Things my Grandma Told Me

My grandmother was born Pearlie Ann Moyers in 1896 in Cumberland Gap, Tenn. She married my grandfather, Roscoe C. Shipley and together they brought 14 children into the world. They lost 3 little boys in infancy but raised the others the best they knew how, with lots of love and enough food and clothes to do them.
We lost my grandfather in 1976 to a heart attack but Grandma was still there for us and we for her, as she'd suffered a debilitating stroke several weeks before. She spent quite a bit of time with my childhood family, but she passed on before she could know all of her great-grandchildren.
My little grandma has been gone for many years now, but I still remember the wise sayings she had for all occasions. I hope you and your family like them as much as my family.

Grandma's Sayings

• If someone sweeps over your feet you'll never get married.
• If your right hand itches you'll shake hands with a stranger.
• If your left hand itches scratch it in your pocket and you'll get some money.
• To dream of a death means news of a birth.
• To dream of the dead means news from the living.
• When you move, always leave your old broom behind. To bring it to your new house will bring bad luck.
• It's bad luck to put your hat on a bed.
• Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
• Laugh before breakfast and you'll cry before supper.
• A whistling woman and a crowing hen will always come to some bad end!
• If your right eye itches, tell someone. They should make a wish and say ,"Thank you."
• If your left eye itches, it means good luck for you.

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