Mountain superstitions of Appalachia Myths, Wives Tales and Signs
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- They are countless Superstitions in the Appalachian culture on just about anything in life itself. Their sayings, Myths and signs of every day life. Thanks for watching. NOTE: Picture are just to tell the story and not the actual pictures. SUBSCRIBE:: LIKE AND SHARE:: HELP GROW YOUR CHANNEL THIS CHANNEL COVERS 9 DIFFERENT SUBJECTS !!! ( CHECK IT OUT) 1. Metal Detecting 2. Wildlife Videos 3. History & Mountain Culture 4.The Unexplained 5. Home projects 6. Hunting & Fishing 7. Nature Videos 8.Mining History 9. Video Shorts All Videos are Copyrighted and used by permission only.
I'm a 35 year old black dude and I could listen to him tell these stories all day.....praying good health for anybody reading this..... God bless
Awesome! Thank you. Thanks for sharing my friend.
Thx 🙏 Matthew I needed that ! GOD BLESS YOU!
@@monabarber2335 God bless you friend.
@@donnielaws7020 And May He BLESS and be with YOU to Donnie 🙏
@@monabarber2335 Thanks my friend.
I literally cannot get enough of these videos. We grew up in Thacker Hollow in WVa. Looking back, we were so poor but never knew we were poor until someone told us we were. Coal burning to stay warm. News papers on the walls. Looking back, as bad as it was, there was peace in our hearts. Now, things is so different. I would go back any day but with a few more chickens and hogs. lol
Played in the snow with our friends. These shows take me back and bring memories like a flood. No, not everything was the best but we made the best out of everything. All these superstitions were common among everyone. They took it very serious. Thank you for a good cry
Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing your memories with us. God bless you.
We didn’t know we were poor 🙏
I didn't know we were poor when I was a little kid... I remember my dad getting mad at mom once for spending more than 30$ on groceries one week, for a family of 5, early 1960s. We had play clothes and school clothes... Mom shopped rummage sale and thrift stores. Looking at pictures of us in our play clothes, well, we looked like street urchins....lol
Mom said about everyone was poor back then except for the very few. Dad never made more than 40K a year and mom retired about 15 years early and never regretted it. They started an investment account after we kids left home... somehow they put their 5 grandkids through college, 2 with Masters degrees...and are both near 90 with investments now worth around 2 million. They lived within their means, never bought anything with a credit card. I'm so proud of them.
My ancestors were German immigrants who lived in the Appalachian mountains. I grew up hearing so many of these and am passing them on to my children and grandchildren. It's a joy to have them refreshed in my mind. Thank you so much for all of wonderful things that you share with us.
Awesome my friend. Your very welcome.
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I enjoyed this! My husband and I are Cajun and live in south Louisiana so, we can relate. There are many books on our superstitions.
That is awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend.
@@donnielaws7020 gumbo ya-ya is a really good one!
YaaS! Newspapers on the walls for insulation?! Also, when I moved up to East Texas on the Caddo Lake swamp, we were bbq-ing out one night. I was pregnant. A lot of water mocassins were crawling out of the swamp coming to the fire. This old cajun lady covered my eyes and told me, "Don't look at it hun, you'll mark the baby!"
My dad said fogs in February means that many frost in May. He was a heck of a gardener! He never lost a plant to late frosts. It's funny, Mountain People are so much more accurate at reading the weather than most meteorologists with their technology! Superstitions vs Predictions! He also taught me to witch with copper rods. My ex-wife said never let an empty baby swing rock or baby could die. My favorite was always: if your nose itches, company is coming; if you itch all over, they've arrived! 🤣 Another great video!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing that story my friend.
Hello Donnie,
I’m from Australia and a lot of these superstitions I’ve heard from my Grandmother and Mother
Both from German/ Irish decent. My father was Croatian was very superstition and would always repeat alot of these too. They are automatically woven into life.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing your story.
"If the squirrels build nests higher up in the trees ...." superstitious beliefs really make good sense at times.
When I was so young I still hadn't learned how to swim, my dad used to tell me that a particular watering hole was bottomless. It scared me to death, and I stayed away from it, so it worked. The "If your right hand itches, you'll receive money" is something I heard my Swedish grandmother say. Thank you for the laid back storytelling done in a very captivating way.
Thanks for sharing this.
@@donnielaws7020 My pleasure. Thank you for all the stories.
I learned that one about the squirrels from a man in New England. He is an arborist.
@@donnielaws7020 You do have a lovely soft gentle voice.
Thank you friend.
Born and raised in southern Oklahoma and I still plant by the moon and grandma always opened a persimmon to see how bad winter would be. Grandpa and my dad always knew by the fat on a deer in Oct/Nov. Thick layer of fat means a colder winter. There were many superstitions and some of us still live by them 😍
Wow. Thanks for sharing my friend.
Hmm is that really a superstition, or do they just grow like that? Also, you ever been to Potrillos in Ardmore? Best Mexican food I ever had in Oklahoma.
I'm North Fla. born and raised....we did the same with squirrels.....fat squirrels meant several weeks of freeziing weather....usually in Jan and/or Feb........Tho I have been informed that Florida doesn't have winter, when you're acclimatized to 50 degrees being cold.....freezing temps do hurt....
I'm living in the Harper's Ferry area along the Potomac & Appalachian trail & train tracks now love hearing these stories. Locals can tell you things that never make the "news" about history & that's pure treasure. THIS is treasure.
That's awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this story.
I’m from southern Ohio and my grandma always said we had to eat cabbage on New Year’s. Thanks for your stories. I enjoy them.
Thanks for sharing this my friend.
I'm from southern Ohio too and we always had pork and cabbage on New Years. I'm 50 now and I still make some kind of pork and cabbage on New Years day.
My grandpa does the blackeyed pea thing my whole life for new years I always thought it was just something he made up but it's pretty neat to learn that it's actually more common than I thought. Great video!
Thanks for sharing my friend.
Appalachia is beautiful and loving these old traditions and stories , greetings from Europe 🙋🏼♀️
I've been living in these mountains for 81years and I have been hearing these stories all my life.
God bless you friend. Thanks for sharing this.
You sir, are a treasure as well! Please teach every young person who will listen these tales!
I've heard a lot of these superstitions.... Thank you for sharing. Have a wonderful evening. Praying and Blessed! 🤗🙏💕
When I was young I used to spend summers with my grandmother. I’m amazed of how many of these she told me! This video really took me back to some good memories. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing your memories my friend and. God bless you.
