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Thread #11086   Message #81605
Posted By: Barbara
25-May-99 - 12:39 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Forbidden or unlucky words?
Subject: RE: Forbidden or unlucky words? (Mostly BS)
You all know how in the theater, people say "Break a leg" when they want to wish you good luck on opening night? (Wonder where that one came from? If you say it, it won't happen?)
One of the local folks's 6 yr old nephew heard people saying that to her, and couldn't understand why. She explained about it being a way of wishing the person a good show, and when she headed out the door, he called to her "Poke your eye out, Auntie Deb!"
Now all the locals at Gallery Theater in McMinnville say "Poke your eye out" to each other.
Blessings,
Barbara, off to find some popcorn someplace so she can get catspaw's possum shipped. Bet they have some at the theater.