My own is that if you buy shoe 4 ur girlfriend u will not marry her try and see.

dademola:
u for don somersault reach hellfire b4 u go fit dress ha up na

jst dress up d woman immediately aftr sex. Try it, it wrks lyk death.

>If pepper enters your eyes, just sprinkle water on ur feet or lick salt..It'll get cleared instantly and open..dis has worked for me all d time. I just can't seem to get these myths. Maybe there's more to it.
>if you're pregnant, always hook a safety pin to ur cloth(ur belly area), u hook it from d inside..To prevent d evil children flying around to possess ur unborn child.
>Also if you're pregnant, once its 1.00pm and you're out just go back home, or if your house is nowhere near, just go look for anywhere to sit and wait..so far a roof is over your head, and you shouldn't go out again until its 1.30. Cos dats d time d ogbanje children or whatever evil children of any sorts comes out and do their 'operation'..they may fly into ur belly and possess ur unborn child. Don't know how true it is sha oh.

Beht i'm so feeling this thread.

cheddarking:



When you see a bunch of Herons flying about, start singing "Leke Leke, Gbamileke" and white spots will appear on your fingers.

confirmed.....i have like five of such white spots on my fingers,evn at this point..as a result of ''leke leke,Gbamileke child's play!

Okiki_Oluwa: If u sleep wt a woman with thunderbolt (magun), make sure u help her dress up back so that d thunderbolt ll not affect u.

hahahahaha *i laff in Efik*. Abeg, dont near a woman with magun, for your life.

How about if u female and a lizard passes across ur open wide legs,u are pregnant. Oh,how me n my clique of friends used to be so scared of lizards back den' lol

1) If you hear a loud clap of thunder, put ur lips together and suck in air forcefully such that it makes a sound just like thunder.
This is so that 'thunder no go faya you by mistake'

(I know its not likely true but as a force of habit, I still do it till now).

2) Don't walk across water that looks like someone just poured it on the ground cos if it has pepper, your womanliness will pepper you.

3) A man should not walk under a clothesline where a women's underclothes are spread,or bath using a woman's bathing bucket, or allow a woman seeing her period to cross his legs!It is an abomination that changes men to woman wrapper. Meanwhile water from a man's bathing bucket can be used to cook or even fetch drinking water.

4) Do not sweep the dirt from a room at night as u could sweep away blessings.

5) If someone 'chuks' u with broom, the person MUST 'chuk' the pointed end of the broom on the ground three times for reasons I never got to know!

6) If u thot you heard your name and u answered only to find out that no one called you, go to the nearest person,ask the person to call ur name, answer then u can go in peace if not devil has just called ur name and you can die!
(I still do this too just for the heck of it!)

7) If u break a palm kernel and find two nuts inside, u will born twins.

If you wear your clothes backwards its a sign of goodluck.

9) If u see a masquerade when pregnant, you will give birth to a monster.

10) If u walk backwards at night, an evil spirit will slap you and ur face will remain in the direction of the slap permanently.

I could go on and on and on

Lolz, childhood is truly a momentous period in the life of human, lovely

horlarkunle: if someone fights nd bites u, if you put chicken shit,all his teeth will fall off! LMAO!

Lol.I tried this on several occassions and It neva worked

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NAIRALANDAKPU] You are on your own o! I hope you live to come and tell us what you saw or not see!!! The kind digbe wey you go receive for nyash no go get mate

Oh Boy, you bad o!
Na boarding school you go?
'Digbe' na terrible punishment o!

Never step on salt on the law, reason: there will be serious quarell that might not be settled quickly. So I heard.

Never step on salt on the floor reason: there will be serious quarell that might not be settled quickly. So I heard.

Garri_is_back:

looks creative....but you looks stewpid sha o

anitank: If u're purging, take a drop of saliva with ur thumb and rub on ur navel, it will stop.
Has worked for me several times

works always

Breastfeeding baby without putting on bangles on both hands makes your hair to start falling off.

Keeping something with your left hand will make it difficult to find when you are in need of it.

Selling on credit to the first customer of the day will make most customers buy on credit for that day.

Going to work late on Monday will make you go late to work throughout the week.

horlarkunle: if someone fights nd bites u, if you put chicken shit,all his teeth will fall off! LMAO!

We tried this on my friend's grandpa who was already toothless,and his tounge fell out...we were more than shocked...