Thank you Mr. Donnie. I have heard of so many of these superstitions. I would get reminded of some of them from time to time from my mama and my Granny.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome.
Wonderful video! Dad was ~16 when he 1st saw an electric lightbulb (mid-1950s). He's from Marshall County WV. Though I was born & raised in Chicago, I grew up hearing this type of lore from him. Where I grew up, it was mostly 1st & 2nd generation immigrants from Eastern Europe. Their lore is very similar to this type Western European lore found in Appalachia. It is truly endless; I know I could add quite a few to this great list. You should do a whole series on this topic just to preserve the culture. It's a hot topic right now & academic folklorists would certainly appreciate it.
That's awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you my friend.
You are the best storyteller.
Your voice is so soothing.
I'm glad I found your channel.
Wow, thank you friend for saying! Welcome!
The one about walking under a ladder goes back to the Greek Pythagorean superstition of disturbing the integrity of the triangle, which was once considered the perfect form.
Thanks for sharing my friend.
Ohhhhh….interesting!!! 🪜
personally i believe it is bad luck but mostly common sense if someone is standing on the ladder working and you walk under it you will probably distract them and they will end up accidentally dropping some thing on your head.
oh and i have lots of family in the ozarks in missouri they believe in a lot of the same things. maybe these superstitions come from living close to the land??
@@813lem i live in the ozarks of mo, and yes…living close to land and spending time in nature…it awakens you
@@CiaofCleburne it does. I love being down there ( live in kc) in the hills away from the tourist spots. Those mountains are some of the oldest in. N America and you can feel the continuity and ages that have passed.
Thank you so much for sharing. I love moutain people. They are sone of the most genuine people you'll ever meet. I grew up in Pennsylvania with a mix of coal miners and steel workers and heard alot of these superstitions that i still beieve.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome. God bless you.
Love how you said on Christmas Day, January 6th. I’ve heard that day used from my Irish grandmother. ❤️🇮🇪
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this.
Hi Donnie,sorry I couldn't respond to the Bridges Video. You Tube was acting up 😝.
We have the same things here regarding Ferries and Covered Bridges.
Most of the covered Bridges are closed but there are a couple that are open.
One says "if you drive faster than you can walk $1 fine!"
In up state VT the cable Ferry still runs to NY.
It's neat how Folks figured things out over time.
Thanks again 😊.
JO JO IN VT 😆💕
WOW, Thanks for sharing this story my friend.
Just listening to your voice is so very soothing. Loved your video and thank you!
Thanks my friend. Your very welcome.
Dearest Mr. Laws, You must continue doing these videos!! The cadence and rhythm of your voice makes you nothing short of a great story teller!
Not enough of those around!! You could speak of old west history or anything for that matter. You've found a niche here and I'm hoping you will share it with the world. All my best, Sally AKA your friend and fan.
Watching from the uk 🇬🇧 love these stories and the storytelling
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this.
I find this kind of stuff fascinating. What I thought was most telling was how many of them are about impending death. It's really telling when something is so common you start to build superstitions to explain and make sense of what was probably just a hard life.
That's true my friend. Thanks for sharing this.
Hi..born in Ky..Family is from Appalachia .I know many of these and still follow. Especially the weather ones..Thank you.;)
Awesome! Thank you! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing that my friend.
Born and still living in bristol Va/Tn , over half of those, my whole family believes or have heard or told . I'm really big on the dreams . My grandmother used to say when you see a robin outside your window it's the sign of spring . If a cat crosses your path , draw 3 x's to ward off bad luck ... just a few , though, I can testify that quite a few of them have proven themselves to be accurate . We certainly have bitter cold winters , and many tales are of the weather . Our local news station even posts a ground hog they watch every year, the same ground hog every year , lol , to determine if it will be 6 more weeks of winter . The rumor is that , on ground hog day , if the sun is out and the ground hog sees his shadow , it will be 6 more weeks of winter ... if it's cloudy , spring is ' round the corner.🙂
WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend.
I could listen to you speak all day🙏🏻 god bless you
Thank you friend.
An ol timer taught me how to predict the winter weather by using a wooly worm. Since I was taught, I've never been wrong about predicting the winter weather. My friends and I use the smoke from a chimney too, it's pretty accurate. Thank you so much for sharing, I really enjoyed this video.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome.
I wish I cld go live in the mountains of Tennessee. Thanks for sharing 🙏❤️
God bless you my friend.
This brought back so many memories of hearing some of these superstitions from my Mom growing up. ❤️
Thanks for sharing this my friend.
I live in PA and we definitely listen to Punxsutawney phil out here lol. The town of Punxsutawney has a big festival and celebration every year over a groundhog.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this.
I GREW UP ALOT IN APPLACHIAN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA IN LICOLIN COUNTY AND MY PAPAL RAISED ME A LOT AND WAS MORE LIKE A DAD TO ME THAN MY OWN DAD AND I CAN STILL REMEMBER A LOT OF THE OLD TELLS HE TOLD ME GROWING UP MY PAPAL IS GONE NOW BUT I STILL OWN THE 100 ACRES OF LAND HE LEFT ME IN LINCOLN COUNTY MY MAMAL WAS THE KINDEST PERSON I HAVE EVER MET AND IT IS NOT JUST ME I HAVE HAD MANY OTHER PEOPLE TOLD ME. SHE WAS THE KINDEST PERSON THEY EVER MET AS WELL . I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL THIER AND THE WENT TO SCHOOL NEAR CHARLESTON TO GET MY DEGREE IN ,ELECTRICAL / ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING. DEGREE AND WENT ON FROM THERE . BUT THERE IS MUCH MORE I CAN SAY BUT THAT CAN BE FOR ANOTHER TIME BUT IHAVE LIVED IN MANY STATES CITIES ALL OVER THE USA BUT I STILL CALL WEST VIRGINIA MY HOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks my friend for sharing this.
My neighbor from the mountains of eastern TN was convinced that if a pregnant woman was physically hurt, her child would have that same injury. For example, if the woman hurt her arm, her child would be born with something wrong with its arm.
WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend.
My grandmother taught me so many things and there is one story I cannot find or remember completely. If anyone remembers the one about the little boy fixing up his wagon and preparing his speech ahead of time for the passer-by. All of his "rehearsing" is thrown off course when a man comes along and asks questions that do not fit the boy's answers. It is very funny and teaches us patience and that the future is not predictable. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks so much.
