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1980 Canadian film
A Wives' Tale (French: Une histoire de femmes) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Sophie Bissonnette, Martin Duckworth and Joyce Rock and released
A_Wives'_Tale
1908 novel by Arnold Bennett
The Old Wives' Tale is a novel by Arnold Bennett, first published in January 1908. It deals with the lives of two very different sisters, Constance and
The_Old_Wives'_Tale
Supposed truth that is actually spurious or a superstition
"Old wives' tale" is a colloquial expression referring to spurious or superstitious claims. They can be said sometimes to be a type of urban legend, said
Old_wives'_tale
1951 British film
Young Wives' Tale, also known as Fun for Four, is a 1951 British comedy film directed by Henry Cass and starring Joan Greenwood, Nigel Patrick, Derek
Young_Wives'_Tale
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up old wives' tale in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Old wives' tales may refer to: Old wives' tales, sayings of popular wisdom (usually incorrect)
Old_Wives_Tales
1921 film
The Old Wives' Tale is a 1921 British drama film directed by Denison Clift and starring Fay Compton, Florence Turner and Henry Victor. It is based on the
The_Old_Wives'_Tale_(film)
Play by Shakespeare
A play called "The Winter's Tale" would immediately indicate to contemporary audiences that the work would present an "idle tale", an old wives' tale
The_Winter's_Tale
English play
The Old Wives' Tale is a play by George Peele first printed in England in 1595. The play has been identified as the first English work to satirize the
The_Old_Wives'_Tale_(play)
Old adage about curing illness
"Feed a cold, starve a fever" is an adage or a wives' tale which attempts to instruct people how to deal with illness. The adage dates to the time of Hippocrates
Feed_a_cold,_starve_a_fever
French folktale
in Histoires ou contes du temps passé. The tale is about a wealthy man in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of the present one to avoid
Bluebeard
1989 studio album by Exene Cervenka
Old Wives' Tales is an album by the American musician Exene Cervenka, released in 1989. Cervenka told the Los Angeles Times that she considered the album
Old_Wives'_Tales_(album)
1985 novel by Margaret Atwood
Handmaid's Tale is a futuristic dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood published in 1985. It is set in a near-future New England in a patriarchal
The_Handmaid's_Tale
Feminist bookstore in San Francisco, California, United States
Old Wives Tales (also Old Wives' Tales) was a feminist bookstore in the Mission Dolores neighborhood of San Francisco. It was founded on October 31, 1976
Old_Wives_Tales_(bookstore)
The Handmaid's Tale is an American dystopian television series created by Bruce Miller, based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood. The
List of The Handmaid's Tale episodes
List_of_The_Handmaid's_Tale_episodes
actually false. They often arise from conventional wisdom (such as old wives' tales), stereotypes, superstitions, logical fallacies, misunderstandings of
List_of_common_misconceptions
Historical quatrain
assonant half rhyme. The earliest form of the rhyme appears in The Old Wives' Tale, a play by George Peele first printed in 1595: Fee, fa, fum, Here is the
Fee-fi-fo-fum
Altered phrase that is still plausible
deserts" "old-timers' disease" for "Alzheimer's disease" "old wise tale" for "old wives' tale" "on the spurt of the moment" for "on the spur of the moment"
Eggcorn
Canadian film director
documentaries and short films. She is mostly known for A Wives' Tale (Une histoire de femmes), L'amour... a quel prix?, and Quel Numero?, all of which have received
Sophie_Bissonnette
Milestones (1916) Milestones (1920) The Great Adventure (1921) The Old Wives' Tale (1921) The Card (1922) His Double Life (1933) Holy Matrimony (1943) Dear
List of works by Arnold Bennett
List_of_works_by_Arnold_Bennett
English actress (1921–1987)
and Coronets, and also appeared in The Man in the White Suit, Young Wives' Tale (both 1951), The Importance of Being Earnest (1952), Stage Struck (1958)
Joan_Greenwood
Form of modern folklore
result in a watermelon growing in the stomach, or that going outdoors just after showering will result in catching a cold. Many old wives' tales have grown
Urban_legend
English author (1867–1931)
(1992), and others have led to a re-evaluation of Bennett's work. Anna of the Five Towns (1902), The Old Wives' Tale (1908), Clayhanger (1910) and Riceyman
Arnold_Bennett
1949 play
