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Old 02-08-2011, 18:37   #1
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Old wives' tales.

There are lots, and lots.

Are any based on fact?

Which ones do you know?

I'll start off.

Picking dandelions, and getting the white sap on your skin, will result in bed wetting.

Eating bread crusts makes your hair curl.

If you hold a buttercup under your chin, and there's a yellow reflection, it means you like butter.
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Old 02-08-2011, 18:57   #2
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Re: Old wives' tales.

Eating carrots makes you see in the dark
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Old 02-08-2011, 19:06   #3
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Re: Old wives' tales.

Two things you'll never see , a dead donkey or a poor farmer
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Old 02-08-2011, 19:08   #4
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Re: Old wives' tales.

Hard work never killed anyone,it just makes some queer shapes.
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Old 02-08-2011, 19:21   #5
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Re: Old wives' tales.

Rubbing a dock leaf on a nettle sting, eases the pain.

Eating fish makes you brainy.

Never swim until an hour has passed since you last ate.

Starve a cold, feed a fever.
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Old 02-08-2011, 19:23   #6
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Re: Old wives' tales.

Touching toads gives you warts.

Don't put cut flowers in a sick person's bedroom.
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Old 02-08-2011, 19:26   #7
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Re: Old wives' tales.

Get rid of styes by rubbing them with a gold ring.
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Old 02-08-2011, 19:27   #8
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Re: Old wives' tales.

If you go outside with wet hair you'll catch a cold.
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Old 02-08-2011, 19:32   #9
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Re: Old wives' tales.

If your right ear itches, someone's talking nicely about you.
If it's your left...they aren't.
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Old 02-08-2011, 19:39   #10
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Re: Old wives' tales.

Don't tickle a baby's feet, or they'll stutter.

A picture falling off the wall means a death is imminent.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Self-abuse will stunt your growth. (Hazel Blears.)

Predict the sex of a baby by holding a wedding ring on string over the bump. Oval or circular movements mean a girl, straight line swinging predicts the baby will be a boy.
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Old 02-08-2011, 20:18   #11
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Re: Old wives' tales.

Dont walk under a ladder. will bring bad luck.
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Old 02-08-2011, 20:41   #12
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Re: Old wives' tales.

You can't get pregnant whilst still breast feeding, or whilst on your period.

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Old 02-08-2011, 21:34   #13
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Re: Old wives' tales.

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Rubbing a dock leaf on a nettle sting, eases the pain.

Eating fish makes you brainy.

Never swim until an hour has passed since you last ate.

Starve a cold, feed a fever.
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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Old 02-08-2011, 21:40   #14
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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)
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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Old 02-08-2011, 21:43   #15
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Re: Old wives' tales.

Good news -- starving is never the correct answer.

Starve a Cold, Feed a Fever? Learn the Facts



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