On New Years day you must open the back door before you open the front.
This to let all bad stuff out and let good stuff in
Wah! I live in an apartment. Can I just shoo all of the bad stuff out the front door?
How’s the new granddaughter?
This is my current favorite. My infant son has a ton of dark hair. People ask me ALL the time if I had heartburn. I love telling them no, because it’s not the answer they’re expecting.
I didn’t get swollen ankles or weird cravings, either. We adopted him.
Wait a second, now scientists are thinking the heartburn pregnancy=hairy newborn link might be true. We propose a shared biologic mechanism involving a dual role of pregnancy hormones in both the relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter and the modulation of fetal hair growth.
I had zero morning sickness through my pregnancy, but killer wake-you-from-a-dead-sleep heartburn, and my son came out looking like Wolfman Jack, fwiw.
Congratulations, Stuff!
No, what you do is open a rear window first and then the front door.
As to your 2nd question, you’re in a better position to answer that one, Granddad is doing fine and I’m off to my sons for lunch tomorrow 
If someone borrows your pocket knife. Whomever opens it MUST be the one that closes it. Otherwise bloodshed will occur soon.
If I come in past midnight and come in the back door, will that count?
That, and going out in the cold in general without a coat or hat will give you a cold too.
For the UK at least the “red sky at night, shepherd’s delight ; red sky in the morning shepherd’s warning” is more o less true. This is because most of our weather comes from the west. To quote another website:-
When we see a red sky at night, this means that the setting sun is sending its light through a high concentration of dust particles. This usually indicates high pressure and stable air coming in from the west. Basically good weather will follow.
*A red sunrise reflects the dust particles of a system that has just passed from the west. This indicates that a storm system may be moving to the east. If the morning sky is a deep fiery red, it means a high water content in the atmosphere. So, rain is on its way.
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http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/weather-sailor.html
Another related tale is “rain before seven, clear before eleven”. Also mainly true as most weather fronts take about four hours to cross a particular location.
Another old-wife’s tale (relevant to today!) is “do not do your laundry on New Year’s Day, as you will wash someone out of your family”
That gives me a good excuse for ignoring mine again today. Then again, can we pick the person to wash out?