Superstition or prejudice

[Sean C]

Originally Posted by Armistead

We use to play "jump over a crack or break your momma's back" as a kid
If you swallow a watermelon seed it will grow in your belly and explode your stomach

Same here. My mother's side of the family is from West Virginia and I lived there for a short time. WV gets a bad rap, but it's [mostly] not true.

Originally Posted by Armistead

One of my grandmaws....If you slam the screen door it will bring you back luck...like a switch

LOL! Reminds me of my grandma! Damn, I miss her. :'(

Originally Posted by d@rk51d3

Brother in law was rushed to hospital may years back.
Opened him up, and his appendix was jam packed full of them, to the point of bursting.

Apparently, if you swallow them whole there is that risk, but if you bite them through they'll pass.

You have got to be s#!++ing me. In his appendix? I might have to look this up.