What are some cool old wives tales?
If an owl hoots during the day, trouble’s afoot. If birds huddle up close to your house, someone’s going to die. Red sky at night, sailors delight. Red sky at dawning, sailors take warning. A spider on a person’s clothing is a sign of good luck or that money is coming one’s way. If a bird flies into your house and it doesn’t go out the same way it came in, someone who lives there will die soon. Dreaming of someone being born is a sign that someone will die soon. Dreaming that someone has died is a sign that a brith will soon take place in the family. Eat these on New Year’s Eve: greens for money and black eyed peas for luck. They say if you have a child who has the colic, you should take the child to a graveyard and jump over someones grave. It will “cure” the child. There are supposedly people who have to power to “buy” warts from you for a penny. The last to leave a graveyard after a funeral is destined to be the next to die. When a baby is a week old, give it a coin to hold. If it h
