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Re: Old wives' tales.
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Surely the old wives tale is 'Feed a cold and starve a fever' or at least that is what my old gran used to tell me.....and she was definitely an old wife(well widow actually)
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The Claim: Starve a Cold, Feed a Fever - New York Times
Seems it's from Chaucer.
"Fede a cold and starb ob feber" translated as "feed a cold and DIE of fever."
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