Old superstitions LOL

[MoneyGuy]

Vote poorly and you get an immoral, idiot president.

 

[Southernscotty]

Little House on the Prairie.

My favorite show and it is how I was pretty much raised too. Well we had trucks instead of wagons though.
I am so country, that growing up, I thought the show HeeHaw was a documentary. LOL

 

[Southernscotty]

Amen and Amen. I can them grow mators like no ones business!

 

[Dave-W]

And I'm lookin' over a four leaf clover that I've overlooked before! LOL

Ah. Genetic mutations from radiation.

My middle daughter used to find dozens of them back in Michigan. And 5 leaf, 6 leaf and 7 leave clovers.

Here in Maryland, none at all.

 

[Dave-W]

My mum said they used a needle on string when she was younger

I remember my mom doing that.

 

[Southernscotty]

Ah. Genetic mutations from radiation.

My middle daughter used to find dozens of them back in Michigan. And 5 leaf, 6 leaf and 7 leave clovers.

Here in Maryland, none at all.

WOW I never knew there were more than 4 leaf . That is cool.

 

[Dave-W]

WOW I never knew there were more than 4 leaf . That is cool.

Not really. That county of MI has an unusually high rate of cancers (all kinds) as well.

We think it was from the open air nuke tests of the 1950s.

 

[Southernscotty]

Not really. That county of MI has an unusually high rate of cancers (all kinds) as well.

We think it was from the open air nuke tests of the 1950s.

oh My, I didn't realize that. I thought when you said it as a genetic mutation that you were joking?
I didn't realize you were serious. How big an area did that affect?

 

[Dave-W]

oh My, I didn't realize that. I thought when you said it as a genetic mutation that you were joking?
I didn't realize you were serious. How big an area did that affect?

All of Berrien County, the most southwest in the state. (just north of South Bend IN) There is possibly a trail straight west south west from there to Nevada where the nukes went off. I do not know about the cancer rates, the rest of the state seems fairly normal. I lived in Lansing for about a decade and noticed much fewer 4+ leaf clovers there.

 

[Southernscotty]

ll of Berrien County, the most southwest in the state. (just north of South Bend IN) There is possibly a trail straight west south west from there to Nevada where the nukes went off. I do not know about the cancer rates, the rest of the state seems fairly normal. I lived in Lansing for about a decade and noticed much fewer 4+ leaf clovers there.

Wow I sure didn't know that. I wouldn't want to live around there for sure.

 

[Archivist]

Among the Pennsylvania Germans (or Pennsylvania Dutch as they are often called) some believe that to get more fruit off your fruit tree you should wrap the branches of the tree with cloth on Christmas Eve while reciting these words: "On this night Christ was born, you have not yet frozen, I wrap you with cloth, now hang thick with fruit."

 

[JackRT]

Among the Pennsylvania Germans (or Pennsylvania Dutch as they are often called)

It should be "Pennsylvania Deutch" of course.

 

[Southernscotty]

THE EYES

Are the 'windows to the soul' and the colour leads to differing beliefs.

Dark blue eyes = delicate and refined souls; Light blue or grey eyes = strong and healthy ones; Green eyes = hardy souls; Hazel eyes = vigorous, deep-thinking folk.

Itching eyes: if the right eye tickles, it's lucky, and vice versa. Theocritus has it, 'My right eye itches now and I shall see my love.'

'Trust not the man whose eyebrows meet,
For in his heart you'll find deceit.'

 

[Southernscotty]

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THE FEET

Also have their own superstitions: an itching foot = a journey to somewhere new; Flat feet = bad temper; do not enter a building left foot first, to avoid bad luck.

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[Archivist]

It should be "Pennsylvania Deutch" of course.

That was how the name came about. The German settlers in Penn’s colony arrived after the settlers from England and Wales. When the Germans told them they were “Deutsch,” the English and Welsch pronounced it “Dutch.”

 

[Yanni depp]

My daughter told me,

"If you dont eat your vegetables, um, you'll die."

 

[Quid est Veritas?]

THE EYES

Are the 'windows to the soul' and the colour leads to differing beliefs.

Dark blue eyes = delicate and refined souls; Light blue or grey eyes = strong and healthy ones; Green eyes = hardy souls; Hazel eyes = vigorous, deep-thinking folk.

Itching eyes: if the right eye tickles, it's lucky, and vice versa. Theocritus has it, 'My right eye itches now and I shall see my love.'

'Trust not the man whose eyebrows meet,
For in his heart you'll find deceit.'

On eyes, they say blue eyes have a penchant for cruelty.

Similarly redheads are said to be more violent, as are left-handed people.

 

[Quid est Veritas?]

The Japanese believe in blood-group horoscopes, that your character is determined by what blood group you possess.

 

[Southernscotty]

If you dont eat your vegetables, um, you'll die."

I knew I hated eating those for a reason! I vote for chocolate as part of every main course :]

 

[Southernscotty]

So it's not the pollen in the air during allergy season?

LOl that explains it!!