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Ilyria 4th Year


 Registration date: 2006-09-20 Number of posts: 2448 Age: 26 Location: IN MY GINGERBREAD HOUSE NEXT TO AMBY IN THE GAMES FORUM IM ADOPTED BY GINNY AND FATED!! Real First Name: Lizzie House: Ravenclaw: THE OFFICIAL H.E. GHOST! Warning: Award Bar: Contribution Points: 2066
 | Subject: old wives tales and funny sayings Thu 2 Nov - 1:01 | |
| did your parents ever tell you something and you totally believed it only to realise what a big fat lie it was when you grew older? lol when i first asked my mum where babies came from, she turned around to me and told me that santa clause brought them to god mummies and daddies. I am ashamed to admit that i actually started putting that on my christmas list there after truley believing it right up until i nearly reached teen years!  |
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Fated4HP 6th Year


 Registration date: 2006-03-05 Number of posts: 5918 Age: 22 Location: Embraced by the dark side, found only in shadows of my evil mind! Real First Name: Jesse House: SLYTHERIN Warning: Award Bar: Contribution Points: 2270
RPG Forum : Great Hall RPG Character Name: Fated Deathes Race: Wizard Good or Evil: Deatheater
 | Subject: Re: old wives tales and funny sayings Thu 2 Nov - 8:08 | |
| Yup, when I was younger people used to tell me to never look at my ahem area cuz if I did, I'd go blind.
Then my grandma told me that everyone who has a black cat is evil.
Also, guys can never be true men unless they go hunting and actually kill something :( "But I don't want to shoot Bambi!" is what I would always say to my grandpa. Heh, yeah yeah I'm a weird sensitive guy. |
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Caroru HE Owl : Undergraduate


 Registration date: 2006-02-24 Number of posts: 15349 Age: 20 Location: Finrando Real First Name: Caro Country:  House: Gryffindor Crest:  Warning: Award Bar: Contribution Points: 4055
RPG Forum : Great Hall RPG Character Name: Jade Potter Race: Witch Good or Evil: Neutral
 | Subject: Re: old wives tales and funny sayings Thu 2 Nov - 8:24 | |
| (wooooot, i'm evil then, according to your grandma, jesse xD)
My dad told me that the whole meaning with the wedding bouquet the bride throws, is to run away from it... sooner my mom told me that he just didn't want me to get married, so i spent a nice time of my life running away from that cursed bouquet xD
My grandma used to say that men don't care about smart women, but they do care about how smart you make yourself look..... Hmm, my family is messed up :D
"It's better to run away from your problems and let someone else handle them than face them yourself", oh how i love my aunts!!!! xD
..Then they wonder why i am like this O.O |
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Fated4HP 6th Year


 Registration date: 2006-03-05 Number of posts: 5918 Age: 22 Location: Embraced by the dark side, found only in shadows of my evil mind! Real First Name: Jesse House: SLYTHERIN Warning: Award Bar: Contribution Points: 2270
RPG Forum : Great Hall RPG Character Name: Fated Deathes Race: Wizard Good or Evil: Deatheater
 | Subject: Re: old wives tales and funny sayings Thu 2 Nov - 8:40 | |
| whoa caru...sounds scary  |
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Just_Ginny 7th Year


 Registration date: 2006-02-26 Number of posts: 10804 Age: 20 Location: I Own Harry's Quidditch Pants-So where am I? Real First Name: Rachel House: Hufflepuff! HUFF PUFF BADGERS FOR THE WIN! Warning: Award Bar: Contribution Points: 2267
RPG Forum : Great Hall RPG Character Name: Rachel Everett Race: Witch Good or Evil: Dumbledores Army
 | Subject: Re: old wives tales and funny sayings Thu 2 Nov - 21:14 | |
| My mom would tell me the ol' "apple a day keeps the doctor away" thing. And for about a month I religiously ate apples....until she told me I had to go get a shot and I screamed,
"NOOO!!! I ATE MY APPLE TODAY!!! LIEESSSS!!" :D |
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mcfly_42 4th Year


 Registration date: 2006-02-23 Number of posts: 2713 Age: 19 Location: Wishing for Adventure Real First Name: Ellybelly :D House: Ravenclaw Warning: Award Bar: Contribution Points: 2280
RPG Forum : Great Hall RPG Character Name: Alice Thornton Race: Good or Evil:
 | Subject: Re: old wives tales and funny sayings Thu 2 Nov - 21:45 | |
| Ooo I live the Saying "were you born in a barn?" FOr when someone doesn't close the door, it makes me laugh.
I had loads of old wives tales a minute ago...now they've all left me! Just floated away into the vicinity of bettlejuice! |
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Hannah 2nd Year


 Registration date: 2006-08-13 Number of posts: 191 Age: 21 Location: Earth House: Ravenclaw Warning: Award Bar: Contribution Points: 2109
 | Subject: Re: old wives tales and funny sayings Thu 2 Nov - 22:38 | |
| with the apples thing my older cousin told me that if you eat an apple pip an apple tree would grow inside your stomach (it doesnt right? rofl)
and i really believed that sitting close to the tv would give me square eyes - i checked the mirror after watching tv for ages |
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MarieC Second Head of Hufflepuff : 5th year


