Do you do things just because your Mum did?

thorsoak

Notsosharp wrote: »

Surely you would want a witch to sail away though?

And why do you have to cover up knives and mirrors in a thunderstorm?

Don't know about the knives and mirrors - but if you don't smash the eggshells, the witches climb into them, go to sea and whistle up the winds to drown the poor sailor boys!!! I thought EVERYONE knew that :D:D

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meames_2

not my mum but a friend said that the openings on pillow cases should always face the middle of the bed if double, or against the wall if single to stop the witches climbing in.

Those pesky witches.....

iloveshopping93

I definitely see me turning more and more into my mom and nan as I get older. I am 19, my mom 47 and my wonderful nan passed away this year aged 73 and is dearly missed. Some things that stand out for me are:

Turning plugs off when you're not using things. I thought this was silly but now I do it with everything. The TV in my bedroom, the toaster etc...

If you're leaving the house for a holiday unplug absolutely everything. But never the fridge.

Never to use tampons. I'm not sure why, I just remember my mom telling me when I was younger that "we don't use them". I've never questioned it since, and still never tried them.

Use talc powder for greasy and oily hair.

When doing the laundry, do it in small loads and more often. I have definitely taken this one on board.

It's bad luck to look in the back of an ambulance. Not sure to this day if this is still true. I distinctly remember me and my sister having to hold our collars if we looked in the back of one. We could only let go if we saw a postbox or a four legged animal. *Odd, I know, but I never look in them now!*

It's all the silly things that make you laugh, and I can't even think of half of them. I have my mom and nan to thank for everything. Teaching me every day essentials to downright silly things.

fawd1

paddy's_mum wrote: »

Go look at the bible passages Leviticus 15; 19 - 30; Ezekial 18

Out of interest I did just look these up and I am astounded to hear that I apparently have not been clean since I first started my periods at age ten. Not once, even on special ocassions, have I taken 2 doves or pigeons to a priest on the eighth day after my "uncleanliness" to have them sacrificed.

HKitten

I need someone to explain how you peel a mushroom they don't have skins!

olibrofiz

haha, these are fab, here's some I've inherited

Never wash on new years day as you're washing someone out of the family (when I was 13 I thought hand washing didn't count and washed a pair of shorts - a distant uncle died - never washed on NY day since!)

don't put new shoes on a table
never cut your nails on a friday (for sorrow) or sunday (the devil will be with you all week)

One thing i haven't inherited from my mum is her t-shirt hanging out technique - peg one corner of the bottom of a t-shirt to the line, stretch the other corner as far as it will go and peg firmly....

madget_2

iloveshopping93 wrote: »

It's bad luck to look in the back of an ambulance. Not sure to this day if this is still true. I distinctly remember me and my sister having to hold our collars if we looked in the back of one. We could only let go if we saw a postbox or a four legged animal. *Odd, I know, but I never look in them now!*

That is just so bizarre. I love it! Definitely my favourite of all these things.

iloveshopping93

madget wrote: »

That is just so bizarre. I love it! Definitely my favourite of all these things.

Haha, it sounds so silly but it always stopped me being nosy and looking! Which now I think was definitely a good thing... and it worked! We must just be an odd bunch!

balletshoes

meames wrote: »

not my mum but a friend said that the openings on pillow cases should always face the middle of the bed if double, or against the wall if single to stop the witches climbing in.

Those pesky witches.....

yep, they get everywhere it seems :rotfl:

poppy10_2

Morganarla wrote: »

- Rinse dishes after washing up.

Why don't people rinse dishes after washing up? Really bugs me when people put things away covered in soap suds, so disgusting.