Old Wives Tales?

[janeyo]

What's your favourite?

Mine has to be my Nan telling me not to sit on public loo seats or you'll get VD.

[Bigmallly]

After making a bad job of something when I was younger, my dad said "You've made a right pigs ear out of that".................What??????

[Bigmallly]

A very old one..........Carrots are good for your eyesight.........why?..........BECAUSE YOU NEVER SEE A RABBIT WEARING GLASSES........Ohhh, that's bad.

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

Don't sit on a cold wall cause you'll get piles

[OverWyreGrower]

If you swallow apple pips, a tree will grow inside you...

[janeyo]

Don't sit on a cold wall cause you'll get piles

Another fave of my Nan!

[OllieMartin]

"If you swallow chewing gum it wraps around your heart!" More of a school boys' tale.

"Sitting too close to the television gives you square eyes!"

[kernowyon]

if you pick your nose too much your head will cave in

[janeyo]

I have to confess I tell my 5 yr old if he plays with his you-know-what round tescos it will drop off.
Not entirely sure this is an old wives tale or just a thing we mums like to threaten to save our dignity in shops lol

[Brengirl]

What's your favourite?

Mine has to be my Nan telling me not to sit on public loo seats or you'll get VD.

Actually I was told that if you sat on a warm toilet seat you got pregnant and I can vouch for that one.

[OllieMartin]

A very old one..........Carrots are good for your eyesight.........why?..........BECAUSE YOU NEVER SEE A RABBIT WEARING GLASSES........Ohhh, that's bad.

Found this interesting reading:

One thing is certain: carrots are high in beta carotene which is turned into vitamin A by the liver and plays an important role in maintaining normal vision.(Believe it or not wolfberries have more beta carotine than carrots do!) Of course, there are many other foods high in Vitamin A including milk, cheese, eggs and liver. Foods high in vitamin C, lutein as well as other vitamins and minerals contribute to maintaining good eyesight.
Specifically, can eating carrots or other foods rich in Vitamin A improve nighttime vision? Where did that notion come from? It is true that vitamin A is transformed into a purple pigment needed for seeing at night. Also, usually the first sign of nighttime eyesight problems is a deficiency of Vitamin A. Some sources say that during World War II a rumor was spread that British bombers ate lots of carrots to improve their night vision to explain how they could pinpoint where the Nazi bombers flew thus keeping their use of radar technology secret.
One study done by Johns Hopkins’ researchers in 1998 showed that 30,000 women in South Asia who were at high risk of vitamin deficiencies had 67 percent fewer cases of night blindness when given vitamin A than that those receiving a placebo. In fact, it is found that poor vision is far more prevalent in countries where rice is the main dietary staple and carrots as well as other foods rich in vitamin A are scarce.
Whereas, many agree that taking vitamin A can reverse poor eyesight when it’s due to a deficiency, it cannot slow down the decline of vision in healthy individuals. A danger many authorities relate is that of overdosing on vitamins. For example, the USDA recommends a daily intake of 1300 micrograms of vitamin A. One carrot has 400% of that intake.

[ginger ninger]

My Mum said "If you eat all your crusts you'd get curly hair" and when I used to pull face's at her "If the wind changes lady, you'll stay like that"
My Grand-dad's old saying was (in a really broad Yorkshire accent) "gerit etten, it'll put airs on thie chest"...

[Tomatoking]

That's exactly what I was told.....if you don't eat your crusts, you won't get curly hair!! But Mr TK told me it was wrong and he was told...if you don't eat your crusts your teeth will fall out!!! Ummm, must be a Guernsey thing!

[Tomatoking]

If you pick dandelions, you will wet the bed!

[Flummery]

My Mum said "If you eat all your crusts you'd get curly hair" and when I used to pull face's at her "If the wind changes lady, you'll stay like that"
My Grand-dad's old saying was (in a really broad Yorkshire accent) "gerit etten, it'll put airs on thie chest"...

I tried to persuade my grand-daughter to eat her crusts. She looked at me witheringly and said "I don't want hair like yours!"