tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3437060109079443112.post4292002556760634236..comments2023-11-05T06:27:10.679-06:00Comments on LIFE IN A CORDWOOD CABIN: Wednesday Wives TalesMary L. Briggshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295245391337869803noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3437060109079443112.post-54837019643053254192009-09-01T15:31:14.876-05:002009-09-01T15:31:14.876-05:00I've never heard the one about the spoon. Some...I've never heard the one about the spoon. Some I've heard are: if your foot is itching you're going to walk on strange ground, don't open an umbrella inside, don't let an empty rocking chair rock, if you go to bed laughing you will wake up crying, don't give a knife to a person it will cut your friendship and don't thank a person for flowers or they will die. My grandmother was very superstitious.Janet,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17796999156668844943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3437060109079443112.post-46749319374658228692009-08-19T18:34:07.988-05:002009-08-19T18:34:07.988-05:00I throw salt over my shoulder everytime the salt s...I throw salt over my shoulder everytime the salt shaker is knocked over. I remember when we were first married, J wondered what in the world I was doing. Another one is, if you take bread, when you have bread on your plate, company is coming. I've heard the one about the bird in a building or house, that Pen Pen spoke of. I have several of the Foxfire books. There are wonderful folktales and superstitions written about, in those books. In fact, I usually get the one out, that has the ghost stories,just about this time of year, when fall is coming. <br />As you know, I am a decendant of those Ozark hill people too. :-)PAThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12891387278850772808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3437060109079443112.post-83265318731098471082009-08-19T15:52:30.586-05:002009-08-19T15:52:30.586-05:00I love these too Mary. I've heard all the ones...I love these too Mary. I've heard all the ones you mentioned-except the spoon one. Ever hear any about katydids? I've been looking for ones relating to katydids-the only ones I've found are relating to weather. I'll be looking forward to your next post about this.Tipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11714281090985487356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3437060109079443112.post-72972356471843899752009-08-19T08:37:11.392-05:002009-08-19T08:37:11.392-05:00I've never heard of the spoon tale either, but...I've never heard of the spoon tale either, but would probably stop and pick up a spoon, if I saw it in the road. LOL when we lived in Western NC, a new tale to me was: if a bird flies into your window, someone will die soon. I used to work at a nursing home, and they swore by that superstition. One patient saw a bird fly into her window and she was a basket case all day...she and her husband roomed together and she was sure that one of them would die that night... we had to call the doctor to get nerve medicine for her. No lie!!!Little Penpenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374048900216199298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3437060109079443112.post-70012505653548461412009-08-19T07:56:53.012-05:002009-08-19T07:56:53.012-05:00I laughed about the spoon, too. I wouldn't thi...I laughed about the spoon, too. I wouldn't think that poor mountain women had very many to spare!Mary L. Briggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295245391337869803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3437060109079443112.post-60594744872080076882009-08-19T06:57:45.499-05:002009-08-19T06:57:45.499-05:00Very interesting Rosemary, I too have never heard ...Very interesting Rosemary, I too have never heard of the spoon tale. I can't wait to read more!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11747268325270933661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3437060109079443112.post-47247214969247792492009-08-19T06:50:40.877-05:002009-08-19T06:50:40.877-05:00Hi Rosemary~ I don't think I've ever seen ...Hi Rosemary~ I don't think I've ever seen a spoon laying in the road, lol! I do however know alot of folks who still "knock on wood" Some of the old Amish remedies are silly, like if you take a potato to bed with you it supposedly cures some ailment (can't remember which one they said it was!) They are alot of fun tho, and some of them do seem to ring true! Have a great day:)Carmen S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13456401188562193384noreply@blogger.com