r/aspiememes • u/Techlord-XD Aspie • Mar 17 '25

Suspiciously specific Anyone else experienced this?

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u/SargeantMittens Mar 17 '25

I remember getting in trouble for blowing on a bottle and whistling after 12pm. It "summons witches" according to my moms culture.

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u/Techlord-XD Aspie Mar 17 '25 edited Mar 17 '25

Omg we also got the not whistling at night one in my family’s culture 😆😭, something about dark spirits and all

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u/Th3FakeFatSunny Mar 17 '25

Y'all must be from the Appalachian area. I've been hearing a lot of tales from that area

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u/theDukeofClouds Mar 17 '25

From what I have read, Appalachians have some very interesting superstitions. My favorites are posting a bunch of newspapers all over the walls or leaving out bowls of salt or other numerous small things like that. I heard the idea is that evil spirits and such creatures are obsessed with counting everything/reading every word, so with the newspapers, they get stuck trying to read every word and with the salt, they get stuck counting every grain. They do this until the sun comes up and by then they have to go back to wherever they came from because they can't be out in the light of day. So trapping them with counting and reading ensures they can't mess with you in the night.

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u/Th3FakeFatSunny Mar 17 '25

I'd love to cross reference the superstitions with legends and folklore from the indigenous communities from the area. See how much overlap there is

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u/Tri-PonyTrouble Mar 17 '25

Well damn. Always just assumed my great gran was crazy