Lips are fascinating – they are one of the most exposed and visible parts of the body, and they can reveal a lot about a person’s mood, feelings, and emotions. Lips are also considered to be very sexy and alluring, which is why they are often the focus of attention in advertisements and other forms of media.
Lips are also the source of a lot of superstitions.
Here are some of the most unusual superstitions about lips.
1. Whistling Leads to Tooth Loss
If you whistle at night, you’ll lose your teeth. In other superstitions, whistling at night also attracts the Devil and ghosts.
2. Itchy Lips = Kiss
If your lips start to itch, you are about to kiss someone.
3. Wish Making
If you make a wish on a falling star, you have to kiss your lips afterwards. In other words, kiss a mirror to seal the deal.
4. A Big Mouth Means a Big…
We’ve probably all heard that if a guy has big feet, he also has a big penis, but did you know that if a woman has a big mouth, she also has a big vagina? I’ve never heard this one.
5. Don’t Bite Your Lips
If you bite your lip, you’ll be kissed by a stranger.
6. Vampire Kiss
If you wear lipstick, you’ll be kissed by a vampire.
If only.
7. Suck the Life Out
If you drink from a straw, you’ll suck the life out of your lips.
8. Got a Secret?
Those who smack their lips together can’t hold secrets.
9. Sealed Lips
In Encyclopedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences of the World: A Comprehensive Library of Human Belief and Practice in the Mysteries of Life (1903), we find:
“The practice of kissing under the mistletoe arose from the belief that whatever was done under the mistletoe would never become known, as that plant would seal the lips of anyone who went under it.”
