When you a child, what things did your mother tell you that you've never been able to forget?

Eating outside was common, no walking around with a sausage roll. Nice Mums didn't wear trousers. Only poor people wore plimsolls, it's rude to say " ta". If you go in one shop don't mention the fact that you have been in others. If you fold your nightie and put it under your pillow it shows you have a tidy mind.

Do not , under any circumstances ever, ask an adult for anything eg if Auntie Jean comes don't say " Where's my present?"

Very true.

It'll never get better if you pick it.

Piles - you could get them from sitting on a hot radiator at school and from sitting on a cold doorstep at home.

I was told that my great grandmother burnt to death in a tragic accident. ( it was true by the way). I became very careful of standing too close to any naked flame.

Many of the above ring true! I have deliberately ignored my mother's advice, so I never wear a vest, a corset or a pinny.
Maybe I should have heeded her warnings about getting piles, but I think childbirth had something to do with that!

"Don't chatter when the grown ups are talking" it took me years to get over shyness in company and I'm convinced it stemmed from having to keep shtum while other people talked

My Dad told me only gypsies had pierced ears and gold hoops in their ears. I've never had my ears pierced ?

My mother told me when I was about 15, never to show a man my shoulders. !!!!
I obviously have as I have been married for nearly 54 years. I supposed I could have worn a vest constantly. I often wonder what she actually meant

It's rude to point.

She meant rude to point at people but I always thought any form of pointing was rude and wouldn't even point while saying "it's over there"!

Never have a bath or wash your hair when you are having your period!!!!

"Your eyes are bigger than your stomach"...I still fill my plate but never am I able to finish the lot. Very naughty.

To hide when gypsies came to the door selling lucky heather as they ran away with gringo children and they were never seen again. If I misbehaved the Insurance man who called weekly for their life insurance payment would take me away, I was terrified of the poor man

Thankfully I had a wonderful Mother who never handed out sartorial advice ( not that I would have heeded it anyway)?
Can’t think offhand about any other things that she said either, so it seems I am free of these hang ups.
Chewy go right out this minute and buy those red shoes
( I always have a pair of red shoes, although flats these days.)

--" please may I leave the table " was a ritual. Mum taught that to my children too, as they now mainly sit with a tray on their laps.

Yes,the apple pips and chewing gum. Going out with wet hair too.
Well aired clothes, mum was paranoid about that.
Nightmares if I ate cheese before bedtime. Never do !

Clothes down to the calf of the leg. Slips underneath dresses " to keep the cold out ". The more undergarments I wore the happier mum was !!

Sit properly or you'll get a hump on your back. That one scared me and to this day I've got a straight back.

Piles seemed to have been a constant worry for several mothers! Apparently I'd get them if I sat on a doorstep or wall.

And sitting too close to the TV screen would give you a squint.

I wonder what gems of advice we've passed on to our own children that they will remember well into their later years?

This is so funny, I can't stop laughing.
My mother taught me:
- don't wear a chain or pendant in bed, it will get tangled up in the sheets and choke you
- if you go out with wet hair you will get pneumonia
- if you swallow chewing gum, it will wrap around your insides and choke you
- elbows on the table is rude
- if you are not punctual to the table for meals, it's rude
-leaving the table without asking is rude
- if you don't iron all underwear, socks, towels, tea towels, duster and floorcloths, you've got no standards!
(It's a blessing she can't see me, now).

Bohemian

I was told the apple pip one, I remember worrying about it.

Same here Urmstongran Both smoking or eating outside was forbidden. She would let me smoke inside (as long as my Dad was out!) even though I was under age!

Also waste not want not Luckygirl and I do the same as you!

No hawthorn flowers in the house.
Leave the back door ajar during an electric storm.
My Tangee lipstick made me look like a gangsters moll, my dad used to say and I still think of that when I use orange lipstick and picture dad's face. Though I'm not a make-up person probably due to my parents attitude.

If I swallowed an apple pip I'd have a tree grow inside me and if I swallowed chewing gum my insides would get stuck together

My granny told me, that if I looked into a mirror on the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, and for some reason, eating an apple, I’d see reflected back my future husband

Same public toilet advice teacheranne, and definitely never to go out with wet hair. I still shudder when our granddaughters rush outside with dripping hair.

I was told that about ankle chains and I couldn't get over the fact that the lady serving in our green grocers had one around her ankle!
My mum also advised me to never go out with wet hair.
If I walked around in bare feet, apparently, I would get a 'germ' in my foot which would lead to untold horrors.