Anyone tried the needle and thread or pendulum test to work out the gender?

I saw my nans sister by chance today and she told me what they used to do to guess the gender of the baby..

She said they would thread some cotton through the eye of the needle, hold the needle in your fingers so the thread hangs down over your bump..

Then if the thread goes in circles its a girl and if it swings backwards and forwards its a boy


Or the same but with a pendulum on a chain

I'd like to try it out then see if it guessed correctly!!

my aunt did it when i was prego with the twins.. but she used a ring and string... and she was the only one to get it right.. one boy.. one girl.. ultrasound couldnt even do that.. so im a FIRM believer.. so we will be doing that again.. wonder how soon you can do it!?!!?!

Ooh im glad to hear it actually worked. im 13 weeks today so want to do it soon

My friends did it on me using their wedding ring on a piece of string, it didn't do much at first then it started going in circles that got bigger, so we'll see if it's ight! Apparently they did it for all 3 of their kids and each time it was right! X

ooh! I'd like to try this! does it have to be someone else or can you yourself do it? cause if you can yourself I'm predicted a girl then

I thought this was just an Italian old wives tale - my grandmother used to do this for all the pregnant women around town! My understanding is that someone else should hold the string & the ring should be yours.

My mom did it on me with the needle and thread and it predicted a girl. Sure enough I was told by the tech that I'm having a girl! The chinese predictor got it wrong though. haha

I used the 'ring on a string' method. It went in circles both times and I had boys!

Done it 4 times and been right every time!!

Will be giving this a whirl... what's the script with it? Is it back and forth is a girl and circles is boys?