Since living here I have acquired a lot of folk wisdom, such as never to open the fridge while ironing, which could prove fatal.
I recently held a month-old baby up to a mirror and brought a storm of criticism on my head. Apparently if young babies see themselves in a mirror this could delay their learning to speak by as much as a year.
Anyone else heard that one, or variants thereof?
Unsurprising really, as mirrors often have magical, and sometime sinister, properties in folklore worldwide.
I recently held a month-old baby up to a mirror and brought a storm of criticism on my head. Apparently if young babies see themselves in a mirror this could delay their learning to speak by as much as a year.
Anyone else heard that one, or variants thereof?
Unsurprising really, as mirrors often have magical, and sometime sinister, properties in folklore worldwide.