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Originally Posted by always2late
Also...if you are pregnant and see something that frightens you...in the words of my mother..."Grab your ass, never grab your face in fright because then the baby will have a birthmark on its face, but who cares about a birthmark on the ass?" LOL...thanks for the thread Con!
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Growing up I heard lots of tall tales like that! Your story really made me smile!
I also remember hearing that if a pregnant woman has a craving she was supposed to indulge in it right away and until she could, she should be careful not to touch her face, but to grab her ass instead..... because if not, the baby would be born with the shape and color of the food she craved ie: raspberries! These stories were always fruit centric...
I can be pretty superstitious, especially about bread...
We were cautioned against storing a loaf of bread upside down or seeing a loaf of bread that is upside down and not turning it right side up immediately...Bread always had to be right side up or it was a foreboding/ominous sign.
also...
Don't touch my feet with a sweeping broom
No hats or shoes on tables, beds or chairs.
It is OK however to leave your shoes on the floor at the end of your bed on the eve of la befana, because then a witch who had an opportunity to meet the baby jesus but declined the offer and instead told the three kings she had to clean her house, she then had a change of heart, got a late start after the kings but never did catch up...she now spends eternity searching for the baby jesus and leaving candy and gifts in the shoes of children as they sleep!
Nothing at all should ever stored on the stove
Don't speak certain things out loud because the maloch loves a boaster as much as one greedy or jealous!
If you think you're headache is the result of someone putting the maloch on you, put three drops of olive oil in a shallow dish of water, put it on your nightstand and go to bed immediately.
If you can't be sure that someone isn't going to put the maloch on you, stranger or not, you should never let them touch your hair and should especially never let them touch your pregnant belly.
Drafts are dangerous, (the consequences, many and most unmentional but especially to infants, as may take the child's breath away permanently, or the draft may "get trapped in their head" causing everything from low intelligence to migraines to infertility or hearing loss.
Cats are also dangerous to infants, they might drink the milk out of the mouth of a baby, slowly starving the child.
If you happen to complain about, speak unkindly of OR compliment a child, you should follow it with a "god bless him or her."
and for you're peace of mind...
Don't tell me about your dreams, I'll be forced to interpret them.