Strange Snake Stories, Myths and Nonsense

[EasternGirl]

Yeah...but I got the idea it was more like a wives' tale thing...she said something about how if anyone in the house is ill...they know there must be a snake around...so if they go and find the snake and remove it....the person gets better or something like that. They are from the Mexican old country and they are Azteca...I think they have a lot of weird wives' tales that they believe.

[ProXimuS]

"Snakes hear through vibrations in the ground
When you run away from a snake
it will chase after you
because your feet hitting the ground tickles the
snake’s belly
and makes it feel good"

I read that on a site that I randomly came across. I actually typed in snake intestines(just being curious) on google and some how came across that Here's the link Cave Text: Snakes. Cool lookin snake though....

[ProXimuS]

I found a few myths in a book that I wanted to share:

-A snake will not die until the sun goes down.
-People in North Lincolnshire say that if you wear a snake skin around your head you can cure a headache.
-An old Cornish tale says a snake won't approach anyhting made of ash wood.
-A ring made in the shape of a snake is said to bring long life and good health to it's owner.
-Central Europeans belived that if a woman pulled out one of her hairs at a certain Moon sign she could turn it into a snake by placing it in water. Another similar belief is that if a horse hair is dropped into water it will become a snake.
-Snakes have bad eyesight and can't see forward.
-If a snake swallows the spit of someone who has fasted, it will die.
-Certain snakes, called hoop snakes, take their tail in their mouth and destroy trees, animals, and people by stinging them with the tail.(Something similar to this has already been posted, but this is slightly different.)

[Stefan-A]

I found a few myths in a book that I wanted to share:

-A snake will not die until the sun goes down.

Heard a variant of that as a kid; A dead snake won't stop moving until the sun goes down. And the person who told me, told it as a myth.

[d_virginiana]

I found a few myths in a book that I wanted to share:
-People in North Lincolnshire say that if you wear a snake skin around your head you can cure a headache.

There's actually a little truth in this, but it has nothing to do with it being a snake. Some cultures (one in India I believe?) have a similar story about tying a rope made of goat hair around your head.
If someone has a migraine, tying a piece of string or whatever tightly around the head can actually help, since it changes the bloodflow.

[Ctah_Lu]

Yeah...but I got the idea it was more like a wives' tale thing...she said something about how if anyone in the house is ill...they know there must be a snake around...so if they go and find the snake and remove it....the person gets better or something like that. They are from the Mexican old country and they are Azteca...I think they have a lot of weird wives' tales that they believe.

Hi, I live in Mexico and the myths about the snakes are very crazy, but that kind of myths are the stories of the old people (most times ignorant because they didnt go to school and some are very religious).

The most strange story that I heard was from an old lady that affirm that the snakes are attracted by the houses where newborns live, then they enter the house in the night and suck the milk form the mother's breast and they put their tail in the mout of the baby to avoid that cry.

Some of the myts about the snakes are really, really bizarre.