IMPROVEMENTS
Electric dryers replaced them.
What are clotheslines?
In Japan you remove them when entering a home.
What are shoes?
Kids chase this insect at night.
What is a firefly or lightning bug?
The customary outfit for a Catholic nun.
What is a habit?
A tiny creature that spins a web.
What is a spider?
Indoor plumbing replaced them.
What are outhouses or chamberpots?
Japanese people do this when they greet each other.
What is bowing?
What is a cricket?
The traditional stone in an engagement ring.
What is a diamond?
It likes to munch on your wool clothes.
What is a moth?
Cardboard milk cartons replaced them.
What are glass milk bottles?
Europeans often greet each other like this.
What is kissing each other on the right and left cheek?
A green insect that jumps through the grass.
What is a grasshopper?
In China they replace a fork and spoon.
What are chopsticks?
It looks like it's lifting its arms in prayer.
What is a praying mantis?
Pantyhose replaced them.
What are stockings and garters?
Jewish children participate in it when they turn 13.
What is a bar or bat mitzvah?
Bugs that like to eat wood.
What are termites?
An after-lunch nap in Spain.
What is a siesta?
It can destroy a cotton crop.
What is a boll weevil?
Refrigerators replaced them.
What are iceboxes?
Graduates often due this with their caps after the ceremony.
What is tossing caps in the air?
Bright red bug with black spots on its back.
What is a ladybug?
The festival held on the Tuesday before Lent.
What is Mardi Gras?
It likes to jump on your pets.
What is a flea?