Thanks for sharing this my friend. Your very welcome.
If anyone can remember this "story" I'd really appreciate it if you'd set my mind at ease and share it with me.Thank you so much.@@donnielaws7020
I remember a lot of those superstitions my grandmother was a Granny woman who also made home remedies from plants and some things that are not mentionable. Either she cured you or killed you but some things I still don't know how they worked but they did. I saw her take off warts and cure face cancer using sheep sorrow and kill stomach worms (Pin worms) (tape Worms) etc. With Indian turnip (Jack in the pulpit) and Spicewood tea. and she couldn't read nor write. Born in the Great Smoky Mountains NC 1939
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this story with us.
When we gave knives as gifts, we always "charged" the giftee a penny; so that it wouldn't break the friendship.
Thanks for sharing my friend.
Yep don’t want to cut the love.
Thats also a thing in asian cultures. Must be so truth to it
In March of 2022 I was sitting on the side of my bed when a bird flew into my bedroom window, hitting the glass. My grandma always told me this was a sign of death. I messaged my grown children to be especially careful. Within 4 hours I received a call that my sister had just unexpectedly died.
WOW, sorry to hear that my friend.
I've been searching my family genealogy. One of the grandchildren of my great great grandmother had written a memory of her. They said when she brushed hair out of her hard she would burn it in the wood stove and say, " Someone's dying." That creeped the grandchildren out. She was English Welsh, and was a church goer.
WOW. Thanks for sharing.
I have known many of these from a child, but I was raised in Illinois. 😊
Awesome my friend. It doesn't matter. God bless you.
I'm southern and I always thought it was old WISE Tales! lol
Thanks for sharing that my friend.
I have lived in the valley in Gaston county all my life , all these sayings i was razed with these i remember all
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this.
My granny said NEVER lay your hat on the bed or someone you know will die. Lol I still think about that when I toss my cap on my bed
So true! Thanks for sharing that my friend
When I was young my grandmother taught me how to see when a storm was coming by how the leaves fluttered in the wind. The more white you see the bigger the storm. Seems to actually work imho.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this.
Glad u doon vidz lyk this, BUT, I hope yuull sit in the same room as the micro-phone next time.My hearing IS NOT that bad!!
Sorry my friend. Thanks for sharing that my friend. God bless.
Hi, Donnie Laws! Hope you and your kin are having a great weekend. I'm messaging cuz I was wondering if you could do haunted houses? Or places? And I had a book about old mountain ghost stories. Plus, I love old, old traditions such as Halloween way back when and saw a great program about how Halloween traditions came to be. You can do some awesome ones, I bet! I'm wishing fall in, lol, so the weather will cool and we can decorate, lol. Just thought I'd run it by you. Love your channel and your voice! I, too, am told I have a thick country accent, neighbor! I'm in Dallas, GA. From Trion, GA
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Check out the strange and unexplained playlist on the channel. If you haven't already. May some stories you like.
My family is from East Tennessee. They believe if you dream of someone staring at you and they don’t talk in the dream it means they’re going to die.
WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend.
I've heard about half of the ones listed and I will take heed to about half of those. Pop was very good at predicting the weather and a lot of it has come from these "superstitions", but weather is close to being pretty good. If I spill salt, I still will take a pinch of it and throw it over my left shoulder. I don't need any bad luck! I laugh when I do it but I still do it. Mama always told us that if you have to lift up your feet so someone else can sweep under you, you'll be an old maid.
Thanks for sharing this story my friend.
Love your voice and this video
Thanks my friend for sharing this
I love to hear frogs at night and always make sure that there is water for them
Thanks for sharing this my friend.
That's the reason for so many of those greyish-blue porches!! I love these lists! The day after my husband died, a big bright red cardnal parked himself on my backyard fence for what seemed like forever !
WOW!
I live in Ohio & I've never heard a lot of these. Way Back in the late 70's when I was moving apartments & my dad was helpin I was about to load the broom after cleaning. My dad said "Stop! What r u doin? U can't take that old broom & old troubles to a new place! Sweep the room & then leave it in the corner. I'll buy a new one. A New Broom Sweeps Clean." First time I'd ever heard that... 💝 I Miss Him!
Thanks for sharing my friend.
I'm a faithful believe in this one.
From Ohio, but parents from WV, so grew up hearing lots ,
When my youngest son first married, i gave them a spare vacuum cleaner that I never used. It was promptly returned because my daughter in law's parents refused to allow it. Their belief was a new broom, mop, and vacuum to not allow old problems into the new home.
Yep! Don't EVER take an old broom into a new house. Especially if you had a bad time in the previous house, bringing that bad juju with you. To this day, I won't do it. It becomes the porch broom if it becomes anything and it's not allowed in the house. My husband thinks I'm nuttier than a fruitcake, but I don't care. Trouble from the past has never followed me into a new home.
A bird flying into the house means someone will die happened to me three times. The first time was when I was in high school, and a bird flew inside. After we got it back outside, I noticed my mother was visibly shaken. I asked her what was wrong and she told me about the old wives' tale, and that now she was worried. Within a few days my dad's best pal died.
The second time it happened, I was on a vacation in Alaska. At the time, we had rented a huge Ford SUV and were using it to "live" in, so we could spend more time in the wilderness and less time running back and forth to hotels or what-have-you. A bird suddenly flew in the one window we'd left open a few inches. We got it out quickly but now it was my turn to wonder if it was an omen of something to come. My beloved mother passed three days later, on my last day of vacation.
The third time was when I was living alone in my apartment. I had left the door open because it was so nice out. (I lived in the corner upstairs apartment of a massive complex in L A.) In flew a birdy and I thought, "Oh, no.." My sister passed that night.
These could all be coincidences but to my memory, I've never had a bird fly inside other than these three times, and all three times resulted in a death. Makes ya wonder..
WOW. Thanks for sharing my friend.
I also always heard death comes in threes. Have seen that happen in my family
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My pleasure. I'm enjoying your channel very much.
It does happen i had a bird fly into my house when I was 10 years old the next day my cousin died in a cave in the next day across the street from his house both of us were 10 years old (24 hours apart on birth,)
When I was very young my grandmother was visiting. A bird flew in the house. Scared her a lot. That night our neighbor went to sleep w/a lite cigarette. Set her house ablaze she died. My grandmother was beside herself she lost it.
Born and raised in the mountains of Virginia. I've heard just about everything you mentioned, plus more. I know my grandfather watched the signs of the moon before planting a garden. He never lost a plant to frost.
