The idea here is to discuss things people used to believe in before science and technology brought us the World of today ( They have to be true! )

Would you believe?.......


(medical)
-In the dark ages, people thought that a necklace made of strung-up worms, would cure a sore throat!

-If the necklace didnt do the trick, you would might have tried eating a worm soup or stew ( kind of a higher dose of medicine, I guess! )

-Even as recently as Victorian times, it was believed diseases were caused by "bad smells" and terrible diseases like the plague, were treated by spreading flowers and burning tar, to mask said smells!

-Another mistake made by London's Drs during the plague epidemics, was the belief that dogs and cats spread the plague, and they were slaughtered by the 1000s.......the very animals that could have destroyed the rats who were the actual carriers of the fleas, that caused the plague.


(genetics)
At one time, it was widely believed that having twins meant that a man's wife was cheating on him, if they were identical twins, it was believed that the man's wife was cheating on him, with his brother! (Having twins was not considered a happy event)

(Science and tech)
It was once believed that the dinosaurs were wiped out by "Noah's flood".
(Apparently they were too large for the ark)

Can you add some more outdated beliefs?

Going back there was the belief that

the world was flat
the sun revolved around the earth

and one that still floats around to this day... the belief that the Toronto Maple Leafs will ever win the Stanley Cup again:lol:

The idea here is to discuss things people used to believe in before science and technology brought us the World of today ( They have to be true! )

Would you believe?.......


(medical)
-In the dark ages, people thought that a necklace made of strung-up worms, would cure a sore throat!

-If the necklace didnt do the trick, you would might have tried eating a worm soup or stew ( kind of a higher dose of medicine, I guess! )

-Even as recently as Victorian times, it was believed diseases were caused by "bad smells" and terrible diseases like the plague, were treated by spreading flowers and burning tar, to mask said smells!

-Another mistake made by London's Drs during the plague epidemics, was the belief that dogs and cats spread the plague, and they were slaughtered by the 1000s.......the very animals that could have destroyed the rats who were the actual carriers of the fleas, that caused the plague.


(genetics)
At one time, it was widely believed that having twins meant that a man's wife was cheating on him, if they were identical twins, it was believed that the man's wife was cheating on him, with his brother! (Having twins was not considered a happy event)

(Science and tech)
It was once believed that the dinosaurs were wiped out by "Noah's flood".
(Apparently they were too large for the ark)

Can you add some more outdated beliefs?
That genetics one is crazy!!!! :crazy:

I read a book abt how people in the "dark ages" thought they could conceive a baby boy by having sex during a full moon, or the wife getting drunk prior to trying to conceive, and some other stupid things. Or was it getting the wife drunk WHILE there was a full moon? :lol:

one that still floats around to this day... the belief that the Toronto Maple Leafs will ever win the Stanley Cup again:lol:
:rofl:

I read a book abt how people in the "dark ages" thought they could conceive a baby boy by having sex during a full moon, or the wife getting drunk prior to trying to conceive, and some other stupid things. Or was it getting the wife drunk WHILE there was a full moon? :lol:
Right, we now know that only works when the couple met just that night at a dance club and have no intention of marrying! :lol:

That genetics one is crazy!!!! :crazy:
the way it was explained was, that if a woman was having 2 babies, she was obviously having sex with 2 men....and if the babies looked alike, then the other Father must be in the immediate family! (Boy, Imagine the sibling rivalries THAT must have caused! :eek: )

Imagine the kind of fuss you'd have had over triplets or quintuplets!

Going back there was the belief that

the world was flat
the sun revolved around the earth

and one that still floats around to this day... the belief that the Toronto Maple Leafs will ever win the Stanley Cup again:lol:

Not so fast - There are still plenty of people who believe the Earth is flat. Disturbing, I know.

http://theflatearthsociety.org/forum//

http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/Flatearthsociety.htm

people used to think that; if you opened a window during a thunderstorm; the thunder and lightning would come inside your house.

