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Can You Complete or Answer These Folk Saying/Superstitions?



    Blood is thicker than ----

   Apple don’t fall to far from the ---

    Right hand itching means you gonna get ---

    What are you supposed to do with hair after combing it?

    Don’t wash clothes on New Year’s Day because---

    You have a son till he marries a wife;  You have a daughter ---

     I laugh and joke, but ---

     What does it mean to jump the broom?

     There’s no fool like an --- fool

     Eye itching mean ---- coming

     Bonus: It’s good luck to eat what on New Year’s Day


We would like to welcome the new viewers and commentators who joined us yesterday, particularly those from Canada.   Know that we welcome your comments 


water; tree; $; burn it; will wash somebody out of your life; all of your life; I don’t play; get married; old; somebody is; black eye peas and hog jowls

Comments

  1. liberal artsJanuary 21, 2015 at 6:50 PM

    very entertaining

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  2. AshaJanuary 22, 2015 at 3:27 PM

    Welcome liberal arts and to our viewers in Germany. As always feel free to share your thoughts and comments.

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  3. UnknownJanuary 23, 2015 at 8:25 PM

    I love this! It brought back memories! A lot of these sayings are still used today!

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