I've also heard of several cures for different types of sickness the old timers used. Sadly when they passed, they took alot of that knowledge to the grave with them.
Awesome my friend. We lost a lot of knowledge with our elders. Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you.
My Grandpa grew up in Appalachia, just in SC. I moved from NY, to rural, Franklin county, Virginia, and I have never been happier. I mean, this is absolutely the best chapter of life yet. So many kind people, who stop to chat, hold the door, and never try to make a yankee feel like an outsider!
@katiekennington5387 You're living in the moonshine capital of the world, lol. Very nice folks down that way. I drive 220 heading to N.C. taking my hounds bear hunting the coastal swamps.
My Uncle was very much into moon signs for planting. It makes some sense because the timing of the seasons to the lunar cycle.
My name is Ingram. Judy Ingram, my husband's name is Gary Ingram, we lived in NE Oklahoma. Born and raised here. I wonder if we are kin some way. These stories are all wonderful. We talk alot like these people does. Real southern.😂
My grandpa Daily worked, farmed and ranged cattle in the mountains of NC for 80 years of his life. He could tell when to plant and what weather was coming just by looking at his surroundings and the animals. He was always right too. He was a good farmer who kept his land and his family fed. My Grandma believed in visions, signs, dreams. She told me right before she passed away that she had seen her crown of life. I argued with her and tired to convince she was wrong, but sure enough like clockwork she was gone. I think a lot of the sixth sense is genetic. My Great granny Wheeler was a mid wife, and she saw plenty of visions. Her son, a minister, saw visions as well. Then my grandma, my mom and myself have this gift. Right before she died she told me to watch for the signs. I noticed a lot more of these signs and visions after she had passed away. I know it all sounds crazy, but I am a college educated person, and these old tales and superstitions are true. I learned to not question them and just live by them. For generations people lived and died by these signs. Great video my friend!
Your welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend.
I grew up in Appalachia. Not so many peole have dreams and visions, and fewer talk about them. Non-believers can be judgemental.
After reading a lot about it, talking to people who experienced it, and even formally studying the phenomenon in a Parapsychology class, I am convinced there is trueth to it. Dreams and visions have a prophetic element.
Your grandmother's vision is an excellent example.
I don't know why so few people experience it. Not many people even dream and still fewer have complex, symbolic dreams. Otehr people are too stressed from over-work in these ever faster paced times.
I want to believe that everybody can experience it if they opened their hearts to it.
I have had such dreams and visions and trying to tell people about them I am treated poorly, but they come true so it just means I am forewarned. I have kept a dream diary since 5th grade in school. I am very in tune to dreams because of that. It was noticing that I had them which made me start to keep a dream diary. Past 4 years I started to draw the dream visions images as I wrote them out. I will be living life and suddenly walk straight into my dream vision, from a few weeks to a few months of the past. When I have waking visions, they come as I do work, they are like wisps of see through film strips imposed over my vision and getting people to help with verification is tough as it is stuff happening to others else where and not the future which belongs to me. You ask people to verify and they get angry you are spying on them or invading their privacy and it makes them paranoid that they are being stalked. I have had dreams of receiving phone calls in dreams and told warnings, those warnings ended up being true too. The dream diary helps me understand and prepare for the warnings fruition. In theory they are proof of forewarned knowledge, but no amount of proof will convince a skeptic.
@@Skitdora2010 Thanks for sharing. Your dreams are your proof that there's more to the world, to our existence, than what our physical senses tell us. Drawing/painting detailed images is the best way to document it. If you dream of meeting someone, you paint as realistic a portrait as you can. If you dream of visiting a new place, do the same. Write the date. Until somebody invents a neural interface that will record our dreams onto a hard drive, that's the only way to do it. You might not dream the winnign lottery numbers, but you will dream things that can guide your life. You might notice that some of the events yo dream of cannot be prevented. They're fate. Others can be prevented or changed.
So what does a college educated mean ? That you are more rationale or smarter thsn others? yet so superstitous. what a shame
A lot of those old weather sayings are pretty accurate. And, the "Old Farmer's Almanac" is much more accurate than today's weather experts (I call them "weather guessers"). I drive a truck all over the U.S. and Canada, and I carry a copy of the almanac in the truck with me. It's proven itself to be right far more often than the high-tech predictions, time and again.
Thanks for sharing my friend.
I agree, I'm a beekeeper, I use the Almanac for my planning, not weather forcast news.
That's it - getting one. But when do they come out with a new one. Is it at the new year?
@@JSTNtheWZRD They should be out any time now, if not already. BUT...be sure to get the "The Old Farmer's Almanac", Robert B. Thomas, founded in 1792. There's a knock-off called "Farmer's Almanac", that look's similar, but it's mostly just a bunch of fluffy stories and useless garbage. And unfortunately, my very favorite store, Tractor Supply Company, carries only the garbage one.
@@jimt6151 ah! See I needed to hear this. I would have bought the wrong one. Then I would have hated it. Thanks. I'm going to find the old farmers almanac. There is still good stuff in an old one right? Like stories and information etc.
My momma is from Scotland. I know a lot of mountain folk originate from Scotland. Many of these old wives tales, my momma use to and still tells me today. Just thought I would share, how much still holds true from the old country. 🏴
Thanks for sharing my friend.
My Daddy grew up on a farm in Tennessee. We are Collums from the Scottish MacCallum Clan.
On Mom's side, Scottish and Cherokee! We had so many of these. Dad was Scottish and Swiss, and it was the same!
Unfortunately for me those old scottish stories from the old country are long gone for me
Hello from Scotland 🏴
I'm a 55 year old black guy from the hood, and I could listen to this guy all day,God bless you all
Doesn't matter color of skin there. Even black people lived there also, and long ago, the Native American. ❤
I love the old mountain music my grandmother played, so beautiful. I wish people were like they used to be, nobody cares about each other like they used to. Your channel is so comforting, I just love it! 🙏❤️
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.
You are so right nobody cares about each other anymore even family doesn't care about each other
Thank you for sharing these. My granny was from the hollers of Kentucky, daughter of a coal miner and 85 years old. This sounds like listening to her stories. She would love to talk and listen to you! I sent this to my aunt so she could listen to you. We are 3 generations of strong and proud mountain women. Cheers!
Thanks for sharing this my friend. Your very welcome.
My mom taught me some of these, my grandparents were Appalachian. BTW, when you see clouds shaped like Mare's tails, there will be a change of weather soon.....many beliefs about clouds (and bird behaviors) that come from our Native American ancestors. Blessings! 🪶
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing.