Not so fast - There are still plenty of people who believe the Earth is flat. Disturbing, I know.
Do you really think the "Flat Earthers" are truly serious though? :eek:

-In Medieval times, it was believed that the stars and heavens were held up by crystal spheres and pushed along by angels. ( They honestly believed that ) :eek:

-it was believed that natural circular motion was only found in space ( The Earth was static ( it wasthe Sun that moved ) and things fell, in a straight line )

-Medieval "Alchemists" spent centuries trying to produce a "Philosopher's stone" a catalyst that could supposedly turn base metals such as lead, into gold....they never succeded!

Very interesting list! :lol:

Another belief that is somewhat around today is that a pregnant woman should not lift her arms above her head(hanging up laundry,etc.)By doing this the umbilical cord would wrap around the baby's neck and strangle it. I have actually heard this one in recent years!(By a nurse, no less!):lol:

-Medieval "Alchemists" spent centuries trying to produce a "Philosopher's stone" a catalyst that could supposedly turn base metals such as lead, into gold....they never succeded!

That's because they gave up. Humans have no endurance.

People thought tomatoes were poisonous until 1820 -- it had to do with the odor that the leaves gave off.


I just have to say - thank god I never lived in medieval times. Can you imagine the constant horrible odors during that time? Yeech.

people used to think that; if you opened a window during a thunderstorm; the thunder and lightning would come inside your house.

There *is* a remote chance that a bolt of lightning could actually come through an open window. It's more likely though for lightning to come via power lines in terms of in-house lightning

As for thunder: It comes inside your house as it is, even with all the doors and windows shut. Thunder is SOUND WAVES, which easily penetrate nearly all types of houses.

People thought tomatoes were poisonous until 1820 -- it had to do with the odor that the leaves gave off.

Drat, You stole my answer. Oh well, I hate tomatoes anyway.:lol:

Even today, some people believe that if you rub a potato on a wart, then bury the potato, the warts will go away...........it works actually, I tried it.....only took some 3-4 years :lol:

-Medieval "Alchemists" spent centuries trying to produce a "Philosopher's stone" a catalyst that could supposedly turn base metals such as lead, into gold....they never succeded!

This can actually be done now. The TRIUMF Particle accelerator can change the molecular structure of lead or any element and change it to gold. However there are a couple drawbacks

1. it costs 10 times more $ to convert lead to gold than the gold is worth
2. the gold is radioactive


Where is this accellerator and wonder of physics you ask? The University of British Columbia

http://cycops.triumf.ca/tankC.jpg

This can actually be done now. The TRIUMF Particle accelerator can change the molecular structure of lead or any element and change it to gold. However there are a couple drawbacks

1. it costs 10 times more $ to convert lead to gold than the gold is worth
2. the gold is radioactive

Wow...thats amazing @_@~~!!!!!!

I guess the fact that people thought that the world would end in the year 2000

I guess the fact that people thought that the world would end in the year 2000

...and 2001...and 2002...and 2003...and 2004...and 2005...and 2006...and 2007...and 2008...and 2009...and 2010...

Another belief that is somewhat around today is that a pregnant woman should not lift her arms above her head(hanging up laundry,etc.)By doing this the umbilical cord would wrap around the baby's neck and strangle it. I have actually heard this one in recent years!(By a nurse, no less!):lol:
Yep, so true.

I remember when I had my second daughter, my former mother-in-law told me not to cut her hair until she was 6 months old or else she would go blind. :eek: :crazy: I was like, "WTF????" I can't believe some of the old wives tails that still thought to be true.

Interesting topic.
Another one was you weren't suppose to take a bath or wash your hair in the winter because it could make you deathly ill.

The first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang: Founder of Qin Dynasty (260 B.C. to 210 B.C.), was desperate to find the key to immortality, that is, he literally wanted to find a way to live forever! To that end, his advisors had him take repeated doses of the element mercury (It was believed at the time that mercury increased longevity.). While he thought he was extending his life, we now know that he was actually poisoning himself and likely cut his life short by several years!

