The tales that deceived me|Sankofa writing contest

Hello guys, it's @magatha and I couldn't just pass by this contest.
It's soo much fun to partake in this. I have alot of tales or rather lies I was told while growing. You can't imagine when someone tells you never to hide your breast as a child so that it can be very big as a grown up, am still waiting for that big breast till now. This is just a tip of the tales I was told. Sit back and crack your ribs.

Broom causes barreness
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As a little girl, I loved sweeping very well and that day my grand mother just returned from the village. From that day, my life was changed with igbo tradition. As I was sweeping, the broom mistakenly touched my leg, suddenly my grandma shouted with a strong igbo language, Nne, I gaha amu nwa which means I won't have a child , I became very confused with tears rolling down my eyes. I started kneeling to my grandma to reverse the curse. I cried and cried, my eyes looked like mango. It was not funny, I started jumping any time I sweep so that the broom won't touch me.

Bury my tooth under a pillow
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This was a dissapointing tale for me. While growing teeth, I forcefully removed my tooth most times to bury under my pillow to produce dollar. This tale was told by my uncle which I believed. when I tried it for the first time, I wrote a list of kuli kuli, Tom-Tom and Tangerine to buy when I see my dollar. I woke up inorder to see different currency,with so much joy, I opened my pillow only to see my tooth looking at me eye for an eye. Mahn! That lie caught me big time

Sleeping with your legs on the wall
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I was calmly placing my legs on the wall to write a story on my lap when I was little. As a result of that, I fell asleep with my legs on the wall. All I knew next was, I woke up in a night devotion organized by my parents. What happened ? "Am a witch" happened. I became confused until my mom said its only witches that sleeps with their legs on the wall, you need to see deliverance that night, the more I explained, the more demons they were seeing. I suffered big time, my neck was in pain due to constant I wanna be pastors by my parents

Don't remove your scarf after church service
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Is this one that is still weakening me till now. Service in church ended one Sunday, it was time to go home, I and my sisters had removed our head scarfs since we were to go home. Suddenly, my mother came to whisper in my ears, in her words-"don't you know that the blessings received for Sunday service have removed" . Nobody told me to put back my scarf till I got home after such lie . I tightened the scarf on my head so that the blessings will enter well well.

Lizard should not see your broken tooth
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The most annoying thing about this tale, is that, we as children started finding lizards trouble that they are thieves. I would run with my tooth to a lizard and tell it that I won't let it see my tooth. If you allow lizard to see your tooth, my brother your own has gone, your tooth will never grow again. I believed it like Tom and Jerry

Let me go before this page won't be enough to say all the lie lie I was told when small. Nigerian lies ehn, carry heavy weight. I give una hand oo. Anyway, let me come and be going.🚶🚶🚶

It's @magatha and these are my tales.
Thanks @sankofa for this privilege to remember all the lies. Lol