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Sirena
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Posted: Sat Jan 6th, 2007 09:35 am |
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I love hearing about the various superstitions and beliefs in this country, and one of the superstitions I hear most often is that you will get sick if you allow the rain to fall on your head. Does anyone know where this belief stems from?
I found some more interesting info on Wikipedia here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_mythology
Has anyone else heard any good ones?
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Carabao Kevin
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Posted: Sat Jan 6th, 2007 03:45 pm |
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Sirena wrote: I love hearing about the various superstitions and beliefs in this country, and one of the superstitions I hear most often is that you will get sick if you allow the rain to fall on your head. Does anyone know where this belief stems from?
I found some more interesting info on Wikipedia here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_mythology
Has anyone else heard any good ones?
Kinda funny, I have heard a few about a "wet head", and these were believed to be true, believed with fear!
1) Never go to bed with wet hair, it will make you go blind, it must be completely dry first.  
2) Never travel with wet hair, you must let it dry first. I'm not sure what would happen if you did.
3) Bad luck if you throw out rice, you must eat it all.
4) You have to be home before midnight on Dec. 31. If not, you will have a very bad year.  
I'll let someone else add some others
As far as the "you will get sick if you allow the rain to fall on your head." I remember I heard that here in the USA when I was a kid, they would usually say it (not my parents) when it was cold outside and raining. When I say cold, I'm talking below 40 degrees F, not below 85 F
-MABUHAY-
-Kevin
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Sirena
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Posted: Sun Jan 7th, 2007 01:23 pm |
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Carabao Kevin wrote:
3) Bad luck if you throw out rice, you must eat it all.
That must be why my staff insist on making pots and pots of rice (way more for each meal than they will ever eat) and then leaving it festering in the pan till the next day. I'm sure the plan is to fry it up for breakfast, but often this never happens. I've given up trying to suggest that they just cook what they need for each meal!
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HeyJoe
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Posted: Mon Jan 8th, 2007 05:07 pm |
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A few I recall:
1. Chicken/turkey/duck must not be eaten on New Year's eve
2. A dish with noodles like pansit or spaghetti SHOULD be served on New Year's Eve... something about guaranteeing long life or a prosperous year.
3. No singing during mealtime, it's an affront to God (well... I guess somewhat rude too lol... )
4. A strong belief in spirits, ghosts, etc. "Aswang"
5. Many beliefs tied to Catholic spirituality. Most Filipino Catholics are more traditional (conservative) than American Catholics.
6. I also heard the same one about going to bed with wet hair. Anyway... why would you WANT to go to sleep with wet hair?
7. Killing geckos is bad luck (everything else that walks, swims, wiggles, or crawls seems to be fair game though)
More later as I remember them...
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JOMADS
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Posted: Tue Jan 9th, 2007 04:27 am |
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HeyJoe wrote: A few I recall:
1. Chicken/turkey/duck must not be eaten on New Year's eve Yes, that's one we use in Japan as well. The thinking being if you eat Chicken you'll have to SCRATCH to make a living that year.
As for myself, I'm forever KNOCKIN ON WOOD...
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Sirena
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Posted: Tue Jan 9th, 2007 12:29 pm |
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| It wasn't just going to bed with wet hair, it was that getting wet from the rain makes you sick. When I point out that the well water we shower with comes from the rain, I'm told "Oh well, that's different!"
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chinitadacat
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Posted: Wed Jan 10th, 2007 02:17 am |
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| yeah i told my husband once about not going to bed with wet hair and when he sometimes fall asleep with his hair wet i will wake him up from a deep sleep and tell him over and over again about not going to sleep with wet hair ha ha, and one time i got a fever, i told him it was from being wet in the rain, and his laughing and telling me that rain drops would not make me sick. lolz its funny because elder in the PI taught me this way and now im bringing this superstitious thing here in america and when we have kids someday i will probably taught them the same way haha wink wink.. well probably not anymore because i dont believe in superstitious so much anymore as much as before when i used to live in PI.
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Sirena
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Posted: Tue Jul 31st, 2007 08:36 am |
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| A couple of days ago, a Filipino friend of mine got a fish bone stuck in his throat and told me of this local belief that if you stroke a cat's paw on your throat it will loosen the bone. He even picked up my kitten and did it (and no, it didn't work)!
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