To follow up on the last post, after his death, The first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang was burried in a giant tomb under an artificial mountain ( The tomb was protected by an entire army of Terracotta warriors ). In the very depths of the tomb, the Emperors body is said to lie in a replica of his kingdom (China) made of precious materials and jewels, with the rivers made of flowing mercury in throughs ( Perhaps thinking that they might finally give him the immortality benefit that he thought mercury would give him in life!* )

*He died of swallowing mercury pills, made by his court scientists and doctors, which contained the liquid metal. The "theory," devised by alchemists, was that if mercury could even absorb gold, then if eaten, it would give that person its own powers, making him immortal.

Interesting topic.
Another one was you weren't suppose to take a bath or wash your hair in the winter because it could make you deathly ill.
Ewwww.....IT REEKS!!!!!!! :puke:


In Iran, it is believed that a bath/shower is only for AFTER YOU HAVE SEX so that you are clean and pure for prayers. It is rare for some devout religious Iranians to not bathe more than a few times a year. :eek: :crazy:

Ewwww.....IT REEKS!!!!!!! :puke:


In Iran, it is believed that a bath/shower is only for AFTER YOU HAVE SEX so that you are clean and pure for prayers. It is rare for some devout religious Iranians to not bathe more than a few times a year. :eek: :crazy:
Geez...thats almost as bad as Henry the 8th taking his yearly bath :eek:

I remember when i was young that if you blew out all your candles on your birthday cake with one puff that you would get your wish! lol

Do you really think the "Flat Earthers" are truly serious though? :eek:
http://theflatearthsociety.org/forum//

they seem pretty serious about it, as silly and unsupported as their beliefs are.

Would you believe........ Muslims arent the only ones who prayed while facing east..........

In the early 1870s, not long after after the 1867 Confederation, the new provincial gvmt of Ontario decreed new standards for church lots:

Churches in late 19th Century had to face in an east-west direction, the doors facing west, and the congregation facing the east.
The same went for the attached cemetaries, the regulations for which were:
Tombstones should be on the west side of the plot, bodies burried so that they would face east, and "could rise facing the dawn on the day of Judgement"!!!

Heres a really creepy one.........a strange ceremony from rural Britain and Scotland, the SIN EATER, a man who litterally ate his lunch off a dead man's chest!!!

Here is the "job description" from the TV show History's Worst Jobs:
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/W/worstjobs/stuart2.html

As a sin eater, you will be responsible for consuming the evil and sins contained within the corpses of normal decent folk. When one of the godly community pops their clogs without getting the chance to own up to their wrongdoings, the sin gets trapped inside. As long as those bad things remain in there, St Peter's going to turn that individual away.

This position involves going to the house of such a dead person and sitting down to a bread and beer supper served up on the bare chest of the dearly departed. The idea is that the sins of the dead are absorbed by the bread. So as you tuck in, you get to fill up on evil and so cleanse the stiff. You'll get a sixpence for your trouble, but don't expect to make many friends. And you'd better make yourself scarce when any witch-finding commissions come to town as you'll be one of the first on their list.

bumping this up for Irene :D

and one that still floats around to this day... the belief that the Toronto Maple Leafs will ever win the Stanley Cup again:lol:I'm starting to like you more and more every day. :lol:

Down with Toronto!

Heres a really creepy one.........a strange ceremony from rural Britain and Scotland, the SIN EATER, a man who litterally ate his lunch off a dead man's chest!!!

Here is the "job description" from the TV show History's Worst Jobs:
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/W/worstjobs/stuart2.html

As a sin eater, you will be responsible for consuming the evil and sins contained within the corpses of normal decent folk. When one of the godly community pops their clogs without getting the chance to own up to their wrongdoings, the sin gets trapped inside. As long as those bad things remain in there, St Peter's going to turn that individual away.

