#mumbollocks

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LCpl Boiled Egg

Three word soundbite
Not one I "believe" per se, but mum subscribes to 'If you wash on New Years Day, you'll wash a member of the family away'. She's not a superstitious lady on the whole, and I certainly don't normally entertain that kind of black cat/ladders mumbo jumbo, but she was so adamant with this growing up that its kind of stuck with me ever since.

I thought my Mum had made that one up, as I have NEVER heard of anyone else saying it! That particular one has extended over the years to include New Years's Eve, and then to having damp washing around the house on either of those days. It makes no difference to me because I don't believe in such rubbish...
 

EltonFrog

Legendary Member
My mum had little brass Buddhas dotted about the home usually over the doors, she would occasionally rub their tummies as she entered the room or home "for luck" she would say. She died aged 48.

My mother had some strange ways, she would only eat in cafes and restaurants with her own cutlery. She once told me that all women with very short hair were lesbians. Strange woman.
 
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Schmilliemoo

Schmilliemoo

Wax on, wax off...
Location
Stockport
When walking down a paved street:

If you stand on a square you'll marry a bear
If you stand on a line you marry a swine
If you stand on a crack you'll marry a man with a broken back.

All I'll say is I've trodden on a LOT of lines hehe.
 

deptfordmarmoset

Full time tea drinker
Location
Armonmy Way
It took me a long time before I dared to swallow chewing gum for fear of it wrapping itself around my heart. To be fair, though, that was probably more playground lore than home myth.
 
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Schmilliemoo

Schmilliemoo

Wax on, wax off...
Location
Stockport
"I'm doing this for your own good...."

Never bloody was !

"This'll hurt me more than it hurts you" hmmmm
 
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