Monday Myths: Passing the Salt Shaker

Growing up there were many actions our elders forbid us to do and these have been passed from generation to generation. Some of them are are norm but some people tend to question why they were and are there and always seem to brush them off. This could be merely be cause they didn't follow them and nothing happened to them so they see no need to follow what their elders taught them.

Some myths have been put in place because of ones culture,religion or upbringing. Some would say they were put in place so that people would not break rules,not make noise etc. In the following weeks I will dedicate Mondays to telling you about some of the myths I have heard or grew up with.

To kick off Monday Myths I will start off with the one that forbade people to pass the salt shaker from one person's hand to another while eating or cooking. Elders told us that to pass the salt shaker to someone you had to place the salt shaker on a flat surface somewhere reachable to the person asking for the salt shaker. If one passed salt directly into another persons hand this would mean they would not see eye to eye and forever hate/dislike each other.

Till now some people still practice it while other people at the mere thought of hating someone because you passed the salt shaker into their hands.