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khyber
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 Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:23 pm Post subject: Korean Urban Myths |
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As many as possible here folks.
I have 7 hours to compile a list of korean urban myths. I'm gonna look on the internet but I'm hoping some people here will be able to get me some extra juicy ones.
1) Fan Death.
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mole
Joined: 06 Feb 2003
Location: Act III
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Whistling after dark summons demonic snakes. |
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Satori
Joined: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Above it all
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Dog meat for "stamina"... |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:26 pm Post subject: Re: Korean Urban Myths |
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-blood type determines personality
-4 is an unlucky number (imagine that--everyone knows it's 13 and 666)
-cutting the thing on the bottom of your tongue makes it easier to speak English |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Eating slippery noodles before a test will cause the knowledge to slip from your brain. Eating sticky rice will cause the information to stick. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Korean rice is the best rice in the world. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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| fan death |
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pocketfluff
Joined: 30 May 2006
Location: Washington, DC (school) and Los Angeles, CA (home)
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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- Applying something sticky (honey, for example) to the entrance gates of a school will ensure that your son or daughter will be accepted into said school.
- a new mother should eat seaweed soup (mee yuk gook) after delivery to cleanse her blood.
- students taking exams should not eat seaweed soup the day before or else they will forget what they memorized. |
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mole
Joined: 06 Feb 2003
Location: Act III
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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As I read these replies, including mine, I'm thinking are these urban myths or superstitions?
Is there a big difference? |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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It was done on here before so you can maybe search for it......
.......apparently, it's been known for Korean Mom's to give their exam-stressed teenage sons oral relief.  The idea being that super-devoted Korean Mom's will always go the extra mile for their little princes.
Well, you asked for urban legends, didn't you!! |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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Hanging upside-down will "switch the blood" from the bottom and top halves of your body.
Getting stabbed in the back and having suction cups applied to the puncture wounds will remove "bad blood" from your body. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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| pocketfluff wrote: |
- a new mother should eat seaweed soup (mee yuk gook) after delivery to cleanse her blood. |
eating 미역국 is about replenishing lost iron during the birth. |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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Laughing after you cry will give you a hairy anus.  |
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I_Am_Wrong
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: whatever
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
It was done on here before so you can maybe search for it......
.......apparently, it's been known for Korean Mom's to give their exam-stressed teenage sons oral relief. The idea being that super-devoted Korean Mom's will always go the extra mile for their little princes.
Well, you asked for urban legends, didn't you!! |
Funny, I've heard the same thing as a Japanese urban myth. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
.......apparently, it's been known for Korean Mom's to give their exam-stressed teenage sons oral relief. The idea being that super-devoted Korean Mom's will always go the extra mile for their little princes.
Well, you asked for urban legends, didn't you!! |
This has to be a joke. It just has to be.
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| Getting stabbed in the back and having suction cups applied to the puncture wounds will remove "bad blood" from your body. |
Is this why I see some Korean guys with round red marks on their backs sometimes?
How about Tan-gun? I suppose that's more of a national myth than it is an urban one, but it should still count. |
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