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[Gators North]

What was it???

The health problems in the lower part of the body!

 

[Gemmie]

The health problems in the lower part of the body!

What did she call it? Dotta's mom called it a wolf. Your mom called it a.... What?

 

[Dotta]

What did she call it? Dotta's mom called it a wolf. Your mom called it a.... What?

Re "get a wolf"

"Get wolf'"
is a colloquial term
that most often means developing hemorrhoids (thrombosis of the hemorrhoids)
or bladder inflammation,
especially as a result of sitting on a cold surface.

This phraseology is a warning against the effects of hypothermia,
although in the case of hemorrhoids,
the main cause is lifestyle,
not sitting in the cold.

In the past,
the word "wolf" was used to name various skin diseases,
from which it has evolved into its present meaning.

Google is my friend

"What does the phrase 'get the wolf' mean?"

Co oznacza sformułowanie "dostać wilka"?

Zawsze, gdy choć na chwilę przysiądę na kamieniu czy schodach betonowych, po kilku godzinach czuję nieprzyjemne kłucia w pośladkach.

www.mp.pl

 

[Gemmie]

Re "get a wolf"

"Get wolf'"
is a colloquial term
that most often means developing hemorrhoids (thrombosis of the hemorrhoids)
or bladder inflammation,
especially as a result of sitting on a cold surface.

This phraseology is a warning against the effects of hypothermia,
although in the case of hemorrhoids,
the main cause is lifestyle,
not sitting in the cold.

In the past,
the word "wolf" was used to name various skin diseases,
from which it has evolved into its present meaning.

Google is my friend

"What does the phrase 'get the wolf' mean?"

Co oznacza sformułowanie "dostać wilka"?

Zawsze, gdy choć na chwilę przysiądę na kamieniu czy schodach betonowych, po kilku godzinach czuję nieprzyjemne kłucia w pośladkach.

www.mp.pl

Yes. I'm asking Gator what her mom called it. She hadn't said.

 

[Dotta]

Yes. I'm asking Gator what her mom called it. She hadn't said.

She probably heard it was unhealthy

Some descriptions (wolf) are scary for kids.
But the warning was effective!!!!

 

[Gemmie]

Just curious what her mom called it, like your mom called it a wolf.

 

[Dotta]

Just curious what her mom called it, like your mom called it a wolf.

Me too!!!
Curious I mean.

 

[Gators North]

Yes. I'm asking Gator what her mom called it. She hadn't said.

‘Roids!

 

[Gemmie]

‘Roids!

NOT what I was expecting to hear! LOL

 

[Gators North]

NOT what I was expecting to hear! LOL

Sorry, but I might be able to come up with another gem.

Here are a few:

Stop running! You’re going to fall! And since I’m a klutz, this usually came true.

Close the door; you’re letting all the heat out!

And here’s a really weird one from my neighbor’s mother: “If you wash blankets in May, you’ll wash family away.”

 

[Megnut]

Baboon comes to mind. You don't want that!

 

[Dotta]

Sorry, but I might be able to come up with another gem.

Here are a few:

Stop running! You’re going to fall! And since I’m a klutz, this usually came true.

Close the door; you’re letting all the heat out!

And here’s a really weird one from my neighbor’s mother: “If you wash blankets in May, you’ll wash family away.”

Re nr 2

It reminds me of my aunts
who were always shouting to close all the windows
"There is a DRAUGHT!!!
Close the window/door!"

These older generations were terrified of draughts of wind.
Even during the hottest days

And I always open the windows to let the fresh air in
I love draughts as I'm rarely cold.

 

[Stunned]

Waiting 30 minutes after you've eaten to swim again!

 

[Dotta]

My Grannie:

"Don't go outside/in the cold outside with wet hair
or you'll get meningitis."

 

[Gators North]

My Grannie:

"Don't go outside/in the cold outside with wet hair
or you'll get meningitis."

Wow! I was just told that I would get pneumonia. Nothing about meningitis!

 

[angelainwi]

Wow! I was just told that I would get pneumonia. Nothing about meningitis!

I was told pneumonia too

 

[Dotta]

Wow! I was just told that I would get pneumonia. Nothing about meningitis!

Yep.
It seems to be a myth.

Wet hair does not directly cause the disease.

Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord,
caused by viruses or bacteria.

While cold weather can make people more susceptible to viruses that can cause meningitis,
the wet hair itself is not the direct cause.

But,
going out with wet hair into the cold outside
is absolute anathema where I live
Better safe than sorry.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Not such a happy memory for me, but a reminder even then I was concerned with others being treated unkindly and unfairly.

Now I really can't believe that my Mum said it

She never said unkind things about anyone.

I was maybe seven and a bit,

We lived in a small village at the seaside.

We were walking and my Mum said "don't make that face, the wind might change and you'll stay like that.

Just then a boy about 14 walked past. Mum said, that's what happened to him.

I realised much later that the boy must have had Downs Syndrome.

I just hope he didn't hear what was said.

 

[Gators North]

Yep.
It seems to be a myth.

Wet hair does not directly cause the disease.

Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord,
caused by viruses or bacteria.

While cold weather can make people more susceptible to viruses that can cause meningitis,
the wet hair itself is not the direct cause.

But,
going out with wet hair into the cold outside
is absolute anathema where I live
Better safe than sorry.

Same here. This time of year my hair would freeze.

 

[Dotta]

Not such a happy memory for me, but a reminder even then I was concerned with others being treated unkindly and unfairly.

Now I really can't believe that my Mum said it

Se never said unkind things about anyone.

I was maybe seven and a bit,

We lived in a small village at the seaside.

We were walking and my Mum said "don't make that face, the wind might change and you'll stay like that.

Just then a boy about 14 walked past. Mum said, that's what happened to him.

I realised much later that the boy must have had Downs Syndrome.

I just hope he didn't hear what was said.

Isn't it interesting
that this text about "grimace freezing on the face forever"
exists in so many cultures?

I mean
we come from different countries,
different continents even,
and so many of us remember this phrase.