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The concept of old wives' tales has existed for centuries. In 1611, the King James Bible was published with the following translation of a verse: "But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself [rather] unto godliness" (1 Timothy 4:7). [1] Old wives' tales originate in the oral tradition of storytelling.
There was an old proverb from Romagna that ran: "Par San Paternian e' trema la coda a e' can." [citation needed] ("On St. Paternian's day, the dog's tail wags"). This Cervian proverb refers to the fact that the cold began to be felt around the saint's feast day.
This is more in accord with Horace's description of it as "an old wives' tale" but Wyatt's retelling otherwise echoes Henryson's: an impoverished country mouse visits her sister in town but is caught by the cat. In the second half of the poem (lines 70–112) Wyatt addresses his interlocutor John Poynz on the vanity of human wishes.
Unfortunately, several superstitious old wives’ tales persist about cats and babies, notably that a cat must be kept away from a baby because it will suffocate it and “steal its breath” due ...
Here are some unscientific, old-school methods for figuring out if it’s a boy or a girl. 12 old wives’ tales about having a boy: You didn’t experience morning sickness in early pregnancy.
There’s an old wives’ tale that claims it’s dangerous for cats to be in the home with babies, that a cat will suffocate the baby by “taking its breath” or putting its face over the baby ...
Old wives' tales may refer to: Old wives' tales, sayings of popular wisdom (usually incorrect) passed down from generation to generation; Old Wives Tales (extended play), a 1996 EP by Joy Electric; Old Wives Tales (bookstore), a feminist bookstore in San Francisco
Does the saying Old Wise Tale or Old Wives Tale the correct saying? If humanity tells a story about something that is thought to be "common sense" (which I think is an Old Wise Tale also) by passing along information that is thought to be from ancient times or historic where the word OLD is used and WISE is thought to be very smart or knowing ...