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Things I mustn't do - Golden Rules

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Peter Walker

gone but not forgotten
My mum was quite easy-going really, but she had some strong ideas.
"Don't stand with you back to the fire" was one which I think made good sense. I was reminded of this today in snooty pub in snooty Wimbledon Village, where the central heating and smoke extracts were blaring away and a "traditional" open fire fed by gas was beaming out mega calories at the bar counter only three metres (ten feet) away. It was uncomfortable to have this heat on your back.
"Don't eat oranges and drink milk together". I'm not too sure about this, because I've had some nice combinations of cream or yoghurt and orange or tangerine or satsuma. Obviously curdling is the problem.
"After cleaning your teeth, don't swill your mouth straight from the tap". She said there were worms in the water, so you had to fill a glass and then drink out of that (worms and all).
"Don't put your finger half-over the tap to spray the toothbrush clean". My family have regularly done that for 45 years so far.
"You can't eat raw oats in cold milk". I loved it with a bit of sugar, long before muessli had been invented.
My German mother-in-law (God bless her) had loads of golden rules. One our kids couldn't take was that it was unhealthy to eat hot cake, straight from the oven.
Peter
 
Well - I can remember
don't sit on the concrete - you'll get "piles"
don't put new shoes on the table - bad luck
don't open an umbrella inside - bad luck
don't walk under a ladder (something I still can't do) - bad luck

Actually I think I can see very good reasons for all of the above!
lol
 
Mum always told me "DONT POKE YA FINGER IN THE FIRE" usually before I went out with a girl :twisted: Cant think what she meant though?
 
Don't sit with your mouth open - as if :!:

The one I heard most, and possibly not quite on topic was - don't answer back. :D
 
Don't sing at meals - trouble at your heels.


Never cut your toe nails on Fridays or Sundays - bad luck.
If you spill salt throw a little over your left shoulder to ward off bad luck.
 
We learnt a french one few years back.

always have bread on the table in case the legs fall off

Always have wine on the table in case it catches fire
 
:D
Don't pick the dandelions you'll wet the bed
Don’t bring Peacock feathers into the house bad luck
Don't have ‘Gypsy-Filly’ in the house unless it was bought from a Gypsy,
as it seems that also was a bad omen.
(That’s how Mom said it, but I know it’s not quite how it’s pronounced)
Dad would say,
don't pick your nose your head will cave in.

Chris :)
 
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