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Thread #156742   Message #3694869
Posted By: GUEST,Dave the Gnome
17-Mar-15 - 03:15 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Untrue sayings
Subject: Folklore: Untrue sayings
My mother often said "Better out than in". I found that untrue when arrested at the age of 18...

More seriously. Things like "Your face will stick like that if the wind changes" or "A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring the devil out of his den" are obviously untrue but someone once believed them.

Going on a step, will people in years to come think we were stupid for believing half the things we do? Or did? Thinking of the latest change about eggs and butter not being bad for you after all. Or rats spreading plague. Will things like that becore the folklore of the next century?

Worth a chat?