This position involves going to the house of such a dead person and sitting down to a bread and beer supper served up on the bare chest of the dearly departed. The idea is that the sins of the dead are absorbed by the bread. So as you tuck in, you get to fill up on evil and so cleanse the stiff. You'll get a sixpence for your trouble, but don't expect to make many friends. And you'd better make yourself scarce when any witch-finding commissions come to town as you'll be one of the first on their list.
That is GORY!!!!! I love gory stuff.;) :D HOwever, the fact that people used to think this would clean up any sins, clear a conscience or whatever, is STUPID!!:crazy: This sounds like something I seen on one of those National Geographic documentaries where a tribe would eat the corpse of their family member who died so that they won't be haunted by their spirits. :eek:

Oh i remember that show it was good, made you think however crap you think your job is someone has it or had it worst than you. ;)

Oh i remember that show it was good, made you think however crap you think your job is someone has it or had it worst than you. ;)
Yeah thats a great series.....If Tony Robinson ever decides to make a "Worst Jobs of the TWENTIETH CENTURY"....I have a few suggustions for him! :rolleyes:

Yeah thats a great series.....If Tony Robinson ever decides to make a "Worst Jobs of the TWENTIETH CENTURY"....I have a few suggustions for him! :rolleyes:
Mikey i dont like that eye rolling thing because i dont know how to take it?? call me silly you know me us british are strange. lol

Mikey i dont like that eye rolling thing because i dont know how to take it?? call me silly you know me lol.
Thank you!!!! I agree. :lol: Mikey, I know how to take it most of the time, but just a few times, I see that eye rolling thing and I am like, "Huh?" Like, it doesn't warrant it. :lol:

Thank you!!!! I agree. :lol: Mikey, I know how to take it most of the time, but just a few times, I see that eye rolling thing and I am like, "Huh?" Like, it doesn't warrant it. :lol:

Oh thank god i thought it was me?

Well, in this case, i meant Ive done some really awful jobs and I could tell him all about them, so he could use them on the show! :lol:

...and 2001...and 2002...and 2003...and 2004...and 2005...and 2006...and 2007...and 2008...and 2009...and 2010...

I remember people saying the same things about 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1987, and a few others before 2000.

Ewwww.....IT REEKS!!!!!!! :puke:


In Iran, it is believed that a bath/shower is only for AFTER YOU HAVE SEX so that you are clean and pure for prayers. It is rare for some devout religious Iranians to not bathe more than a few times a year. :eek: :crazy:

And next door, Saddam Hussein used to say that women should bathe twice as often as men. And doing anything contrary to what Saddam said in Iraq was suicide.

Death Superstitions
• A bird in the house is a sign of a death.
• If the person was evil, weeds will grow.
• Pregnant women should not attend funerals.
• If you hear foot steps behind you on Halloween night, don't look back. It may be the dead following you. Turning back could mean that you will very soon join the dead behind you.


13 is an unlucky number. (This one may be true.)
If you have 13 letters in your name, you will have the devil's luck . Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy and Albert De Salvo all have 13 letters in their names.

If you have 13 letters in your name, you will have the devil's luck . Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy and Albert De Salvo all have 13 letters in their names.

Damn, take one letter off my name and I would've been added to that list ;) :lol:

13 is an unlucky number. (This one may be true.)
If you have 13 letters in your name, you will have the devil's luck . Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy and Albert De Salvo all have 13 letters in their names.
And dont forget APOLLO 13...The moon mission that not only didnt make it to the Moon, but, barely made it back to Earth after a series of malfunctions destroyed the ship's life support system! :eek:

Considering Friday the 13th, if anything, tends to be lucky for me....not putting much stock in that.

Here is one...
Chocolate cures everything.

(That is my own personal belief.) :D

Here is one...
Chocolate cures everything.

(That is my own personal belief.) :D
Speaking of chocolate, it started out quite differently than the chocolate we know today:

Before chocolate was a sweet candy, it was a spicy drink. Some of the earliest known chocolate drinkers were the ancient Maya and Aztecs of Mesoamerica.
They ground cacao seeds into a paste that, when mixed with water, corn and peppers then fermented, made a frothy, rather bitter beverage called Xocolatl.
Drinking chocolate was an important part of life for the Classic Period Maya and the Aztecs.

