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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.
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.
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
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One magpie at the birth of Jesus, perhaps presaging sorrow for Mary: [3] Piero della Francesca's The Nativity Children's game hopscotch played in Lancashire, England with lyric close to the 1846 version of the rhyme
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