@@LeTrashPanda Trash Panda! I follow you on FaceBook!
@@LeTrashPanda I'm from England, and the Mare's tails streaming high in the sky definitely do signify windy weather blowing in.
Also ''Red sky at night, Shepherd's delight,Red sky in the morning, Shepherd's warning''.
I'm Cuban and I was surprised that we share some superstitions such as not rocking an empty rocking chair, not placing a hat on the bed, and not placing your purse on the floor. This was a very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend.
Yeah! I'm half Cuban, and I kept being surprised at how many we share! These must be real, REAL old time practices, and we've kept them ever since. I love that they're still around, the world needs more of the charm and air of the Old Ways. Before we lose it all, for good.
It's because in Appalachia Hoodoo was the main practice which is derived off Native American and Voodoo practices, which Voodoo is Haitian in origin, which comes from that same area so it makes sense to have some of the same beliefs and practices. My family was from the Appalachian mountains so ALOT of the same things were taught to me and I pass them on. I'm 38 now. 🤷🏼♀️
Cultural exchange, especially between superstitions, is so fascinating. It's like a door or a bridge to knowing the past and different folks from around the world at the same time
Don't forget the one if a black cat crosses in front of you make sure you turn your hat backwards or make a cross on the ground.
Growing up in Tennessee, my Papaw always looked at the wings of a cicada. He said if he saw a W, there would be 4 years of war. If he saw a P there would be 4 years of peace. I've only seen W's since the 60's. Maybe he was right.
That's a new one. Thanks my friend for sharing.
Fools no education
@@jpena8862 Maybe so my friend, but they learned from living and where happy.
@@jpena8862 maybe you’re the fool.
If cows lay down might rain
My superstitious English mother believed nearly all of these ! Shoes on the table - bad luck. Crossed knives - a quarrel. Spilled salt - bad luck. Never gift a purse to someone without a coin in it - it means poverty to the recipient. Never give a gift of pearls - it brings sorrow. These were some other superstitions in addition to the ones you mentioned.
Things like this are just a reminder that us and y'all are just cousins with an ocean between us.
A hat on the bed. Bad luck!
I’m a 60-year-old man born and raised in the Mississippi Delta. Right on the creek banks of the Mississippi River, On a cotton farm. Yawls way of life and our way of life are a lot alike. Thanks for your stories they have rekindled old memories from another life and time…✌🏼❤️🎼
Your welcome friend.
My grandpa grew up in the Ozarks, near the Missouri/ Arkansas border. He was born in the early 1900s and became a hobo and rode the rails during the Depression, to make it easier on his family. He told me to be careful around the Mississippi River because there were dangerous people who lived along the River. I never did get further info. Can you tell me anything about it?
@@RubyJeans943 The Mississippi river as most rivers in that time was a major through Way and was bustling with hustlers,criminals and thieves of all kinds. The river boats were very attractive to gamblers and unkindly people…lots of Cash, merchandise and as bad as I hate to say it the slave trade.……There are even stories of pirates along the Mississippi. It is full of folklore and stories And is alive today as much as it was yesterday.
Is that King Diamond?
I'm up here in North MS hope you are safe down there
My great aunt's one named Lulu and one Bell lived on a mill village. Both have been gone for many years. Aunt Lulu was particularly clairvoyant she would often see visions and predict things in the community. She was also able to use sticks or metal rods and douse for water. I've seen her find old pipes and locate wells for people. Aunt Bell believed in allot of these superstitions also. Grandma was also very clairvoyant but didn't try to develop it like Aunt Lulu. I've heard so many of these old superstitions from them. Aunt Bell loved to cook and often used herbal medicines and poultices to help neighbors and loved ones with illnesses. Many of these actually helped. Aunt Lulu lived into her late 80's and Bell into her late 90's and both never went to doctors or took medicine for anything. They had a well, kept a garden, canned food, and Bell had chickens. Long before I came along, the two of them grew up in the country on a farm but both married and settled into textile mill communities to which they lived out their lives in. These were goo hard working people who had a love of life and simply things. I miss those days visiting them with grandma.
Wow. Thanks my friend for sharing.
I love hearing about these things. I am old fashioned and want to know more about my roots and beliefs.
What state were they from? I would love to hear more about herbal remedies. 😀
I watched my papaw cut a Y stick from a tree on our farm and walked out an underground spring with the devining rod.
That thing curled and flipped over in his big old hands. I didn’t know much about that sort of thing till I got older, but now I am certainly a believer.
I wish they had written books.
I found that very interesting. Especailly since I grew up with these same superstitions here in New Zealand. I'm 70yrs old now, and grandperants were the heads of the household when I was growing up. So across the world from you, I was hearing the same superstitions. Some of the animals were different of course, but same superstitions surrounding them nevertheless. We had penny's back then too. Even the moaris, the indigenous people of NZ, had some of those superstitions which were ancient to them. Completely amazing.
Thank you. Thanks for sharing my friend.
@Alieff Farwell Small world.
@Alieff Farwell yes and not only that, as mentioned in the beginning "when they come in here" these folks who settled in the Mtns hundreds of yrs ago came from several different areas of the world.
@@donnielaws7020 Hi Donnie We Really Like Your Stories We are From NZ & Know These Traditions The Reason those Things Are The Same Because They Are Our Family Has Been Here Before The Maori People Came The Original Inhabitants Came Here From Wales Brought By Viking People So They are Celtic I Guess Its Controversial Stuff There is a Great vid on you tube Called Skeletons in The Closet if You Have a Hankering For it Thank You Once Again For Your Films
@@abdullahyusuf2247 Awesome! Thanks for the info my friend.
A new superstition,if you miss one of Donnie's videos you will be yearning for the next one! Thanks Donnie keep up the delightful subjects.
Thanks friend. How bout if you dislike this video it will bring bad luck. Why would someone dislike our history. But a few always do on every one I put out.
@Speckled Hen: 100% agree.
LOL! For sure!
I’m a native of West Virginia and it does my heart good to know that people like you still exist. You’re down to earth and genuine. Your stories take me back to when I was a boy listening to my mom tell stories on our front porch on the swing. That was the good old days of a simple life.
Thank you kindly. Thanks for sharing my friend.
@@donnielaws7020 I'm from West Virginia, too, and just hearing you talk reminds me of all my family growing up. It is such a joy and privilege to have been born and raised in Appalachia. Thank you for some sweet memories.