Damn, take one letter off my name and I would've been added to that list ;) :lol:
:eek: :crazy: :rofl:

The idea here is to discuss things people used to believe in before science and technology brought us the World of today ( They have to be true! )

Would you believe?.......


(medical)
-In the dark ages, people thought that a necklace made of strung-up worms, would cure a sore throat!

-If the necklace didnt do the trick, you would might have tried eating a worm soup or stew ( kind of a higher dose of medicine, I guess! )

-Even as recently as Victorian times, it was believed diseases were caused by "bad smells" and terrible diseases like the plague, were treated by spreading flowers and burning tar, to mask said smells!

-Another mistake made by London's Drs during the plague epidemics, was the belief that dogs and cats spread the plague, and they were slaughtered by the 1000s.......the very animals that could have destroyed the rats who were the actual carriers of the fleas, that caused the plague.


(genetics)
At one time, it was widely believed that having twins meant that a man's wife was cheating on him, if they were identical twins, it was believed that the man's wife was cheating on him, with his brother! (Having twins was not considered a happy event)

(Science and tech)
It was once believed that the dinosaurs were wiped out by "Noah's flood".
(Apparently they were too large for the ark)

Can you add some more outdated beliefs?



Those are some wild beliefs. That one about the cats and dogs is sad.

Optical theory:
It was once believed that your eyes sent out rays of light that litterally "lit up" any scene you were looking at ( In actuality, its the other way around, in that the things you look at send rays of light to your eyes )

Dr Edmund Halley ( of the comet fame ) once claimed that the Earth was hollow:
Dr. Edmund Halley, Astronomer Royal for England in the 18th century, thought that beneath its 500-mi.-thick crust, the earth was hollow. In the hollow, he said, were 3 planets.
And he wasnt the only one:
Leonard Euler, an 18th-century mathematical genius, also thought that the earth was hollow. He maintained that it was inhabited and had a central sun.

In prehistoric times, it was believed that disease was caused by evil spirits, the cure....trepanning!!! Trepanning was the act of drilling holes in the skull so that the evil spirits could leak out, generally, while this "cure" probably didnt have much of an effect to the evil spirits, it was generally NOT fatal and is considered the first form of surgery.....eventually the practice evolved into what we today call a lobotomy!

Dr Edmund Halley ( of the comet fame ) once claimed that the Earth was hollow:Dr. Edmund Halley, Astronomer Royal for England in the 18th century, thought that beneath its 500-mi.-thick crust, the earth was hollow. In the hollow, he said, were 3 planets.
And he wasnt the only one:
Leonard Euler, an 18th-century mathematical genius, also thought that the earth was hollow. He maintained that it was inhabited and had a central sun.

Sherri Sheppard from the View thinks the world is flat...:lol:

Sherri Sheppard from the View thinks the world is flat...:lol:
That's rediculous, where would you put Halley's 3 planets then? :lol:

In prehistoric times, it was believed that disease was caused by evil spirits, the cure....trepanning!!! Trepanning was the act of drilling holes in the skull so that the evil spirits could leak out, generally, while this "cure" probably didnt have much of an effect to the evil spirits, it was generally NOT fatal and is considered the first form of surgery.....eventually the practice evolved into what we today call a lobotomy!


In my favorite novel, Christy (by Catherine Marshall), a trephine operation is performed. But it has nothing to do with evil spirits - the man had been knocked out when a tree fell on him. Someone else mentioned The Sin Eater...that story was made into a novel called The Last Sin Eater, written by Francine Rivers. It was also made into a movie last year starring Henry Thomas and Louise Fletcher. One more connection - the TV series Christy and The Last Sin Eater movie both featured actor Stewart Finley-McLennan. On Christy, he was the doctor who performed the trephine!!

