Morticom funny and unusual true stories of injuries

WEIRD EARTH

SUPERSTITIONS

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1)
In Damascus yo-yo's were once banned because the people thought that they were causing a drought!

2)
People in the Middle Ages would scrape the lichen off a crucifix and eat it to stop them having nightmares.

3)
After the famous Battle of Waterloo many people were afraid to wear or grow violets because they had been Napoleon's favourite flower.

4)
In England it was once a custom to pass a newly born baby through the rind of a cheese.

5)
The ancient Greeks used to believe that if you had sex while a North wind was blowing you would produce a male child.
A Southern wind would produce a female child.

6)
Welsh coal miners used to believe that if they washed the coaldust from their backs it would weaken their spines.

7)
The indians from Peru, South America used to wash their babies in llama urine to ward off evil spirits.

8)
There is an old tradition in England that bread which is baked on Christmas Eve will never go moldy.