When your nose itches, that means a fool wants to kiss you.I'd never heard that one before. Had you? (I like the notion of myth-busters trying to disprove this. How would that work? 1: Hook every fool in the world up to a brain-scanning machine. 2: Wait until the subjects nose itches. 3: ....)
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
When Your Nose Itches
Folk wisdom I learned today:
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The ones I remember are:
ReplyDeleteWhen your ears are burning, someone is thinking of you-
When a broom falls, company is coming.
I've heard that when your nose itches someone is talking about you!
ReplyDeleteI know the burning-ears one. And also that when a group conversations falls quiet, that means an angel is passing over. The falling-broom is new to me.
ReplyDeletenew to me, too, Manna. Where'd ya pick that one up?
ReplyDelete...and my nose itches all the time. I hope that doesn't say anything about Billy.
Yeah, Manna, what folksy old ladies have you been hanging with? And Nik, Billy's no fool. You must have a secret fool-admirer. (But to find out who it is, you'll have to hook them all up to brain-scanning machines and...)
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