Bet you know about dogman ..they sure are here in Alabama
@@ShellyOB1 I'm from the northern panhandle outside Wheeling myself. In Pittsburgh due to work. Miss my home
@@nelliesfarm8473 child you are beautiful
Hi Donnie, I live in the UK and was brought up in just outside London. My Dad had Irish roots and some of the Superstitions you shared I also know. So yes they came from the Old Country! We have so much in common.
A lot of them did my friend. That's where they started at and still in use today. Thanks for sharing.
Many many Irish came to WV to work on putting in the railroad.
Yes, they are your cousins. You should come visit someday.
Yup, no shoes on the table, hats on beds, never cut a babies nails with clipper, bite them off. Otherwise you make them pick pockets
I have Irish, Scottish, and Appalachian heritage, so this comment was cool to me.
As someone who lives in the Appalachian region (southwestern Pennsylvania, close to the WV border) I’ve delighted in finding this channel! So many of these videos are so nostalgic and such a treat to listen to.
Welcome aboard my friend.
Omg where? I'm in Uniontown pa south Western pa bout 25miles from the wv boarder
@@natashahall-baran967 I’m south of Pittsburgh!
@@sc6658 we were south of Pittsburgh in North Versailles for some time. Moved to Alaska. Hope all is well on the east coast!
@@natashahall-baran967 I live here in greensburg...welcome
That's why I've been broke all my life! Eating the heels on the bread loaves (my favorite part)!
Thanks my friend for sharing.
And mine!
Mine too lol
My very favorite parts of the bread, because it is well cooked through, and firm, just like I like it. Nice and toasted with butter.😀
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I’m a 38 year old man from Richmond, Va. My great grandmother and her family hailed form Big Stone Gap. Listening to this it took me back to my early childhood and made me remember just how many of these she and other older family members told me through the years. Thank you so much for taking me back to the good old days.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing your memories.
My moms ppl were from Lee/Wise County, Parsons/Trent family. I’ve heard these sayings and many more like them my whole life 😀
I enjoy this as well. Pretty interesting
Majority of my family is from the Meadows of Dan/Floyd/Mt. Airy area, so pretty close! This video reminds me of going out there with my grandma to see my family, definitely the good old days!
Awwww! I Love these Donnie!!❤️
I remember if we got a lot of rain through the Summer my mother would always say that it would be a really colorful and pretty Fall. She also said that if flies were biting you than it was about to rain. My mother was of German heritage and she was extremely superstitious. When I was a kid if a black cat ran across the road while my Mom was driving me to school she would turn around and go back home, go inside the house, and then turn around and get back in the car to take me to school. Of course I would be whining that I was going to be late and she would apologize cause she was always so punctual, but she said she had to do it. If we were walking together downtown somewhere and a pole separated us where I walked around it on one side and her on the other she would always make me say “Bread & Butter”!😂
She would also throw salt over her shoulder if one of us kids knocked the salt shaker over at the table. My Mom also had this thing where if we drove under railroad tracks while a train was going over us we all had to pick our feet up from the floor boards and count to 10 while we drove under it. She had so many hilarious superstitious beliefs that were sooo funny. Some of her superstitious beliefs she got from my Granny and one that that my Granny would say was that if you broke a mirror instead of it giving you 7 years bad luck she would always say you dare not as you would release everything the mirror has ever seen.😳
My mother also had the funniest colloquialisms. When she would walk into a really dark room she would always say “ It looks like Inner Sanctum in here!” She said she would listen to the radio show Inner Sanctum when she was a kid and she said the voice and the music always made her think of great darkness. When she got really angry with us for making too much noise when we were kids she would yell at the top of her lungs “Hell’s Bells and panther tracks! I’m sure our neighbors thought she was crazy!!😂
If she told you to pick up your shoes or something you valued and you didn’t she would throw it in the garbage or hide it so you made sure you picked it up the first time she told you or it would be gone.😬
I would say, “Mom where did you put my shoes!”and she would simply brush her hands together and say, “They’re gone with the wood pine twineth and the pine lil whineth!😂
She was super smart as she went to college which was unheard of for a lot of women during that time and she could speak Latin and German fluently. She could kick anyone’s Fanny in Trivia or watching a Jeopardy show and could cook a spread that would feed an army and was out of this world!😋
She was a true southern Kentucky lady through and through and the best mother in the world.🥰❤️Thank you so much for posting this as it brought back so many wonderful memories of my mother.❤️
Heard the "bread and butter" one, supposed to ward off evil too.
Thanks my friend for sharing.
Great story friend. Your are welcome friend.
My Pawpaws family came from Germany and my mawmaw laugh and say honey I'm from KY all I know. We grew up in Va, in mountains of Southwest Virginia Buchanan Co. Beautiful place just not many jobs. Still proud of my home town.
Similar to your story about the black cat, if we went to get in the car and forgot something we wouldnt be allowed to go back for it until we made a cross on the ground with a foot and spit on it. Mom was strict about that one.
When I was pregnant, my mamaw wouldn’t let me help put up pickled corn or beans. I couldn’t even touch the jars. She said “if a pregnant woman tries to pickle anything, it won’t turn out”.. so, I got out of that chore for at least one season! 😂
Thanks for sharing my friend.
If my great aunts were putting up beans or pickles, she would ask the young females if they were “in the way” or “on their cycle” as her canning would turn out soured.
@@vickiyurek347 Yep, I was told that about my period, too. There was something I couldn’t help with in the garden, if I was on my period. But, it’s been so long, I can’t remember what it was.
Yup! My mom always said if you made pickles during that time of the month they’d be soft. Seems a bit Freudian to me 😂😂 but it never failed to prove true 🤷🏻♀️
@@pamela5250 Hey, the old people knew stuff that we don’t know. My great grandma told my mom when she was pregnant to not hold your arms over your head, or the cord would wrap around the baby’s neck, and to NOT look at a cut or any other injury because she could mark the baby. And I believe that, because I’m telling you, I marked my youngest son, and nobody can tell me different. I marked him. A fact.
I was expecting our first child when we visited my mother-in-law in Mocassin Holler, TN. I was sitting on the carpet talking with everybody and she leaned over and quietly told me I should get up off the floor or the baby would have birth-marks. Of course I got right up. Such a sweet lady- I miss her and TN!
Oh wow! Thanks for sharing my friend.
