“I'm always like, 'I can't believe I sound like my mother.' I remember running out of the house telling, 'Put your shoes on or you're going to get sick!' That's an old wives' tale, but it's like some weird mind control that I would be like that.” MindBelieveI CanWould BeRunningRememberMotherHouseSoundWifeSickShoesTalesMind ControlOld Wives Tales Author:Eileen Davidson
“Jokes spread around the world and embed themselves in our shared culture; the most resonant of them get lodged in the language in the same way as clichés or old wives' tales do.” WorldWayCultureLanguageWifeJokesSpreadTalesAround The WorldOld Wives Tales Book:Only Joking: What's So Funny About Making People Laugh? Source: Only Joking: What's So Funny About Making People Laugh?
“Old wives' tales are not enough in a day when old wives and old men, too, are constantly moving away from their labours.” MenEnoughMovingWifeTalesLabourOld ManMoving AwayConstantly MovingOld Wives Tales Author:Vincent Massey