Funny but on more times than I can count I've looked at the clock and it's been 11:11. I always wondered why not 11:10 or 11:12 or some other time? I wondered if it meant something. This is the first I've heard that you make a wish at that time. Hmmm...........eerie!
My kids do the 11.11 thing, that's where I know it from, never heard it before that though. Didn't know the broom one or the baseball one, but the rest was fun!
I know it's a punishment to those who write it correctly, but it's so frustrating to have written Albatros and then see the right answer. Also, as far as I'm concerned, at a theater you should say 'merde' to the actors
You mean, of course, that cultural appropriation is not just an American thing, because dreamcatchers absolutely originate from the Ojibwe group of Native Americans. They were also not always used as panaceas for nightmares - when the hoops migrated out to other plains tribes they used them as targets.
I own one. I'm pretty sure you can get them pretty much anywhere. I also made one with wire, screws, springs and nails. Wouldn't guarantee that that one catches bad dreams but it was a gift for someone who wanted such a thing.
Okay, Kestrana, I bought my dreamcatcher ON a reservation, so I'm guessing they were totally cool with them being culturally appropriated. Since they're apparently for sale on EVERY reservation, maybe you should be angry at all the other tribes for culturally appropriating from the Ojibwa, rather than those of us who try to support Native craftspeople by buying their wares directly from them.
Remember folks: the exchange of ideas between cultures is an evil thing. Especially if those ideas evolve and change over time when being fused with cultural traditions of the new host culture. Everyone should just stick to their own kind.
Years ago my mom bought some beads from an Ojibwa woman selling them in Canada and when she got home she noticed a tag on them which said, "Made in China". Is that cultural appropriation?
It's so interesting to me that our society still has these nonsensical traditions and superstitions. I guess it's good that we don't take them too seriously.
In my husband's family, they never drink milk while eating fish. The first time I tried it, my MIL calmly picked up my glass and removed it from the table. First time I'd ever heard of that superstition.
I know lots of people who drink milk while eating fried catfish - milk is fine with the breaded fish and the usual sides of hushpuppies, coleslaw, fries, white or baked beans, raw onions, and pickled green tomatoes. I agree milk doesn't go with grilled or baked salmon, cod, etc.
Nope, my maw-in-law was a Baptist. The older ones in their family believed if you drink milk while eating fish you could die. She thought she was protecting me. (And she was a very intelligent woman. No idea where the idea came from but it had been handed down from earlier generations. Probably someone saw a person die while eating fish with milk and made a wrong conclusion.)
I totally misunderstood the what to say at a theatre clue! I was thinking for some reason that it applied to the audience, not the performers, and that it might have to do with Abraham Lincoln (who was of course killed in a theatre). But then I couldn't think of what you might say instead – "Enjoy the play"? Derp.
I'd never heard that one, either, but I thought of, "A new broom sweeps clean," and tried it. (I'm an old mother-in-law, BTW, and you may be right.) :)
Picking up a penny in general is good luck, does not matter the orientation. "See a penny pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck. See a penny, let it lie, all day long you'll wonder why."
I got 14/22 even though I'm from a very different culture than the States or UK, interesting to see how wide these have spread! We have probably seen them in movies and tv shows
Not for the poor animal who lost his foot...
In Italy if you want to say "good luck" in a theatre, you have to say "merda" three times which literally means "sh*t"