Trying to lighten my current mood and started to think about things my mother did - and insisted that I do - as they were "the done thing" back in the day.
Turning the clothes inside out to put on the washing line in case a bird shat on them
Lining every shelf in your kitchen unit with patterned greaseproof paper
Stuffing the chicken and then sewing it up with a needle and thread
Suffice to say, I stopped these ridiculous traditions when i realised there was no valid purpose to them 