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here are some "stupidstitions" for you to follow,
if that's what you're into...
HOUSEKEEPING HINTS2. Never place a broom on a bed. 3. Close umbrellas before bringing them into a house. 4. Avoid sweeping after sundown. 5. You mustn't wash clothes on New Year Day. 6. Don't shake out a tablecloth after dark. 7. Never wash a flag. 8. Don't turn a chair on one leg. 9. Keep cats off piano keys. 10. Don't hang a dishcloth on a doorknob. 11. Sweeping under a sick person's bed will kill him or her. 12. Don't ever, ever rock an empty rocking chair. RENOVATION AND DECORATING 14. You mustn't cut a new window in an old house; the only way to avoid fatal consequences is to toss your apron through the new window, and then jump through it yourself. 15. Never drive a nail after sunset. 16. Don't move into an unfinished house. 17. Avoid carring axes, shovels, and other sharp-edged tools through a house; if you must take one inside, always take it out by the same door. 18. If you move out of a house, don't move back into it for a year. 19. Don't hang your sweetheart's picture upside-down. 20. If a picture falls from the wall, don't pick it up. 21. Never carry a peacock's feather into a house. 22. Keep cut flowers out of bedrooms overnight. 23. Don't ever carry a bouquet of wildflowers indoors before May 1. SEWING AND FASHION 25. Don't make new clothes between Christmas and New Year's Day. 26. Never hold a stick in your mouth while sewing. 27. Always sew cross-stich on your underwear. 28. Don't walk around in one shoe. 29. If you see a will-o'-wisp while out walking at night, turn your coat inside-out. 30. Never wear another's new clothes before they have worn them. 31. A woman who makes her own wedding dress will not live to wear it. COOKING AND TABLE MANNERS 33. Don't set the table backwards. 34. Never serve 13 at a table. 35. Avoid drinking coffee at 5 o'clock. 36. You mustn't write on the back of a dish. 37. Never return borrowed salt. 38. Don't ever cross knives while setting the table. 39. Be sure that someone else cooks your birthday dinner. 40. Don't put two forks at one place setting. 41. Never, never turn a loaf of bread upside down. SLEEPING 43. Don't sing in bed. 44. If you hear a dog howl at night, reach under the bed and turn over a shoe. 45. Don't count stars. 46. A man should never dream of a naked woman; a woman should never dream of a naked man. (You know who you are...) PERSONAL HYGIENE 48. Don't look into a mirror over another's shoulder. 49. Avoid combing your hair after dark. 50. Absolutely no haircuts in March. 51. Let a baby's hair and fingernails grow until their 1st birthday. 52. Don't let two people comb your hair at once. 53. Never shave at night. 54. NEVER, EVER share a razor used by a dead man. FUNERAL ETIQUETTE 56. When a person dies in a house, you must immediately cover all mirrors and stop all clocks. 57. Children should not pretend to have funerals. 58. Don't ever try on a mourning veil. 59. Always remove a dead body from a house feet first. 60. Never ride in a hearse, unless you are the driver. 61. Don't count the cars in a funeral motorcade. 62. Avoid wearing new clothes to a funeral, especially new shoes. 63. Pull the shades in a room where a funeral service is taking place: if the sun hits a mourner's face, he is the next to die. 64. When walking in a funeral procession, don't look backwards. 65. Never point at a grave. 66. Try not to step across a grave. 67. Never leave a grave open overnight. 68. Don't ever be the first to leave the graveyard after a funeral. 69. If a corpse lies unburied on Sunday, another in town will surely die soon. 70. Wait a year before putting up a tombstone for a family member; if you don't, another family member will go before the year has ended. GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS 72. When sick, don't look in mirrors. 73. Don't give a person a peony. 74. Never measure your own height. 75. Try not to imagine it's Saturday when it's not. 76. Don't count cars on a passenger train. 77. Never whistle in a coal mine. 78. Avoid measuring a person who is lying down. 79. Don't walk backwards. 80. You mustn't allow a candle to burn itself out. 81. Never sell a dog. 82. Try not to kill a crow; but if you do, be sure to bury it while wearing black. 83. If you transplant a cedar tree, you will die by the time it is big enough to shade a grave. 84. The same is true of a willow tree (as in 83) 85. Don't ever hang your hoe on a tree branch. 86. Don't skip a row when planting corn or beans. 87. If you watch a person out of sight, you'll never see them again. 88. Avoid stepping over a person who is lying down. 89. When your name is called, don't answer the first time-it may be the Devil calling you. 90. Never shake hands through a window or over a fence. 91. Try not to sit with your back to the fire. 92. Don't burn sassafras wood. 93. If you walk with your hands locked behind your head, it will kill your mother. 94. Don't even THINK of mocking an owl. 95. Don't store your shoes above your head. 96. Never kill a locust. 97. Never kill a lizard. 98. If you hear a hen crow, you must kill the hen. 99. If you are on a train when a woman boards, dressed in black, get off. 100.Whatever you do, don't let a lizard count your teeth. | ||||||