Young Wives' Tale is a 1949 comedy play by the British writer Ronald Jeans. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Brighton before transferring to the Savoy
Young_Wives'_Tale_(play)
Band
this one titled Old Wives Tales. While retaining the Black Forest fairy-tale theme, he dropped the darker, gothic strains and produced a set of songs mixing
Joy_Electric
British journalist and author (born 1976)
Marriage Material (2013), about a Sikh family in Wolverhampton, was inspired in part by Arnold Bennett's The Old Wives' Tale. It was adapted for theatre in
Sathnam_Sanghera
English actor (1912–1986)
above-the-title billing) in a number of films in the late 1940s and 1950s, including Noose (1948), Murder Without Crime (1950) and Young Wives' Tale (1951). In 1952
Derek_Farr
American folk band
restaurant as The Crane Wives, named after the album "The Crane Wife" by The Decemberists, itself based on the Japanese folk tale Tsuru Nyōbō (鶴女房; lit
The_Crane_Wives
1996 EP by Joy Electric
Old Wives Tales is an EP by Joy Electric. Like most of Joy Electric's EPs, Old Wives Tales sports a much more simplistic and minimal style then on the
Old_Wives_Tales_(EP)
Song originally from The Wicker Man
is adapted from a poem by George Peele, part of his play The Old Wives' Tale (printed 1595). Another may be taken[weasel words] from a verse of the Elizabethan-period
Willow's_Song
English actress
serial bigamist "Confident" Clive Cosgrove in the Minder episode "A Number of Old Wives Tales" (1984); episodes of The New Avengers, Thriller, Sob Sisters
Sue_Holderness
Old Yiddish chivalric romance
title Bovo-mayse (literally "Bovo’s tale"). The expression later evolved into Bubbe meise, meaning "old wives' tale". The story, adapted from the Anglo-Norman
Bovo-Bukh
2012, p. 381. Woodward 2012, p. 382. Woodward 2012, pp. 92, 382. "Young Wives' Tale (1951)". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on 10 July
Audrey Hepburn on screen and stage
Audrey_Hepburn_on_screen_and_stage
Play by William Shakespeare
The Merry Wives of Windsor or Sir John Falstaff and the Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare first published in 1602, though believed
The_Merry_Wives_of_Windsor
White, Kim Kennedy (2011). Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, and Art, Second Edition. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. p. 211. ISBN 9781598842418
Folk_belief
16th-century English translator, poet, and playwright
attributed to him, but his reputation rests mainly on Edward I, The Old Wives' Tale, The Battle of Alcazar, The Arraignment of Paris, and David and Bethsabe
George_Peele
King of Jordan from 1952 to 1999
Hussein bin Talal (14 November 1935 – 7 February 1999) was King of Jordan from 1952 until his death in 1999. A member of the Hashemite dynasty, he is regarded
Hussein_of_Jordan
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 as well as
List of MythBusters pilot episodes
List_of_MythBusters_pilot_episodes
Canadian director (born 1933)
Return to Dresden (Golden Sheaf awards at Yorkton, 1979 and 1986), A Wives' Tale (Quebec Critics’ Choice 1980), No More Hiroshima (Genie 1984), Our Last
Martin_Duckworth
Edwards as Dave Harris "Minder (1979) - Season 3, Episode 1: Dead Men Do Tell Tales - TV.com". tv.com. San Francisco, CA: CBS Interactive Inc. Archived from
List_of_Minder_episodes
1982 studio album by Anthony Phillips
is a section of "Sand Dunes" played backward, and "Otto's Face" is named after a friend of Phillips named Otto. The original title to "Old Wives Tale" was
Private Parts & Pieces III: Antiques
Private_Parts_&_Pieces_III:_Antiques
1996 book by Robin Dunbar
edu/9648129/LANGUAGE_EVOLVED_FOR_STORYTELLING_IN_A_SUPER-FAST_EVOLUTION Power, C. 1998. Old wives' tales: the gossip hypothesis and the reliability of cheap
Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language
Grooming,_Gossip_and_the_Evolution_of_Language
Superstition
as "Break a leg!" is considered good luck. Also described as an old wives' tale, the superstition may date back to medieval times. Some sources ascribe
Shoes_on_a_table
Proverb
D. Wattles, p. 10 ff Flexner, Stuart & Doris (1993). Wise Words and Wives' Tales: The Origins, Meanings and Time-Honored Wisdom of Proverbs and Folk Sayings
Blood_is_thicker_than_water
Valkyrie
"there was a belief in the pagan religion, which we now reckon an old wives' tale, that people could be reincarnated," and that the deceased valkyrie Sigrún
Kára
American activist and bookseller
is an American activist and former bookseller. She cofounded the Old Wives Tales bookstore in San Francisco as well as the Feminist Bookstore News, which
Carol_Seajay
Unincorporated town and Census-designated place in Indiana, United States
