34 Wild Myths and Superstitions People Grew Up Believing

Thanks to cheap paper, pencil lead and the entirety of the internet, we’re no longer a civilization that relies on oral history. Still, there’s some lessons that remain passed down directly from parent to child the old-fashioned way. Unsurprisingly, these lessons are pretty old-fashioned themselves.

We also happen to know that they’re passed verbally because if you were to actually look into them, you’d find out they were grade-A bull pucky. 

Redditors have shared some of the most pervasive passed-down myths in the modern world, and I’d be surprised if you can get through all of their recollections without spotting a superstition or two from your own past.