Superstitions and Old Wive's Tales-Fiji Style

Thanks for this blog..
Very interesting and well-written.
My favourite story is the one about the butterflies, but all of the tales are fascinating.

I don't quite understand the reference at base to the picture of the leaves of the Mile a Minute Plant. Did you intend to include the photo in the blog ? I can't see it yet.

Thanks again. :o)

Very interesting. Enjoyed reading it.

I enjoyed reading about your various uses for plants. Some of the old wives tales are interesting, too. Thanks for sharing.

Another interesting blog ,love reading all about your life and belives in Fiji Thanks

Very interesting, thankyou. You might be interested to know, in UK superstition, an owl flying round a house or sitting on the roof and hooting is an omen of death here too. In fact birds were generally seen as bad luck on or in a house or tapping at windows. Must be a widespread thing - strange huh?

I love the butterfly idea, too. Such a gentle, loving tale.
Thanks for sharing this with us! I enjoyed reading it - and I can see the photo!

Thank you for sharing sure the herbal remedies actually have a proven value as many medicines have a plant extract base.

My mother was a spiritual lady who often felt things.If friends or family were taken ill she d know it even if they hadnt been in touch for a while.

She insisted she had to return home to Ireland as something was wrong she was later informed her mother had a stroke and died a few days later.

On another occassion she insisted she had to go into work although she was off duty.,she arrived to find a colleague collapsed on the floor.She never owned an alarm clock in her life and said she would tap her head on the pillow the amount of times needed to signify the hour she was to wake.

Thanks for those details Sid if all that true then guess I should be checking my insurance policies cos all that happens here on a regular basis! Oooh

Panther ~
I can see the Mile a Minute photo now.
When I first saw your blog it was before the photo had made its way into the GoY systems ! :o)

Thank you all people, I will try responding more when I get home from work!

Thank you for an interesting blog. I think folk tales are fascinating. We have lots in Wales too.

what interesting tales Panther, and very well told . Thankyou for sharing

Thanks again, yes tis amazing isnt it? How our beliefs intertwines somehow, as in the case of the owl and the omen that the birds bring.
Bonkerspon that was interesting reading about your Mum, she was a gifted woman!
Its blazing hot here right now, 01.02pm, lunch time.
Yes Blodyn I know you have lots of folk tales there as well. I used to enjoy reading these stories
Did you know that Fiji was once a colony of Great Britain? We just got our independence in 1970, and English stories were very much part of our lives in our early childhood at school.
OK that may go into another blog!! :-)

Grand blog ,loved reading it many thanks.

Thanks Lincslass:-)

Very interesting, enjoyed reading it. In El Salvador we have huge moths called 'papalotas' and they are taken to be a sign of an impeding death of a relative or person close to you...right before my grandfather died there was one in the house and no matter how my mother, who was getting frantic, tried to get rid of it, it wouldn't budge. She was terribly upset, because he was supposed to be having surgery in the States. A couple hours later she got the news my grandfather had died in the hospital in California.

I believe butterflies were thought to transport the sould of the dead to the afterlife, but would have to confirm this.

We think owls are a good omen, though, representing wisdom.

Thanks Raquel, sorry to hear about your grandfather's story. The huge moth one is indeed interesting too.

onz..............i love reading it................very interesting!!!!:):)

Thanks I am glad you liked it!! Welcome to Goy and bula vinaka my Fijian Goy Friend!!! Look forward to some pics!

Fascinating and wonderful Panther !
Was it Fiji and Tonga that were once Colonies ? I know I have seen pictures of Queen Elizabeth when she visited in years past. and she always looked very happy to be there. I shouldn't wonder either with all of the beautiful things that you have to look at in your 'paradise home'.

Fiji was once a colony yes Sue. We were ceded to Britain in 1874 and got our Independence in1970. Tonga have their own monarchy but I assume they were also once a colony as well. Thanks for your comments, I'm glad you enjoyed it. :-)