. Someone else mentioned The Sin Eater...that story was made into a novel called The Last Sin Eater, written by Francine Rivers. It was also made into a movie last year starring Henry Thomas and Louise Fletcher. One more connection - the TV series Christy and The Last Sin Eater movie both featured actor Stewart Finley-McLennan. On Christy, he was the doctor who performed the trephine!!
Yeah Cat, earlier in this thread i talked about the "Sin Eater"....truly one of the most bizzare rituals in history: part superstition, part religious ceremony and ALL CREEPY!! :eek:

Michael Jackson was black
Michael Jackson was a man
Michael Jackson was a human
:lol:

Michael Jackson was black
Michael Jackson was a man
Michael Jackson was a human
:lol:
:lol: NAS-STAY!!

Another belief that is somewhat around today is that a pregnant woman should not lift her arms above her head(hanging up laundry,etc.)By doing this the umbilical cord would wrap around the baby's neck and strangle it. I have actually heard this one in recent years!(By a nurse, no less!):lol:
Oh, snap. I thought that was true.

Heres a really creepy one.........a strange ceremony from rural Britain and Scotland, the SIN EATER, a man who litterally ate his lunch off a dead man's chest!!!

Here is the "job description" from the TV show History's Worst Jobs:
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/W/worstjobs/stuart2.html

As a sin eater, you will be responsible for consuming the evil and sins contained within the corpses of normal decent folk. When one of the godly community pops their clogs without getting the chance to own up to their wrongdoings, the sin gets trapped inside. As long as those bad things remain in there, St Peter's going to turn that individual away.

This position involves going to the house of such a dead person and sitting down to a bread and beer supper served up on the bare chest of the dearly departed. The idea is that the sins of the dead are absorbed by the bread. So as you tuck in, you get to fill up on evil and so cleanse the stiff. You'll get a sixpence for your trouble, but don't expect to make many friends. And you'd better make yourself scarce when any witch-finding commissions come to town as you'll be one of the first on their list.
CALL MIKE ROWE.

Who is Mike Rowe? :confused:

Mike Rowe hosts DIRTY JOBS on Discovery Channel. One of my fave shows. Not to mention, he is some hunk too. Something abt man who gets down and dirty when he does work :lol: You would love that show Mikey.

oh yes, I've seen that show....guy spends too much time in sewers and garbage dumps for my taste.....the last time I watched, he was covered in maggots....i almost :barf:ed up :eek:

(ok, maybe not litterally COVERED in them.....)

He does various jobs. One of my fave is him making cheese and being a roofer. There was also another abt a geoduck in Oregon. that one cracked me up because of the fact that "oyster" like thing, resembles a...well, let's just say, it resembles a man's private part, very much so!!! :eek: and Mike Rowe was having a field day with that fact. :lol: :rofl:

Mike Rowe hosts DIRTY JOBS on Discovery Channel. One of my fave shows. Not to mention, he is some hunk too. Something abt man who gets down and dirty when he does work :lol: You would love that show Mikey.
Amen! I sure have no problem spending an hour looking at that man :happyface :lol: and he's funny.. "do these dickies make my a$$ look big?" :rofl:

Amen! I sure have no problem spending an hour looking at that man :happyface :lol: and he's funny.. "do these dickies make my a$$ look big?" :rofl:
:rofl: "No honey, those pants don't make your a$$ look big, but they sure do make your ___________look nice." :cool: :lol:

He is funny as hell. :rofl:

:rofl: "No honey, those pants don't make your a$$ look big, but they sure do make your ___________look nice." :cool: :lol:
:rofl::rofl: Did you see the one where he was putting up a billboard and he had that harness on? I love how he pulls the harness tight and says "objects in harness are larger than they appear" or something along those lines LMAO! I damn near forgot allll about my boyfriend :lol:

:rofl::rofl: Did you see the one where he was putting up a billboard and he had that harness on? I love how he pulls the harness tight and says "objects in harness are larger than they appear" or something along those lines LMAO! I damn near forgot allll about my boyfriend :lol:
OMG, yes I remember. :rofl: He sure knows how to play around with those innuendos. And what nice "innuendos" he has. :lol: :grineyes: :kiss:

OMG, yes I remember. :rofl: He sure knows how to play around with those innuendos. And what nice "innuendos" he has. :lol: :grineyes: :kiss:
lol, oh how true!