from the cities of Logansport, Peru and Rochester, but this is an old wives' tale. The town was located on the twelve-mile marker of the railroad that
Twelve_Mile,_Indiana
Season of television series
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 as well as
MythBusters_(2017_season)
Used to make the backs of stringed instruments
to be an old wives' tale of some antiquity, perhaps propagated by marqueteurs to protect their trade secrets. John Evelyn, Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest
Harewood_(material)
English actress (1915–2001)
Holiday (1950) – Miss Mellows The Woman with No Name (1950) – Sybil Young Wives' Tale (1951) – Mary Banning His Excellency (1952) – Lady Kirkman Castle in
Helen_Cherry
Season of television series
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, as well as
MythBusters_(2005_season)
Form of English pantomime
dumbshow plays a major part, and in Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy (1580s), George Peele's The Battle of Alcazar (1594) and The Old Wives' Tale (1595), Robert
Dumbshow
American actress
include: The Seven Minutes, The Stepford Wives, Tales of the Apple Dumpling Girl, Hospital Massacre, I Was a Mail Order Bride, Deal of the Century, No
Judith_Baldwin
Australian actress (born 1982)
Handmaid's Tale (2017–2025), for which she has received nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Golden Globe
Yvonne_Strahovski
Season of television series
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 as well as
MythBusters_(2018_season)
Season of television series
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 as well as
List of MythBusters special episodes
List_of_MythBusters_special_episodes
Medical condition
dominant fashion. List of cutaneous conditions Masturbation, which an old wives' tale claims causes hairy palms Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo
Hairy_palms_and_soles
Season of television series
performs 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, as well as
MythBusters_(2007_season)
American actress (born 1980)
Life and had a supporting role in Alias. In 2018, she starred in the series Reverie. In 2019, she appeared in a recurring role in City on a Hill on Showtime
Sarah_Shahi
Type of amulet worn by Eastern Christians
soil from a saint's grave Christianity portal Cross necklace Phylactery Franklin, Rosalind (2005). Baby Lore: Superstitions & Old Wives Tales from the
Filakto
is a wizard in George Peele's play The Old Wives' Tale (published 1595). Italian sacripante, as well as French sacripant, came to mean a rogue or a scoundrel
Sacripante
English actor (born 1938)
Rodney Blackstock in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, a role he first played in 2000. Mower has appeared in a wide range of films and television series, including
Patrick_Mower
English actor and stage director (1912–1981)
Browning Version (1951) with Michael Redgrave, and appeared in a popular comedy Young Wives' Tale (1951). He returned to the world of Maugham with Encore (1951)
Nigel_Patrick
Looking at something with partly closed eyes
this is nothing more than an old wives' tale: the only damage that can be caused by squinting for long periods is a temporary headache due to prolonged
Squint
Season of television series
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 as well as
MythBusters_(2004_season)
American musician (born 1979)
major-label deal with Atlantic Records. He released a widely praised EP Wives Tales, and later that year, a full-length album, The War of Women, revealing
Joe_Firstman
British drama television series
April to 18 May 1988. It was an adaptation of the 1908 novel The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett, which follows the lives of two sisters through the
Sophia_and_Constance
Indian folktale
Flora Annie Steel. In the tale, a king with many wives marries a demoness who tricks him into banishing his previous wives and cutting out their eyes;
The_Son_of_Seven_Mothers
2019 novel by Margaret Atwood
is a 2019 novel by Margaret Atwood. It is the sequel to The Handmaid's Tale (1985). The novel is set 15 years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale. It
The_Testaments
1970s Canadian labour strike
strike was profiled in the 1980 documentary film A Wives' Tale (Une histoire de femmes). Concessions won as a result of the strike included Inco's "thirty-and-out"
1978_Inco_strike
Troupe of actors in Renaissance England
IV (Robert Greene) King Leir A Looking Glass for London and England (Robert Greene and Thomas Lodge) The Old Wives' Tale (George Peele) Sir Clyomon and
