Old Wives’ Tales
I never put a hat on the bed.
I hold my breathe when I pass a cemetery.
When I see a nun in a habit, I pull on my buttons.
I never walk under open ladders.
I bring the cup to the kettle, never the kettle to the cup.
I never open an umbrella in the house.
When I can’t find my keys I turn a teacup over three times.
I’ll sew a button on your shirt while you’re wearing it only if you chew on a piece of thread.
And I’d never let a black cat cross my path – unless it’s my own cat of course.
It’s not that I’m superstitious, I just do what my grandmother taught me!
– Dana Susan Lehrman
Dana Susan LehrmanThis retired librarian loves big city bustle and cozy country weekends, friends and family, good books and theatre, movies and jazz, travel, tennis, Yankee baseball, and writing about life as she sees it on her blog World Thru Brown Eyes!
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, funny, well written
There a few there that I’ve never heard of, Dana. And some you reminded me of that I’d forgotten. Thanks for adding to my list!
Yep!
These could work for a needlepoint pillow, Dee…well, I guess it’s too many words for a pillow, but a framed calligraphy-style poster for sure. Never heard of the hat, the nun, the cup, the keys, or the button…but I like them! Not that I’d do them…I just like them.
I’m not superstitious, but I do them.
Silly isn’t it, but if it keeps us sane, what the hell!
How cute, and there are new ones I hadn’t heard of here, Dana. Love the picture of your cat, too!
Thanx Marian, I’ll let Jackie Cat cross my path any day!
Lots of new ones for me too. The cemetery, the ladder, the umbrella, and the black cat are all superstitions I am very familiar with. Which I guess means I hadn’t heard of the same ones that Barb lists. But it’s a great collection of old wives’ tales, and by all means do them to keep sane!
Will do, and there’s nothing to lose, right?
And clearly it works for you, does it not?
Like chicken soup – can’t hurt!
We must have had the same grandmothers, Dana!
Or from the same shtetl !
Wow, you learn something every day. From now on, when I misplace my keys, I’ll make sure and turn a teacup over three times. After all, none of my current search methods work with any consistency. And I’ll make sure to take the cup to the kettle. After all, if you take the kettle to the cup, you might spill some hot water on the cat along the way.
Yep Joan, that cat does get under foot at times!
I’m pretty sure I do some of those things subconsciously.
It’s Nana’s voice in your ear!