Ok, Sorry Mikey. Didn't mean to hijack your thread. :lol: I am sure you and the rest of the guys don't care to read abt some guy's bod. :lol:

^ Yeah, same here... Sorry! :D

Ok, Sorry Mikey. Didn't mean to hijack your thread. :lol: I am sure you and the rest of the guys don't care to read abt some guy's bod. :lol:
Not particularly, no :lol:

What he said...

Down with Toronto!

anyway....back to the original subject-


people used to believe that evil spirits would land on the roofs of houses; and enter the house through it. That's why they started putting peaked roofs on houses-so they'd slide off.

anyway....back to the original subject-


people used to believe that evil spirits would land on the roofs of houses; and enter the house through it. That's why they started putting peaked roofs on houses-so they'd slide off.
Wow thats a great one that i havent heard before! :) :thumbsup:

anyway....back to the original subject-


people used to believe that evil spirits would land on the roofs of houses; and enter the house through it. That's why they started putting peaked roofs on houses-so they'd slide off.
Really? I never heard that before. Very interesting. ;) I thought it was so the rain would slide down the roofs rather than make a pool on top of the house and cause the roof to collapse.

Really? I never heard that before. Very interesting. ;) I thought it was so the rain would slide down the roofs rather than make a pool on top of the house and cause the roof to collapse.or even more so, to keep snow from piling up

Here's another one for you, Irene - the Sprite myth...I think you know what I mean. ;) :lol:

Here's another one for you, Irene - the Sprite myth...I think you know what I mean. ;) :lol:
Oh yes, I heard that one and I remember my daughter bringing home materials from her sex/health education class where they were given a true/false test and that was on there. :lol: My daughter was like WHAT???:lol:

is that anything like a succubus??? :confused:

is that anything like a succubus??? :confused:
Huh?

is that anything like a succubus??? :confused:
WHAT!? :confused:

A Succubus was an ancient Greek female demon whod enter men's bodies while they slept and ummm..drain them of their umm vitality. (Think of that Barney Miller ep :D)

I believe the modern term we use for Succubus is "Wife" :lol:
(Kidding, Ducking, Running, and all other sorts of adjectives)
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What's the "sprite myth"?

I believe the modern term we use for Succubus is "Wife" :lol:
(Kidding, Ducking, Running, and all other sorts of adjectives)
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What's the "sprite myth"?

:schmack: :smash: :joke:

:rofl:

I believe the modern term we use for Succubus is "Wife" :lol:
(Kidding, Ducking, Running, and all other sorts of adjectives)
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What's the "sprite myth"?

Supposedly, if a woman "douched" with Sprite, it would prevent pregnancy. One of the stupidest ideas in the world!!!!

Supposedly, if a woman "douched" with Sprite, it would prevent pregnancy. One of the stupidest ideas in the world!!!!
:eek2: ok, thats a pretty stupid myth alright....Even Adam and Jaime wouldnt touch THAT one!

Not only is it stupid, but what a sticky mess that would leave behind. :lol:

Not only is it stupid, but what a sticky mess that would leave behind. :lol:
...and you thought it was annoying cleaning up pop stains in the car!! :eek: ;) :rofl:

...and you thought it was annoying cleaning up pop stains in the car!! :eek: ;) :rofl:
Ewwwwww, I know. :lol: And the horrid smell after that? :eek:

IT WAS ONCE BELIEVED THAT:

- you should cover a mirror in a thunderstorm because they were thought to attract lightning!

- an onion cut in half and placed under the bed of a sick person would draw off fever and poisons.

- a red ribbon should be placed on a child who has been sick to keep the illness from returning.

-a spider was a repellent against plague when worn around the neck in a walnut shell.


Weirdness Bonus
In France, socialites known as the quatorziens (fourteeners) once made themselves available as 14th guests to keep a dinner party from an unlucky fate.