SecretLeeds - History, culture and architecture in Leeds

Don' tplay in the house with a ball,(or a baloon at Christmas)usually knocked some thing over usually fragile.Not good practice in a crowded back to back

These aren't just confined to Leeds though are they?But mention of curtains reminded me that people Batley way don't close their curtains. They put them 'on'. Weirdos.

Dont drink the water with your Grandmas teeth in, maybe that was just our house ??

A really big superstition in our family was 'birds' inside the house(the feathered variety)this even stretchedto Pictures of birds too.

Brandy wrote: A really big superstition in our family was 'birds' inside the house(the feathered variety)this even stretchedto Pictures of birds too. My mother would not have anything in the house with a Peacock picture on it, also don't cross on the stairs sign of bad luck.

FLOJO wrote: Brandy wrote: A really big superstition in our family was 'birds' inside the house(the feathered variety)this even stretchedto Pictures of birds too. My mother would not have anything in the house with a Peacock picture on it, also don't cross on the stairs sign of bad luck. As I was going up the stairI met a man who wasn't thereHe wasn't there again todayI wish that he would go away!Spooky

Don't run whilst carrying scissors. Also, always hand them over handles first. I don't think it's a superstitiuon - just saves cleaning the carpet.    

Don't throw our rubbish out on New Years Day or you will throw your luck out for the rest of the year, also if you give someone a purse always put a coin in it so it will never be empty.

New Year first-foot. Coal, salt and silver.

Si wrote: New Year first-foot. Coal, salt and silver. Which must be carried by a dark-haired person