I was reading a story the other day where a guy was trying to catch falling leaves because he hoped that an old superstition was true, that stated that for every falling leaf that someone catches they add an extra day to their life. Ever hear that one before? I hadn’t and so I tried to find it on the net an in my books about superstition. I couldn’t, so I think that the writer probably made it up (shame on you dude).
There does seem to be one superstition about falling leaves, though, that seems widespread, and, seeing that there are plenty of falling leaves around at the moment I thought I would pass it on. Are you ready? … No? Tough. Here it is anyway: If you catch a falling leaf on the first day of autumn you won’t catch a cold all winter. If only it was that easy, I’ll stick to my thermal vest and long johns I think.