc.... ?
 
Mother who was always very superstitous and the youngest of three children was always throwing salt over her shoulder yet when asked why because her mother always did. She never opened an umbrella indoors, had a thing about cats and midnight and I must never cross my eyes in case they stayed that way. Thankfully I've forgotten the rest as they were too neurotic.
 
As for Halloween and Friday the 13th....

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Re: Old Wives' Tales
« Reply #1 on: Apr 15, 2021, 03:01:00 PM »
' You can't wear white .. you are not a virgin...'
Everything will be alright in the end, and if it’s not alright, its not the end.

Michael Rolls

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Re: Old Wives' Tales
« Reply #2 on: Apr 15, 2021, 03:17:03 PM »
My grandmother - maternal side - got in a frenzy if one attempted to light three cigarettes from one match, because 'that was the night the Paddy went down'
A the St. Patrick, a channel ship from Stranraer to Dublin sank in a storm - about 1920? - and according to gran, that was why
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« Reply #3 on: Apr 15, 2021, 03:24:08 PM »
I thought it referred to the trenches.. Strike a match .. spotted.. Second ciggie.. Take aim..     Third light ... fire.. !!
 But I am sure your grandmother was right Michael..
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« Reply #4 on: Apr 15, 2021, 03:53:31 PM »
I always thought it was from the trenches too..Makes more sense than it sinking a ship..
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Michael Rolls

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« Reply #5 on: Apr 15, 2021, 04:07:40 PM »
I thought it referred to the trenches.. Strike a match .. spotted.. Second ciggie.. Take aim..     Third light ... fire.. !!
 But I am sure your grandmother was right Michael..
I’ve heard that as well, although anyone daft enough to give a sniper such an opportunity is probably best removed from the gene pool ....
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« Reply #6 on: Apr 15, 2021, 04:50:49 PM »
I recall something about  not putting new shoes on the table. I have no idea what terrible calamity befell anyone who did though.

Mirror breaking.
Black cats.

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« Reply #7 on: Apr 15, 2021, 04:57:25 PM »
I’ve heard that as well, although anyone daft enough to give a sniper such an opportunity is probably best removed from the gene pool ....
Mike


Those famous last words "Don't be daft. He couldn't hit an elephant at this dist.."
"Listen to the wind, it cleans the mind."

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Re: Old Wives' Tales
« Reply #8 on: Apr 15, 2021, 05:02:15 PM »
My father told me once on sentry duty guarding an airfield in the Middle East he saw movement across a valley and shouted a challenge. When there was no response he fired a round and was rewarded with several back. He decided not to be so aggressive in future as whoever was across the valley was a lot better shot than him.
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« Reply #9 on: Apr 15, 2021, 08:53:47 PM »
I'd never put shoes on a table , that's the only one I stick to - ladders and mirrors don't bother me. 8)
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« Reply #10 on: Apr 15, 2021, 09:07:00 PM »
I can’t imagine why anyone would want to put shoes on a table
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« Reply #11 on: Apr 15, 2021, 09:07:53 PM »
I can’t imagine why anyone would want to put shoes on a table
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To clean them probably
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« Reply #12 on: Apr 15, 2021, 09:20:23 PM »
I clean mine on the utility room working surface. Mum would never have stood for shoes being cleaned on the table - we only had the one table. Shoes were cleaned outside
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Re: Old Wives' Tales
« Reply #13 on: Apr 15, 2021, 09:40:32 PM »
the three light were from the trenches, i was told
my old sarge used to say if you heard the bang that meant the bullet had missed you...
i still throw salt over my left shoulder
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« Reply #14 on: Apr 15, 2021, 09:55:38 PM »
So that's whet ye call yer Big Yin?..Salt?... ;D
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