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[venta]

Goodness me. I've just worked out how the rest of the world feels.

Ninety-nine times out of a hundred when I quote some kind of proverb or childhood saying, people look at me funny. They claim that instead of repeating a perfectly sensible saying, I'm spouting utter nonsense.

But today a colleague has just assured me that any injury, when he was a child, was greeted by the not-at-all-consoling remark "don't worry, there'll be a pig's foot there in the morning".

Weirdo.

And contrary to telling children rubbish about trotters to terrify them (apparently it did), we also have the truths we try to conceal from children. No, don't worry, eating pips from fruit is fine. They won't grow inside you. It can't happen. Oh, except for that guy in the US who grew a pea plant in his lung.

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[eviltwinemma.livejournal.com]

there'll be a pig's foot there in the morning

My mum used to say this!
I can also report that while picking your nose will not make your head cave in and bread crusts have no effect on hairstyle unless you leave them in a warm dry place until hard enough to use as rollers, it is possible to make yourself deaf by stuffing your ears with legumes (c.f. the opening chapter of "Captain Corelli's Mandolin").

[venta.livejournal.com]

Having consulted with my colleague: is your mother Welsh? He blames his Welsh relatives for threatening him with trotters.