Posts Tagged ‘food’
Written by Superstitions on 03 March 2010
If you break a double strawberry in half and share it with someone, you will fall in love with each other.
The Swedish have used this idea for centuries: rub a cut strawberry on your teeth for a few minutes, or allow crushed berries to remain on your teeth for 5 minutes. The malic acid in
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Written by Superstitions on 24 October 2009
Ancient and modern aphrodisiacs: Aphrodisiacs are substances believed to increase sexual desire.
Fruits and vegetables:
Apples
Artichoke
Asparagus
Cabbage
Celery
Leek
Lettuce
Parsnip
Potatoes
Tomatoes
Turnips
Seafood:
Caviar
Clams
Oysters
Animals:
Bulls’ testicles
Eggs
Lizards
Partridge
Items of human origin:
Human hearts
Semen
Urine
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Written by Superstitions on 23 October 2009
Venison, or deer flesh, can be poisonous because during the summer deer eat snakes.
Deers cry when fatally wounded or over the loss of their horns.
Wear a piece of deer hoof in a ring to cure epilepsy.
It’s bad luck to meet a stag.
Ground stag antlers enhances virility.
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Written by Superstitions on 22 October 2009
To cut bread in an uneven manner is a sign that you have been telling lies.
Before slicing a new loaf of bread, make the sign of the cross on it.
A loaf of bread should never be turned upside down after a slice has been cut from it.
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Written by Superstitions on 22 October 2009
If you blow out all the candles on your birthday cake with the first puff you will get your wish.
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Written by Superstitions on 19 October 2009
Think of five or six names of boys or girls you might marry, As you twist the stem of an apple, recite the names until the stem comes off. You will marry the person whose name you were saying when the stem fell off.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
If you cut an apple
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