Weirdest tip ever?

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

moanymoany wrote: »

Not washing your hair in the 'wrong week' was very common in the mid 60's. The same with having a bath. Why? Well, that was something else. 'You just can't'... I did wonder if it was thought you could catch a cold easily.

In our house there were lots of things like this. Not putting new shoes on the table - tell me any sense in that. Not eating raw oats because they gave you worms. Not saying hello to the Bailliff when I saw him in the street. He was a regular visitor at our house - he was always nice to me! That's one that's more understandable!

When I had my first child in 1972 we were told in hospital by the midwife to lie on our stomachs for 48 hours after we gave birth as it helped everything go back to position,also I was told not to put my hands in hot water if I was standing up,this I was told was because the heat of the warm water on my hands would make me haemorage.
My mother seriously believed eating too much sugar gave you thread worms and she said you should'nt eat fruit in the dark as it may contain tapeworm.She said her brother had caught one off eating a banana in the cinema,this was off someone who believed that if you did have said tapeworm you starved and then held a piece of raw meat to your open mouth the tapeworm would be so hungry it would climb up to get it,at which point you grabbed it and yanked it out.She still won't believe anything different.

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

Skint_Catt wrote: »

I know its bad luck to put new shoes on the table but its whether your suspicious or not! I grew up with a load of 'just did's' and words only we had (Mum is Irish but mainly from my baby speak which stuck - like 'gint' for drink!) and OH laughs at me now![/quot

This goes back to when they used to lay you out on the dining/kitchen table before they coffined you.It was believed to be tempting fate.Your'e next kind of thing.

Skint_Catt

This goes back to when they used to lay you out on the dining/kitchen table before they coffined you.It was believed to be tempting fate.Your'e next kind of thing.

Thanks - I never knew that! I won't tempt it then!

Ice_2

my mum used to say
"don't cross your knife and fork cos it's bad luck"

RadoJo

I love the idea of catching tapeworm from eating a banana in the cinema...oo-er that doesn't sound quite right, but you know what I mean!

Sorry to drag it back to canitary wear, but my younger brother once came downstairs really excited about some artwork he had created with the 'aeroplane stickers' he had found. I suppose they did have wings...

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

Ice wrote: »

my mu used to say
"don't cross your knife and fork cos it's bad luck"
:confused:

It signifies crossed swords,as in combat.Darn stupid if you ask me but there you go.

wendy+5

My mum would never let me wash my hair on the 1st day of my period either.
We were never allowed outside if we had had a bubble bath as we 'would faint'!!

wendy+5

Just thought of a Viz top tip

Before you go to bed at night, tie a length of cord from your bedroom door handle to the toilet door handle. When you wake at night just hook one leg over the cord and you will be 'guided' to the loo. Thus saving electricity as you won't have to turn the light on!! Very OS!

Ice_2

MRSTITTLEMOUSE wrote: »

It signifies crossed swords,as in combat.Darn stupid if you ask me but there you go.

honestly ....I never looked at it like that...as my mum is irish I just though it was one of her stupid irish silly sayings...no offense made by that wording... I am half irish half scottich omg what a combination and I live in yorkshire...I have the traditional red hair green eyes of the irish beauty but I wouldn't say I was exactually beautiful although I'm not that bad... well I was in my youth....lol...:rotfl:

Ice_2

these arent weird but are usefull...

Keeping cosy in winter...

Draw the curtains and blinds at dusk_ even in rooms you are not using.
Don't underestimate the insulating properties of curtains, especially heavy-lined ones...

Fit kitchen foil or special radiator foil behind radiators on walls to reflect heat back into the rooms, and make them warmer...

Fill any gaps between floorboards with strips of draught-excluder before laying carpets...

If there's a risk of frost put a spoonful of cooking salt down drains last thing at night to prevent them freezing...

Shelves fitted above radiators help to deflect the heat back into the room. These are particularly good where radiators are situated under windows...

Ordinary brown wrapping paper cut to fit and placed on top of insoles makes shoes feel cosier...

Jobs around the house...

to clear a blocked shower spray...unscrew the rose and soak it in vinegar overnight...

save your fingers when hammering in a short nail by holding the nail with eyebrow tweezers...

rub hinges with a soft lead pencil or petroleum jelly and they will stop creaking...

use a chunk of white bread to remove finger marks from wallpaper or to freshen fabric lampshades. work above a newspaper to catch crumbs.

if a wool carpet has become dented with heavy furniture place an ice cube or 1 tps water in each dent when dry vacuum thoroughly and the pile will spring up like new...

the safest way to clean fragile ornaments is to put on a clean pair of cotton gloves available from chemists and dust the ornament with your finger without using a duster that way you get into every little corner...

avoid getting specks of paint on spectacles when decorating by covering them with clingfilm before starting...

there's lot's more of these in alittle book I got years ago...:D