Garri_is_back:

you wont kill me with laugh

You must not eat mango after you finish drinking gaeei or else u'll v running stomach for d rest of that day.
You must not leave your shoe or slippers upside down, it brings bad luck.

nyere84: hahahahaha *i laff in Efik*. Abeg, dont near a woman with magun, for your life.

na lie. Havent u hrd of 'take it away' (ka kuro). A guy hs used it 2 shagg plenty magun women & he's still bouncing & erecting... FMJ!

If somebody ıs comıng derectly to you and you want to hıde from the person just put your fınger cross and the person wıll pass you wıthout seeıng you hahahahha ı dnt know ıf ıt work but ı dıd ıt most tıme as a chıld.

Toks2008: What many people don't realize is that faith is the driving force behind any form of belief.

If you have faith in your TV and you hold the tv in the morning and believe that if you kiss the screen 7 times, you will get good fortune that day and you believe so much in that,you will surely meet good fortune that day.

The bible says all things are possible to he that believe.Mark 9:23

The question is "Who do you hinge your believe on? Who is is the source of your faith"?

Jehovah or the devil?

Ask okija juju

Garri_is_back:

The garri community are happy for making them proud.. Our engineers are currently working or more sophisticated bar charts..so pls bear with us.. We will also be releasing an animated documentry on the price of garri and other pressing issues on garri...

All this are part of african philosophy....a. It was said that African philosohy is about 'sagacity'(i.e wisdom)....
Aposteori knowledge says knowledge comes from outside of the mind through sensory experience &

Posteori knowledge says knowledge exists in the mind, & it is logically sorted. For instance a teacher asks you question to lead you to a logical conclusion...

So are taboo e.g
it is a taboo for a pregnant woman to stand at the entrance to a door when it is raining....This is just to protect her & the pregnancy from danger of stampede by people running into the house fromrain.

A woman is not allowed to sit on the mortal....also this is to enforce standard of hygene....maybe 'cos she may 'fart' lol...
Likewise some of the other superstitions you all mentioned.
QED

Garri_is_back:

I hope you got banned

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If you are lieing down and a wall geko crosses the ceiling over where u are lieing down, your breath will seize for 3seconds.

methodman: Funny but i dont believe in all dis stuffs. i heard if someone shud go to the market and den bends down to look in between his/her legs....Na different kind of Ghosts and evil spirits person go deh see. I think i will try dis out soon sef. Lol

you wont be alive to tell what you will see.

Some of these myths/superstitions did work. The sore throat remedy works like a charm so also is that of hiccup. How would u explain the Chinese acupuncture? A process of sticking series of needles on parts of the human body to cure ailments? The problem we Africans have is "Not believing in ourselves". Probably because our ancestors/generations-past could not come up with some bamboozing theories to support some of these proven & time tested believes, we are terming them ignorance and stupidity. The white spot on the nail thingy never failed. I was a very inquisitive child growing up. During my secondary school, armed with the new found knowledge is science, I set out to unravel some of these believes that did infact work. I wanted to know why they work even with no scientific proof. The first in line was the Dolphin & white spot on the nail. I re-enacted the process that causes a white spot on the finger nails without a dolphin in sight. Result: No white spot. But when I did same with a dolphin in sight at other time, bingo: white spot on the nail. Findings: It actually does work but only God can prove why because I couldn't find any connection.

I also tested the sore throat own. I had to spit into the space between the door & its frame. Two days later sore throat was getting worse. But when I obeyed the law of spitting into a crack on the wall 3 times, same day, relief came culminating to a cure. Result: Proven. I still practice that till date.

Another myth that works is, if you are running or riding your bike (then it used to be Chopper), and an insect flies into ur eyes, quickly look back 3 times in quick succession without closing your eyes and the insect will be gone. It works even till date. At some point I concluded it was the wind current relative to your speed that blows the insect off.

The tying on 2 grasses to ward off being scolded worked for me as a child. That's when you over stayed outside oº°˚ either at play or running errands. Just do it before you get home and mention the person involved. Whether an uncle oº°˚, aunt oº°˚, mum or dad. It does work. I don't know about committing at home and running out to go and tire 2 leaves together.

So I will say, instead of making mockery of our ancestors with some of the remedies handed to us, we should use the new found knowledge in science etc to look into them. Who knows, the cure for AIDS might lie within.

If u wink someone suffering 4rm apolo, u wil contact it. It works.

dnt write urname wit red biro and /or pen as it could lead to death(iStill believe dat one)
dnt fetch water at 9te as even spirits can push u inside d well
if u hit ur left leg on a stone,badluck dey wait 4u but if na ur right leg then gudluck(not joLANTERN) dey wait 4u
if ur biscuit fall to d ground,devil has kissed it
if u open ur mouth 4 a long time,flies would enta