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Well HI! Sorry it’s been a few weeks since we posted some Girl Talk! You know, life happens sometimes. But we’re back and we’re talking about old wives tales or superstitions you’ve believed or even still believe.

At first I was like “yeah right, I’m not superstitious.” But then I remembered a few days ago at a restaurant that my 4 year old knocked over the jar of salt and I immediately picked it up, poured some in my hand and threw some over each shoulder. You know, to ward off the Devil or something like that. And I threw it over each shoulder because I couldn’t remember which side it was supposed to be and I figured both would be better than neither. Yeah.

Did you ever hold your breath as you drove by a cemetery? Didn’t want to breathe in ghost spirits?

Did you get seven years of bad luck for breaking a mirror?

Have you walked under a ladder or stood under an opened umbrella inside? (the horror!)

Ever think your face would be stuck forever if someone tapped you on the back while you were making a funny face?

I’ve certainly tried to guess what gender a pregnant woman’s baby is by seeing how she is carrying her baby weight.

I used twist the stem off my apple and recite the alphabet. Which ever letter I was on when the stem came off was SURELY the first letter in the name of the man I would marry someday.

I still believe it’s good luck to find a four leaf clover or to have a lady bug land on you.

I wish on shooting stars.

I blow on dice before I roll them. Obviously my breath has magical good dice rolling luck.

Step on a crack, break your mother’s back? Step on a line, break your father’s spine?

A watched pot never boils.

I’m laughing at these as I write these people. Individually they don’t seem so bad but when I put them all together… it makes me laugh.

I also just went and googled “Old Wives Tales” just to see what else there is out there. And these are some of the stranger ones I read.

• To cure a cough: take a hair from the coughing person’s head, put it between two slices of buttered bread, feed it to a dog, and say, “Eat well you hound, may you be sick and I be sound.” What do you have against the dog?
• If a clock which has not been working suddenly chimes, there will be a death in the family.
• Cows lifting their tails is a sure sign that rain is coming. Or maybe they are going to poop?
• The dried body of a frog worn in a silk bag around the neck averts epilepsy and other fits.
• Unless you were born in October, it’s unlucky to wear opals.
• A cat will steal a baby’s breath.

Hey I fully admit to the “why not? It doesn’t hurt.” category of people with the things I still do. Unless of course I end up throwing salt on someone in the booth behind me. That person is clearly the Devil, right?

I think superstitions are passed down just so the older generations can get a good chuckle out of watching their kids get scared.

What do you do? Can you laugh at yourself about it?