What's wrong with birthmarks? Now, I'm freaking out because I have one. A red one on my neck. Some say it's a marking of a witch. That doesn't bother me though. I'm a good witch😉
@@lauracipriano-riozzi8875 HAHA! Nothing wrong with birth-marks! My son WAS born with a little one on his cheek and he is very handsome. I have a couple on my arms that I like. I'm sure yours is beautiful, too! They're unique and that's a good, too! Hope you enjoy your day!
In Europe they are called beauty marks or so my dad told me like extra special and unique.
@@chelseawho7221 Yeah, my mom's from France and we called birth-marks and moles beauty marks. A guy I know in TX calls them angel kisses. Pretty names for those pretty and unique markings!
My uncle was pretty accurate about what kind of winter was coming just by watching nature around the farm. I believe the smoke from the chimney going down to the ground being a portent of snow coming very likely is true due to changes in barometric pressure. My mother cooked black eyed peas for New Years but I asked her to stop because it never brought good luck. Now I know the Lord is in charge and not the peas.
Amen my friend.
My Persimmons were correct last winter.
Hey from east TN Mountains.
@@AmericanGal_69
Hey neighbor, we got spoons this year.
Yes, I’ve seen the smoke crawling towards the ground before a snow fall.
@@delorestaylor8114 we did too😔
AMEN!!!!May God Bless ALL PRAYERSNLUV WWG1WGA 😇😇✝️✝️
His voice in itself sounds nostalgic. That was a treat. I knew most, but I learned a few.
Thanks for sharing my friend.
Donnie Sir, you would have made a wonderful school teacher for children, and you ARE indeed a great teacher to all the folks who view your videos.
Wow, thank you kindly friend for that comment. Thank you.
So agree!
I so agree whole heartedly. I find self sitting here and listening and listening and not getting my chores done. LOL
Ellen Keith
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True, so true.
I grew up in the mountains in the pan handle of Virginia. Moved away some years ago but finding your channel reminds me of my childhood home. Thank you for making these videos the people of the Appalachian mountains may not have been rich in material things but have a rich history that I am sure many folks would find interesting.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you. Your very welcome.
When my mom was a little girl ,her parents were from eastern Kentucky , believe these things . There was a no rain on the farm. So my mom found a dead snake and put it on their fence . That afternoon it was a downpour of rain, she told everyone that she cause it. Thanks for another great video
Wow, Thanks for sharing my friend.
My grandma was nearly 100% successful with her snake hangings. Some people believed it so much they would come ask her to do it when they wanted rain !
@@rodneyclark9252 Thanks for sharing my friend.
Wish I could find a dead snake!!!! California is STILL burning! Xoxo love the stories!
My mom was from eastern KY.. Louisa to be exact
Very interesting! Part of my Native American heritage believes that if a bird comes in your house, there will be a death in the family...it's happened to me several times and the deaths always really do happen in threes
Thanks for sharing my friend.
Huh for my family it’s owls, they say owls, if they look at you, someone you know will die and if they don’t, someone who you don’t know directly will die.
I had a bird fly into my house, and 3 days later my dad passed away. This was last year. Also as far as death comes in 3's, my aunt and uncle also passed away after my dad did last year. Bad year.
My Grandma always said if a bird flys in the house their is going to be a death she also said if you wake up in the night and it sounds like someone is sweeping outside someone's going to die the night my daddy died I woke up at the hour he died and I heard sweeping outside nobody's was there
I’m glad I found your channel. As far as the turtle superstition goes, I always heard if a snapping turtle bit you, it wouldn’t let go until it thundered.
I have heard that one to my friend. I forgot that one. Welcome aboard. please enjoy the channel thanks again.
I've always heard that to. My granny always told us kids that.
Lightning also..
Lightening to.
Yes, that’s what momma told us.
Hearing these old superstitions made me smile. I'm from Houston and was in the foster system. My foster mother (my REAL mother to me) was a Texas/German woman old enough to be my grandmother. She told me many of the old sayings you mentioned. A favorite of mine that she told me was, "Sweep under the bed, and the rest will come by itself." So, being a naive child, I was running the dust mop over my bedroom floor one Saturday. When I finished, I shook the dust out outside, and then hung the mop where it belonged. My mother thought something was odd, so she went to check my work. She came back and told me that I hadn't cleaned my floor. I told her I cleaned under the bed and reminded her that she had said if you did that, the rest would get clean by itself. That was always a running joke after that... I honestly took her literally and thought all I had to do was run the mop under the bed and I was done. I also loved it when it rained when the sun was shining. That meant that bthe devil was beating his wife to death with a frying pan. Another one was that overnight visitors and fish stayed fresh for three days. She firmly believed that visitors should leave after staying for three days. Thank you for reminding me of my dear mother and her funny and interesting sayings!
Awesome story. Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing this my friend
Mom Mom said the fish one when we visited her sister. She also told us the hat on the bed. I sure miss her.
If someone sweeps under a young ladies feet, she never will get married.
Visitors staying more than three days is called "wearing out your welcome."
Too funny. I feel 3 days is perfect time of a visit no more then that and less it just not enough. Love to see these old tales and superstitions.
Thank you sir for sharing your Rich deep proud culture with me.
I'm born in the United States but my mother and father are farmers from Montenegro Europe and they have 80% the same superstitions so it seems to be a farmer country thing more or less
Your welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend.
Mr. Law, please don't ever stop telling your stories!! BEST way to learn history!!
Thank you friend.
😇🙏❤
I once went hiking near the Appalachia trail in western Virginia with my hubby and we both saw a red cardinal, it was so red. I tried to take a picture of it but it disappeared before I could even get my phone out. I didn’t even see it fly away. We both think it was a magical bird. I’m glad to hear that it means angels are near by ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Awesome! Thanks for sharing that my friend.
I'm a Puerto Rican from NY and I can't get enough of this channel. much respect!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend.
here from north carolina, i just have to say im turning 29 this month and my maw maw and paw paw as well as both parents told me almost every single thing you have stated in this video and it was completely nostalgic. please continue your work my friend and many blessing will come your way!
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this.
Please, please teach these to your children. So many people are forgetting how to live and how to provide for their families. They are a Treasure!
You're just turning 29, ha! you're still just a 'puppy'! I'm about to turn 75, just always believe in God and pray every night before bed. God Bless you.
