What are some of the most ridiculous "Old Wives Tales' you have heard?

My grandma told my mom and aunts a crazy tale about a type of snake that will stick his tail up a person's nose to see if they are alive...

(Who the heck is going to lie down and let that happen? He'll have to catch me first! LOL!)

Others are..

If you wear two hats at once, you will get a spanking before the day is over.

If you sleep with a glass of water under the bed, you will be visited by a ghost.

If a child sweeps the floor, an unwanted guest is coming.

If some one sweeps under your feet, you will never marry.

If the first person to enter you house on New Years Day is a woman, you will have bad luck.

A whistling woman and a crowing hen will both come to no good end.

Pushing a rocking chair and letting it rock empty is bad. (not sure why)

If someone calls your name and no one is there, don't answer; it could be death calling you.

If you ask yourself a question and answer it, you are crazy!

I could go on and on.

I'm from Oklahoma and my Great Gma always said that if you put an axe in the middle of your front yard in the direction a storm is coming from nothing bad will happen near your home. I never believed that until the year she died and a tornado took her house!!

If a bird flies in your house and flies back out again, someone you know will die.

If you find a bird feather in your house, you will have good luck.

If your left hand itches, your in for big money. If your right hand itches, your in for a little money. If your foot itches, your going to loose money.

If a picture of someone falls off the wall they're going to die.

If a broom falls on the floor facing away from the door, you will have a guest.

When a black cat crosses your path, say "Mr. Cat" three times to prevent any bad luck.

If a cardinal flies in front of you, you will see someone you know that day.

Going out with wet hair will cause you to catch a cold. (no, you have to catch a germ for that!)

Rubbing a potato with ashes on it on a wart then burying the potato, will make the wart go away!!

If a mongoose runs halfway across a road and then turns back, go home or else you will die.

Of course the worst one is this, if you have a veneral disease, having sex with a virgin will cure you.

If you baby won't sleep thru the night, hang them upside down, because they have their night and day confused.

If you are pregnant and throw up a lot, you are having a girl. NOT TRUE - I can attest to that!!!

Well, my wife told me just this morning that she would stop buying a new pair of shoes every week. Yah, like that's going to happen.

placing a knife or a hatchet under a bed will cut through the pain of an injured person.

If you wear a shirt(blouse, jumper etc) inside out or back to front you'll have badluck if you change it right way round - or so my mum told me, and her grandmother told her etc

If you raise your arms when your pregnant, you'll strangle the baby with it's umbilical cord.