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Post by chuffedstokie on Jun 29, 2017 17:13:59 GMT
Feed a cold and starve the flu. Absolute cobblers. I'd forgotten what a cold was until this week. Not once have I felt it necessary to feed my face to the hilt, quite the opposite. (strepsils excepted). What else have the good old wives taught us that stand up to scrutiny.
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Post by harryburrows on Jun 29, 2017 17:39:37 GMT
Never sit with your back to the fire , it will make you sick You must eat bread and butter with tinned fruit
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Post by Mendicant on Jun 29, 2017 17:53:28 GMT
Marlady says a draft running through the house between two open windows, even in 35 degree heat, will give you a cold. Utter nonsense.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jun 29, 2017 18:07:54 GMT
Never sit with your back to the fire , it will make you sick You must eat bread and butter with tinned fruit Never heard of those ones. Someone must have tried out the tinned fruit thing to reach that conclusion. I assume.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 18:32:41 GMT
My gran used to say never go out when your hair is still wet as you'll get a cold.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 19:04:33 GMT
Your mouth will stick open if you don't close it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 19:29:33 GMT
Stop playing with it or you'll go blind... I should be reading from braille.
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Post by essexstokey on Jun 29, 2017 19:41:26 GMT
Well its not an old wives tale as such just a cure for fever/ flu my family swear by My mum was very ill as a child and the Dr came that evening and said to my gran Ill be back in the morning to sign the death certificate my gran staid up all night spooning elderflower and peppermint tea to my mum. when the morning came the dr was shocked my mum was sitting up in bed fever broken etc
so I now recommend it to people it seems to work Elderflowers (if you cant get it use cordial) and peppermint (again you can get tea bags) and 1/2 spoon of sugar trust me it works !!
I said this to a herbalist years ago and they said that they weren't surprised and try adding Yarrow as well
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Post by elystokie on Jun 29, 2017 19:50:19 GMT
You won't get curly hair if you don't eat your crusts.
Who the fuck wants curly hair anyway?
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Post by pearo on Jun 29, 2017 19:54:12 GMT
Two of my favourites are
If you are driving, sit in the front
Never play pool against a man who brings his own table
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Post by Parkhall Wanderer on Jun 29, 2017 19:55:49 GMT
You won't get curly hair if you don't eat your crusts. Who the fuck wants curly hair anyway? I'd settle for just having hair now👍 What about putting butter on a lump or cut or covering mirrors up during a thunder storm in case the lighting strikes it.
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Post by pearo on Jun 29, 2017 19:55:53 GMT
You won't get curly hair if you don't eat your crusts. Who the fuck wants curly hair anyway? For the last 15 years I'd have been happy with any sort of hair
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 20:06:46 GMT
Buttercup under the chin = yellow shadow? You must like Butter then.
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Post by essexstokey on Jun 29, 2017 20:08:00 GMT
You won't get curly hair if you don't eat your crusts. Who the fuck wants curly hair anyway? Kevin Keegan
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Post by lordb on Jun 29, 2017 20:32:50 GMT
Misread the thread title. Thought it was readers wives tales...
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Post by lordherefordsknob on Jun 29, 2017 20:53:33 GMT
Take your coat off indoors or you won't feel the benefit when you go out.
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jun 29, 2017 21:23:21 GMT
Not necessarily an old wives tale but something us kids vehemently believed when walking along a pavement.....Don't step on a crack or you'll marry a black and a beetle will come to your party.
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 30, 2017 7:43:30 GMT
A stuffed pig makes an attractive lampshade.
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Post by redstriper on Jun 30, 2017 9:24:47 GMT
Not getting a "release" at the end of heavy petty sessions gives you bollock cancer * * I made this one up in my youth...but all young men should be repeating it to their lady friends
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Post by essexstokey on Jun 30, 2017 9:50:41 GMT
A stuffed pig makes an attractive lampshade. But don't get it too near David Cameron
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jun 30, 2017 11:56:03 GMT
A stuffed pig makes an attractive lampshade. But don't get it too near David Cameron Is there anything that you don't politicise? You must be a wow in your socialist social circle.
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Post by mickmillslovechild on Jun 30, 2017 13:44:47 GMT
A stuffed pig makes an attractive lampshade. Try telling that to Kenwynne!
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Post by Northy on Jun 30, 2017 13:52:07 GMT
blowjobs don't cure women's sore throats
or is that just an asnwer
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Post by xchpotter on Jun 30, 2017 21:02:07 GMT
Keep away from swans....they can break your arm.
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Post by harryburrows on Jun 30, 2017 21:41:46 GMT
blowjobs don't cure women's sore throats or is that just an asnwer I think that belongs on well known lies to young ladies thread
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jun 30, 2017 22:58:28 GMT
Too many cooks spoil the broth. I hate broth.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2017 23:04:20 GMT
Too many cooks spoil the broth. I hate broth. You've probably only eaten it in establishments where too many cooks have spoiled it though....
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2017 0:13:35 GMT
Picking dandelions makes you pee yourself
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2017 0:38:18 GMT
Not necessarily an old wives tale but something us kids vehemently believed when walking along a pavement.....Don't step on a crack or you'll marry a black and a beetle will come to your party. That happened to Bobby Willis...He stepped on a crack, and went on to marry Cilla Black, and Ringo Star and Paul McCartney both went to the wedding...
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Jul 1, 2017 0:57:22 GMT
Picking dandelions makes you pee yourself Interesting one, possibly partly based in fact. The alkaloid things in the milky sap and root are diuretics, kind of a caffeine substitute and that. Pick enough and lick yer fingers and you may indeed piss yer pants.
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