I love your videos. My family comes from Cow Rock, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The generations that have lived up there are many. I have heard of a lot of these old wives tales and relate to much of your content on your channel. My children, unfortunately do not share in my Pride of being from the mountains of Dunbar, Pennsylvania. They don’t want to talk like a hillbilly from the Appalachian Mountains. This saddens me. I have hope that God will set things right in the times ahead for the family. A generation down the years will want to know these things about their heritage. I know they will be proud to say it! I still live here in Fayette County and am very Proud of it. I embrace, with all my heart, the old wives tales and also every other facet of life in the Appalachian mountains. I love this place and thank God that He sent me to live in the most beautiful and mysterious and, at times, challenging place on His creation. I can’t imagine life anywhere else and feeling this much connection to the woods and the generations before me. Thank you for this channel. Although I’m only fifty years old, you take me back there. I’m also very Proud to say that, I am a descendant of Native Americans that lived around here. I believe from the Pawnee.
WOW, Thanks for sharing my friend.
I'm from Uniontown and this is accurate
@@StDavidpipes Probably Shawnee. My people when they came from WEurope all "went native'. They married Cherokee women. One of the women was mixed Shawnee/Cherokee.
Well, don't you worry... I have a very conflicted relationship with my parents who were from Texas. Mostly because of things that have happened recently. Their ancestors all moved out West from the Eastern regions. I heard my grandmother and her sisters repeat these things all my life. Now they are gone, I cherish them. Hopefully, your young people will come to find the value in returning to the Land, and learning to grow things and provide for their families. It makes you feel very good when you know you have enough put back to make it through the winter and then some. Appalachia's Homestead with Patara is another good channel like this one, but she is a younger person who felt moved upon to move back into the country with her family. if I could ever learn to garden like she does!!! So don't you worry, they will come around, especially your grandchildren. It will keep them in good stead in times to come.
This was really relaxing to listen to, really interesting stuff. I'm also pretty amazed to find that I grew up with so many of these superstitions despite being all the way out here in Wales, so much of this instantly reminded me of my own grandmother's sayings
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing my friend.
A lot of the Scottish people settled in Appalachia. They, at one time were firm believers in second sight. This might have something to do with why people believe in it. It has been passed on for generations.
I've been told a few of these as well. My family is in Southern Ohio. We have Native American heritage, and my grandma keeps an eagle feather. It's from an old tribe of ours. We keep it as a means of good luck.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend.
Blues clues Chloe,
Interesting..there have been recent prophetic Words from the LORD of how He was going to raise up the Native Americans in the U.S..lift them up ....
I am from Southern Ohio also...grandmother's roots eere Ireland.She said quote o few of these folk lore.
I’m a Canadian, I grew up listening to these wive tales, and believing many of the superstitions you have mentioned. It really is a very small world…
It really is. Thanks for sharing my friend.
Me too. When I lived in China, I learned that many of these tales are common there!!!!!
Common Denominator: Scots, Ulstermen, Irish
@@myleshagar9722 Wow! That's amazing!
I grew up hearing and believing a lot of these. And every fall I still watch where the squirrels nest and watch for the colors of the caterpillars.
Thanks my friend for sharing.
@@donnielaws7020 thank you for all the wonderful stories.
@@Sandy.Squirrel Your welcome.
Problem is in one fall I saw an all black one,an all brown one and an all white one, it was a fairly mild winter, not alot of snow.
Me too🙋🏼♀️
I've heard that if snow stays on the ground for 3 days, another snow will come on top of it.
That's a good one. Thanks my friend for sharing.
Mamaw would say, when the snow doesn’t melt after three days, it’s a waitin’ for more.
It must be the Scotch-Irish lineage, because my daddy's folk lived in Clarke County Alabama and my daddy said a lot of these and he believed them.
Thanks for sharing my friend.
And you don't Hunt on Sunday
Grew up in NY/NJ in an Italian, British, Irish Catholic house- we followed Italian traditions and superstitions. We never put hats on bed- BAD LUCK!
We talked about how breaking mirrors caused seven years bad luck.
For death, Nana, Papa, and Dad were buried with their shoes on because they would be walking around Heaven. We also brought Nana and Papa new clothes for their wakes; Dad just bought a couple new suits so we buried him in one. We made sure they were buried wearing glasses if they wore them 24/7 when they were living. I know Nana buried her parents with their two most favorite items.
Ok, moving away from death, if you bite your tongue, someone is talking about you. Bite your collar so they bite their tongue.
Don't kill a ladybug in your house- BAD LUCK
If you have a person in your house who you think will wish you bad luck, right after they leave, get salt and a broom. Sweep the salt out of the house so their bad wishes for you leave with them.
I have heard of other Appalachian superstitions in other cultures. We are connected.
Thanks for sharing my friend.
Thanks Donnie, some of those sayings, I haven’t heard in years. When I was a kid, we would find a dead snake and hang it in a tree, it would always rain within 2 days.
Your welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend.
Same! Or over the fence
My husband is from Mexico and they dry snake to keep the hair from thinning (it’s not working) they hang it everywhere! 😩 I’m going to try the hanging in a tree for rain. Bad drought here in New Mexico. I miss the rain of home
@@ddsmiles6382 Thanks my friend for sharing.
Maybe I need to try that out here in central California!
The superstitions of dreams and death you listed are the same in Ireland ( sadly people foget this folklore) my grandma told me these and im middle aged. Its great that you are documenting these things. Thank you, its so interesting.
Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend.
@Donnie Laws EXCELLENT video! Most all these my mamaw was a stern believer in! One of the first whopens I ever got was opening an umbrella in her house. That was a No-No!!
The Red Cardinal was her favorite bird. Scense her passing...Ive collected a few Red Cardinals. When I had hard times and was struggling and didn't know if I was gonna make it....(or just down and sad) I saw the most beautiful Red Cardinal I had ever seen. You mentioned that today..it made me cry. All my life she watched over me..and in death she still does. That may be weird or creepy to some folks...but not me. I'm thankful to know she's still there. 🙏
Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend.
Thank you so much for this video! My Grandma always used to say the devil was beating his wife if the sun was out while raining........ I have never heard nobody else say it. I was born, raised and will die in Appalachian mountains of western North Carolina. I love everything about it here and the wonderful people like you, I consider all Appalachians (my people )"!
Awesome my friend. Thank you friend for sharing. Your very welcome.
be nice if he could speak english.
@@andrew-xr1de why? Do you fancy yourself in some way superior?
I have heard that my whole life. Lol. Seriously from NC too.
@@Trogers1212 that's so awesome! Cause I really don't come across many people who have even heard it. I tell all those weird things to my kids cause I'm sad that small things like that are disappearing over time.