Angie, don't ya just love growing up with old wives tales??

Pam...below are some more for ya!

Paul, good articles!! This was always my answer to that question whenver anyone asked me why hot water froze faster than cold...
I would say that "it is a scientific fact that hot water freezes faster than cold. This is because hot water is steaming, and the process of evaporation (the steam rising) is a cooling process, thus actually causing hot water to freeze faster than cold". It sounded good, anyway! LOL LOL

Some that I forgot include:
You can catch a cold by being chilled.
The all popular one for us kids....Step on a crack and you'll break your mother's back.
or
Break a mirror and you'll have 7 years bad luck...

Oh, one of my favorites is:
The phrase ‘getting out of the wrong side of the bed’ usually refers to
someone having a bad day, or feeling grumpy or crotchety. This harks
back to the superstition that, by going to bed on one side at night and getting
up out of the other side in the morning, one formed a protective magic circle.
Not to do so was bad luck.