Superstitions

Lately, I've taken an interest in Filipino Superstitions.
I hear them all the time, especially from my Lola.
So here's a few that I thought was interesting.
* Sleeping after taking a bath during daytime or at night will result in blindness.
* A menstruating woman should not eat sweets lest blood flow stop and cause illness or death.
* Let a dog lick your wounds, and the wounds will be healed.
* Sleeping with wet hair makes one crazy.
* Taking a bath at night will cause anemia or low blood pressure.
* Taking a bath on New Year’s Day and/or Good Friday will cause one to get sick.
* Asthma can be cured by putting a cat near the throat and the chest and at the same time reciting a prayer.
* Sore eyes can be cured by washing the eyes with the first urine early in the morning or breast milk.
* People with naturally curly hair are moody or ill-tempered.
* People with eyebrows that almost meet easily get jealous.
* Men with hairy chests are playboys.
* People whose teeth are spaced far apart are liars.
* A lingering black butterfly is a sign that one of your relatives just died.
* Do not partake of the food being eaten by an expecting mother. If you do, you will either become sleepy or will feel drowsy or sick
* If you cut yourself on Good Friday, the cut will take months to heal.
* If you have sex on Good Friday, you will never be able to extract your penis, remaining joined until you die.
* If you bbq or fry food on Good Friday, you will get black freckles on your face.
* Don't go to a baptism when pregnant or the two kids will be enemies.
* Don't clip fingernails at night or you will have a fight with your parents.
* Don't bathe when you are menstrating or your ovaries will be damaged by the water.
* If you are a virgin, don't sing while cooking or you will marry an old man.
* If you drop a fork on the ground accidentally you will have a male visitor.
* If you drop a spoon on the ground accidentally you will have a female visitor.
Lola- Grandmother