#itches

[nyuisnt]

Got 3 mosquito bites on my forearm forming a straight line from my elbow to near my wrist and I saw then and was like waow... onion's belt...

[dobodleaday]

2024 Art Summary! Aka the year of Monster Girls and fan art!

Decided towards the end to take it easier with the art output and it really helped me relax a bit more.

Thank you to everyone who’s been following my art journey so far and all the new friends!

Here’s to another year of art!

[anindecisivespirit]

What’s the WORST/most unpleasant place to get an itch?

that one spot on your back

bottom of the heel

inside your nose

inside your mouth

asscrack/butthole

genital region

other/im bald/I love itches actually

Voting ended onFeb 22

[thoughts-of-a-heathen]

I had another question come to mind if that’s okay! You mentioned that the presence of another person's vård can also be felt as an itch elsewhere other than a person’s nose, and that made me think of something my grandma always used to say about if your left hand itched, that meant you were about to lose something (often money), but if your right hand itched, that meant you were going to gain something. I’ve wondered where she picked this up from (I can’t ask anymore as she’s no longer around, but I’ve wondered, like the nose itching/vård ask I sent, if maybe she picked it up from her father from Norway)…does this sound familiar to any folk beliefs over there and would it be related to the vård? And is there anything about the left side/right side of the body that represents giving/losing something or gaining/receiving something? Thank you very much for everything!

I don't know the origin of these beliefs, but Scandinavian/Nordic culture has a thing for itches. Itches (in different parts of the body) can mean lots of things:

Hand (unspecified): sensing someone's vård

Left hand: lose money

Right hand: gain money OR receive a letter

Palm of the hand: you will gain something

Nose (unspecified): expect annoyance

On the nose: someone's talking shit about you OR someone who likes/loves you is thinking about you

Inside of the nose: sensing someone's vård

Under the nose (of a woman): someone with a mustache is thinking of her

Eye (unspecified) : you will soon have reason to cry

Right eye: sorrow

Left eye: happiness

Chin: you'll get mad at a man

Under the foot: someone will visit you soon

Right foot: the guest is a man

Left foot: the guest is a woman

Toes: the guest is nearby

Heel: the guest is far away

Left ankle: same as left hand

Right ankle: same as right hand

Knee or elbow: you're a whore

Some of these are incredibly local, and many of them have almost been forgotten. (This list is incomplete btw.) I think there are similar beliefs in other cultures.

[dr-skazka]

Me: *tries to chill*

All but one mosquito bites: *start itching at once*

Me: *dies*

[lightkrets312]

to whatever bitch ass motherfucker invented histamine responses that are basically mosquito bite combos: this is your formal invitation to meet me in the dennys parking lot for a 1 on 1 battle, winner gets to obliterate allergies

[flange5]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamnnnnnnnn, Tony.

Iron Man vol 1, #279 (1992)