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While i was putting my little ones lunch out today it occured to me that sometimes we say such strange things, take for example little one said to me " is it true that eating fish gives you brains ", " or course it is ", i replied. Then the other day i said she was to eat all her crusts up to give her curly hair ! and eating carrot makes you see in the dark !

What i am trying to say is where do the sayings come from ? is it all a big swizz to make your children eat ? or is there some truth in it all ??

I think I heard there may be some truth in eating lots of carrots for seeing in the dark!!!Don't know where I might have heard it though.

I was just curious to know if anyone thought the same as i did regarding the fish lol!! Thanks Island i couldn't have said it better myself. But i suppose its worth a try to get the kids to eat something.

Little one only wanted fish and chips so she could give the new kitten some, cheeky monkey !

Little one always says i can't eat my crusts cos i'm full, then five minutes later comes back looking for icecream, needless to say she doesn't get it.

She has a friend who only eats pizza crusts they make a right pair between them. lol!

Came across this -
"Recent research shows that fish is much more than just an alternative source of animal protein. Fish oils in fatty fish are the richest source of a type of fat that is vital to normal brain development in unborn babies and infants. Without adequate amounts of these fatty acids, normal brain development does not take place."

I always ate my crusts and I do have curly hair, however I have a feeling that might be just coincidence!

Grandaughter eats all the crusts and leaves the bread
Jenxx

Ah, Jen, but does she have curly hair?
Julia

Little kinks in it lol

Another saying i believe is that if you eat loads of garlic you never get a cold ? is this true ? i don't know about a cold you'd never get any friends either lol!.

Or if you eat a barley sugar / green apple or sit on a pile of newspapers you won't get travel sick ?

Teresa probably is true about the garlic as no one with the cold will come close enough to you to give it to you.


Spud

very very true Spud. I quite like garlic but not in vast amounts. Don't like the after effects lol!

of course its true
you saying our parents were fibbers

carrots its the orange stuff in um that makes you see

fish cos they oily,

and crusts well i not sure bout that,
maybe its cos it makes your gums stronger chewing um
my hairs getting wavier

lmao

Not fibbers Julie Ann just a bit of bribery along the way, if my dad told me once about crust and carrots he must have told me a hundred times. lol!! My eye sight is quite bad ( i wear contacts, if i had glasses they would be jam jar bottoms ) and I have dead straight short hair lol!

lol
so ave i really cos it only stays wavey when i blow dry it, soon as i go thru door it straight again

mum used to say eat that cooked dinner its good for you
its not id say, i gonna be sick in a minute i hate cabbage, lol

Ah so there you are no benefit at all in eating crusts!!! p.s don't tell little one haha !.


I obviously didn't eat enough carrots did I. And I hated fish.

*Christine*, the Germans use onions as a cold remedy too, they boil them for ages and then drink the water - yuk!

I used to get really upset having to eat my crusts as I already had really curly hair!!!!!! I wanted straight like my friends.

I still don't eat my crusts and I'm 54!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it cant be true you never see birds with curly feathers do you
and they eat most of our crusts

*Christine* ,I use the same cold remedy, but use whiskey not brandy, sometimes we omit the water and just warm the rest in the microwave!