7 old wives tales

1. If you touch a toad, you'll get warts.
2. If you sneeze with your eyelids open, your eyes will pop out of their sockets.
3. A watched pot never boils.
4. Eating your crusts will make your hair curl.
5. Pulling out a gray or white hair will cause ten more to grow in its place.
6. If you catch a falling leaf on the first day of autumn you will not catch a cold all winter.
7. Eating carrots will improve your eyesight.