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- just heard it wrong... the fact remains that the saying is "old wives' tale" NOT "old wise tale". It's akin to some people hearing the saying "a dog eat...33 KB (5,014 words) - 01:09, 16 February 2024
- problem I noticed was that the correct form of the title should be The Old Wives' Tale with the apostrophe indicating possession as per the sources referenced...1 KB (97 words) - 12:12, 25 January 2024
- reference to a story like this, I consider it little more than an old wives' tale. I am a native of Zwolle, Louisiana and grew up there for 15 years...1 KB (149 words) - 13:39, 8 February 2024
- it reads, "There is an old wives' tale that if you hold a face too long, or if the wind changes while making a face, it will stay fixed in that position...518 bytes (97 words) - 15:30, 3 June 2006
- Talk:Myoga (section Old Wives' Tale)page -- TinucherianBot (talk) 21:48, 3 July 2008 (UTC) I added an old wives' tale about myoga that I've heard many times (from my mother, father, grandparents)...2 KB (251 words) - 04:57, 21 February 2024
- November 2008 (UTC) Found it! It's adapted from a poem by George Peele, in his play 'The Old Wives' Tale': JRSM (talk) 22:59, 11 November 2008 (UTC) >...585 bytes (82 words) - 21:45, 28 January 2024
- after Richmond, and there is no known evidence to back this up. I'm calling either vandalism, or an old-wives-tale.Ai1238 (talk) 16:52, 8 April 2009 (UTC)...598 bytes (65 words) - 18:14, 26 January 2024
- because of his spectacles and the, eating carrots is good for your eyesight, old wives tale? 2600:387:C:2E12:0:0:0:127 (talk) 01:24, 23 December 2021 (UTC)...553 bytes (46 words) - 23:53, 24 February 2024
- Yellow Breeches. I cant necessarily cite that, and it may be just an old wives tale, but interesting none-the-less! Sigtauiota (talk) 04:56, 9 April 2009...967 bytes (104 words) - 06:48, 11 February 2024
- Talk:Mixed twins (section Old myth)By the way, there used to be an urban legend or old wives' tale that a child of two white people might turn out to be "coal black" if even one of the...2 KB (166 words) - 19:19, 14 September 2022
- Talk:Vernal equinox (section Old wives tale)"old wives tale" here and I do not think it is appropriate to report every societal aberration in an encyclopedia. Perhaps if this has to be kept "old...16 KB (2,615 words) - 19:12, 23 March 2023
- of this complication without just asserting that. Prove it not an old wives' tale. One might discuss "cracking" of the malignant or inflammatory peel...2 KB (248 words) - 05:57, 27 January 2024
- MythBusters perform experiments to verify or debunk urban legends, old wives' tales, and the like. This is a list of the various myths tested on the show...3 KB (96 words) - 16:32, 26 August 2014
- The final paragraph in this part of the chapter runs - "The real murderer was having his dinner in the commercial room up at "The Tiger", opposite the...876 bytes (112 words) - 06:28, 30 January 2024
- question he was the first notable Marshall Field Please. Propagating an old wives tale about playing golf on New Year's Eve causing his death is just sad....2 KB (238 words) - 22:05, 10 January 2024
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- factual account to reiterate a statement nothing more grounded than an old wives tale. This is tantamouint to bullying of the worst kind, and a revelation...7 KB (1,234 words) - 13:54, 12 August 2024
- needs an RS, the one in the article is apparently a collection of old wives tales if it is the source of this travesty. Greglocock (talk) 20:38, 28 January...1 KB (168 words) - 03:58, 1 February 2024
- Bennett, while perhaps best known for his Clayhanger series and The Old Wives' Tale, was actually a very prolific writer and wrote plays, newspaper articles...9 KB (1,414 words) - 16:24, 2 December 2019
- I strongly also oppose taking the fairly disparaging statement of old wives tale as the first thing in the paragraph in our article. If there exist studies...10 KB (1,428 words) - 09:20, 1 April 2024
- has no influence on the world. Meaning: Satirizing bad science or old wives' tales. Romanian: Daca se urca un cocos pe un maldar de gunoi, poate ploua