 Registration date: 2006-02-22 Number of posts: 4254 Age: 23 Location: On a Skype call Real First Name: Marie-Christiane Country:  House: Hufflepuff Crest:  Warning: Award Bar: Contribution Points: 2668
RPG Forum : Great Hall RPG Character Name: Race: Good or Evil:
 | Subject: Re: old wives tales and funny sayings Fri 3 Nov - 0:11 | |
| rofl yes, the apple pip... I believe that too. And one time I drank water after swallowing one so I was actually scared of an apple tree growing in my stomach and I spent a few hours being worried XD (for my defense I was like 6...)
I also believed firmly in the "7 o'clock man" lol don't know if you have the same thing in english, his name is probably different.. but it was like... a man that was mean with young children who weren't in bed at 7 XD and one time I was at my uncle and aunt's place and my uncle kept telling me "look out the street, look out the street, he's here!" until I ran into my mother's arms, crying, and my aunt told him to stop lol. |
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streams of silver 6th Year


 Registration date: 2006-02-22 Number of posts: 6449 Age: 24 Location: (insert clever statement here) Real First Name: What is real? Country:  House: Hufflepuff, of course. I thought it was obvious... Crest:  Warning: Award Bar: Contribution Points: 2329
RPG Forum : Great Hall RPG Character Name: Lani Elphinstone Race: Witch Good or Evil: Neutral
 | Subject: Re: old wives tales and funny sayings Fri 3 Nov - 1:32 | |
| Lol in elementary school kids used to act all wise, and say, "My mom said if you eat standing up, all the food goes straight down, and you get fat feet."
Fine. It took me a few years, though, to come up with a suitable answer: If you eat sitting down, will you get a fat butt?? :D
Anyway, their moms probably said that so that they shouldn't walk around the house with cookies or something, spraying crumbs everywhere. _________________

RIP HOLLY Champion of M&Ms . . . always loved and never forgotten. |
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stephy Head Girl : Graduate : Death Eater


 Registration date: 2006-06-04 Number of posts: 29932 Age: 21 Location: At the Cullen's house stealing Jasper Real First Name: Stephanie, Polly calls me Stephums, Kim calls me Steffie and among others Im either mommy or granny Country:  House: ravenclaw Crest:  Warning: Award Bar: Contribution Points: 8701
RPG Forum : Great Hall RPG Character Name: Oddie Riddle; Mathew Riddle; Scelestus; Mark Race: Werewolf Good or Evil: Spy for the Order
 | Subject: Re: old wives tales and funny sayings Sun 8 Apr - 3:37 | |
| my mum is supersitious and im not...... i broke a mirror one day and my mum told me that i would have bad luck for 7 years..... i did have a lot of bad luck but ya cant go by that because i had a lot of bad luck before i broke the mirror lol.... _________________ I am Nelstyny Seraph Nieme! Fear me! Melviphy group Lady Luna Elms Reslad and Jester Nema Neatie Law Need to get ahold of me right away?? Facebook message me or send me an owl. I'll get back once I'm done watching pokemon or playing LoTRO :D |
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Elfie Dumbledore Retired Headmistress : Mick, Snape, The Doctor and Edward Cullen - the men in my life!!


 Registration date: 2006-02-21 Number of posts: 15102 Age: 30 Location: In the land where purple snapes walk Real First Name: Sharon Country:  House: I didn't retire...I surrendered! Crest:  Warning: Award Bar: Contribution Points: 2631
 | Subject: Re: old wives tales and funny sayings Mon 9 Apr - 19:59 | |
| Ive been listening to some really weird old wives tales on pregnancy recently and it is so weird what people believe. Some I have heard are:
If you dangle a ring on a piece of string over a pregnant womans belly - if the ring swings from side to side, it's a girl, and if it swings in a circle, it's a boy.
Cats can steal the air from a baby's mouth.
A few others I grew up on and believed:
Wait an hour after eating before swimming otherwise you will sink. - I went in a swimming pool once 10 minutes after eating, then remembered and paniced and raced straight out again - I was young though lol
Coffee stunts your growth. (hehe well Mick is short in height...)
If you cross your eyes, they'll stay that way
If you suck your thumb it will shrink - I was terrified of that as a child! _________________ IF YOU WISH TO CONTACT ME FOR ANY REASON PLEASE CONTACT ME VIA FACEBOOK OR THROUGH RAISTLIN THANKIES! My special daughter sent from my special dad in heaven I will love you forever dad...I miss you more than words can say |
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stephy Head Girl : Graduate : Death Eater


 Registration date: 2006-06-04 Number of posts: 29932 Age: 21 Location: At the Cullen's house stealing Jasper Real First Name: Stephanie, Polly calls me Stephums, Kim calls me Steffie and among others Im either mommy or granny Country:  House: ravenclaw Crest:  Warning: Award Bar: Contribution Points: 8701
RPG Forum : Great Hall RPG Character Name: Oddie Riddle; Mathew Riddle; Scelestus; Mark Race: Werewolf Good or Evil: Spy for the Order
 | Subject: Re: old wives tales and funny sayings Sun 22 Apr - 2:48 | |
| that last one i have never heard of but i heard of all of the others elfie _________________ I am Nelstyny Seraph Nieme! Fear me! Melviphy group Lady Luna Elms Reslad and Jester Nema Neatie Law Need to get ahold of me right away?? Facebook message me or send me an owl. I'll get back once I'm done watching pokemon or playing LoTRO :D |
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