The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

CHILD EYES, CROSSEYES

YOU SHOULD NOT EAT AND READ AT THE SAME TIME
IF YOU DO IT IS BELIEVED THAT YOU WILL BECOME
CROSSEYED.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT CLAIMS THAT MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING HIMSELF
USED TO BELIEVE THIS IN EARLIER DAYS.
HEARD IT WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.

Where learned: HOME

Date learned: 10-01-1971