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MargaretR

26-08-2011 17:46

Re: Old wives' tales.

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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 929139)

Me neither Bernard, how do ya find out, to me its a 7 to 1 shot:rolleyes:

You can find out here
What Weekday Was I Born on?,Ask Jeeves

DaveinGermany

26-08-2011 18:16

Re: Old wives' tales.

Friday, yeah that's me. ;) :D

jaysay

26-08-2011 18:22

Re: Old wives' tales.

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Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 929141)

You can find out here
What Weekday Was I Born on?,Ask Jeeves

Thanks Margaret, looks like I should be celebrating with Bernard I was born on a Friday too:D

Retlaw

26-08-2011 19:07

Re: Old wives' tales.

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Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 929078)

Monday's child is fair of face;
Tuesday's child is full of grace;
Wednesday's child is full of woe;
Thursday's child has far to go;
Friday's child is loving and giving;
Saturday's child works hard for a living.
But the child that is born on the Sabbath day
is fair and wise, good and gay.

I'm Thursdays child and I have gone far from home - are these true for you?
My sister is Wed. but was always the bright and bubbly one of the family....

Right load of Bull, if a child was born around midnight on a Sunday, and the time wasn't recorded to the exact second, then it could be a Sunday, or a Monday child, and who could prove which was which.
Same with Cesarian births, left to nature they could be a diiferent day of the week.
Retlaw.

mobertol

28-08-2011 09:25

Re: Old wives' tales.

I suppose it is really -my sister actually had twins who were born on different days -one just before midnight and the other a bit after....
It's like horoscopes though -a lot of people like to read them and generally believe them if they are good!

garinda

28-08-2011 09:35

Re: Old wives' tales.

If you stare directly at the sun, you'll damage your eyes.

garinda

28-08-2011 09:37

Re: Old wives' tales.

When you move to a new home, rubbing butter on a cat's paws will stop it wandering back to your old house.

cashman

28-08-2011 09:43

Re: Old wives' tales.

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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 929621)

When you move to a new home, rubbing butter on a cat's paws will stop it wandering back to your old house.

Nitric Acid has the same effect.:D

jaysay

28-08-2011 10:30

Re: Old wives' tales.

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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 929619)

If you stare directly at the sun, you'll damage your eyes.

Another one in that vane "you should always rub your eyes with your elbow":rolleyes:

jaysay

28-08-2011 10:33

Re: Old wives' tales.

A mate of mine always used to tell barmaids they should rub the chest with Vic if they had a cough um

My mates name was Vic:rolleyes::D

mobertol

28-08-2011 13:03

Re: Old wives' tales.

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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 929621)

When you move to a new home, rubbing butter on a cat's paws will stop it wandering back to your old house.

Will put this one to the test on my 3 cats whenever we next move house!

mobertol

29-08-2011 15:23

Re: Old wives' tales.

If the oak comes out before the ash -the world will get a splash,
if the ash comes out before the oak -the world will get a soak!

Red sky at night, shepherd's delight,
red sky in't mornin' shepherd's warning.

Margaret Pilkington

29-08-2011 15:29

Re: Old wives' tales.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 929676)

Will put this one to the test on my 3 cats whenever we next move house!

This is so that the cats spend their time licking the butter off rather than trying to get back to their old home..
Not sure it will work!

mobertol

30-08-2011 13:58

Re: Old wives' tales.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence....

mobertol

30-08-2011 14:02

Re: Old wives' tales.

My Nanny always used to tell me that if i ate up my crusts (of bread) it would make my hair curl!

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