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An "old wives' tale" is a colloquial expression referring to spurious or superstitious claims. They can be said sometimes to be a type of urban legend, said to be passed down by older women to a younger generation. Such tales are considered superstition, folklore or unverified claims with
The Old Wives' Tale is a novel by Arnold Bennett, first published in 1908.It deals with the lives of two very different sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines, following their stories from their youth, working in their mother's draper's shop, into old age.
The Old Wives' Tale is a play by George Peele first printed in England in 1595. [1] The play has been identified as the first English work to satirize the romantic dramas popular at the time. Although only the titles of most of these popular works have survived, they seem to be unrelated composites of popular romantic and fairy-tale motifs of ...
Old wives' tales are a fun, if unscientific, way to answer the question that's on many expectant parents' minds. Ever since people started having babies — so, ...
One for sorrow, Two for luck (varia. mirth);Three for a wedding, Four for death (varia. birth);Five for silver, Six for gold; Seven for a secret never to be told, Eight for heaven,
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Perhaps you’ve heard the old wive’s tale about how cats will “steal a baby’s breath” or that a cat will suffocate a baby, covering its mouth in search of milk.
Also described as an old wives' tale, the superstition may date back to medieval times. [3] Some sources ascribe the origin to the fact that criminals were hanged while still wearing their shoes. [ 4 ]