Queen_Elizabeth's_Men
Season of television series
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 as well as
MythBusters_(2008_season)
List of superstitions particular to sailors and boating
delight. Red sky in morning, sailor's warning" true, or is it just an old wives' tale?". Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved 2025-03-03. "Boating
Sailors'_superstitions
Season of television series
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 as well as
MythBusters_(2009_season)
American dystopian television series
The Handmaid's Tale is an American dystopian television series created by Bruce Miller, based on the 1985 novel The Handmaid's Tale by Canadian author
The Handmaid's Tale (TV series)
The_Handmaid's_Tale_(TV_series)
Canadian progressive rock band
what was originally a folk-based style. In the same year, some of the band's music appeared in the documentary film, A Wives' Tale (Une histoire de femmes)
CANO
Season of television series
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 as well as
MythBusters_(2010_season)
American actor (1949–2016)
the Hill Enrique Four episodes 2001 18 Wheels of Justice Episode: "Old Wives' Tale" NYPD Blue Diego Episode: "In-Laws, Outlaws" Epoch Mexican Doctor TV
Eloy_Casados
English actress (born 1941)
Myra Costello in Family Affairs (2003–2005) and Auntie Vera in Birds of a Feather (2015–2016) as well as roles in the films Holiday on the Buses (1973)
Kate_Williams_(actress)
2020 TV series or program
Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives (formerly Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives) is an Indian reality television series. The show focuses on the personal
Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives
Fabulous_Lives_of_Bollywood_Wives
American filmmaker (born 1955)
genre. The film is also one of the primary subjects of Modleski’s Old Wives Tales and Other Women’s Stories, which explores “the phenomenon of female authors
Maggie_Greenwald
This is a list of chapters of the manga adaptation of Sunrise's The Big O (THE ビッグオー, Za Biggu Ō) anime television series. The chapters are written and
List_of_The_Big_O_chapters
Bengali fairy tale
but her jealous relatives or the king's wives plot against the babies and their mother. Many variants of the tale type are registered in India, although
The Boy with the Moon on his Forehead
The_Boy_with_the_Moon_on_his_Forehead
Hunting television series
MeatEater is a non-fiction outdoors hunting television series in the United States on Netflix starring Steven Rinella. The show first aired on January
MeatEater
Order of insects
unfolded. The name is more popularly thought to be related to the old wives' tale that earwigs burrowed into the brains of humans through the ear and laid
Earwig
Folktale from Tulu Nadu
but her jealous relatives or the king's wives plot against the babies and their mother. Many variants of the tale type are registered in India, although
A_Tale_of_a_King
2018 historical fiction novel by Beatriz Williams
The Summer Wives is a 2018 historical fiction novel by Beatriz Williams. The Summer Wives was well received by critics, including a starred review from
The_Summer_Wives
American writer (born 1969)
18 November 2022. Merida, Kevin (27 October 1998). "HOOP SKIRTS: NBA WIVES' TALE". Washington Post. Retrieved 18 November 2022. "Soulivity LIVE! Special
Crystal_McCrary
Welsh actor (1901–1970)
Strand for four years. He was a leading member of The Stage Golfing Society. In 1949, he starred in Young Wives' Tale, at the Savoy Theatre. From November
Naunton_Wayne
British singer-songwriter, musician and actor (1952–1985)
(1972–1977), worked with Casino Steel (1981–1984), and played the part of Wayne (a.k.a. London) in the UK television comedy Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–1985). Holton
Gary_Holton
American singer (born 1956)
Records) 2005: The Modern Sounds of the Knitters (Zoë Records) 1989: Old Wives' Tales (Rhino Records) 1990: Running Sacred (RNA (Rhino New Artists)) 1994:
Exene_Cervenka
Season of television series
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 as well as
MythBusters_(2003_season)
English actor (born 1944)
anniversary of Doctor Who. In 2023, he reprised his role as Jamie in the series Tales of the TARDIS. After his tenure as Jamie in Doctor Who, Hines appeared in
Frazer_Hines
Scientific study of cuisine
Society. Hervé This started collecting "culinary precisions" (old kitchen wives' tales and cooking tricks) the 24th of March 1980, and started testing these
Molecular_gastronomy
British actor and singer
Prestige by Christopher Priest, Mother's Milk by Edward St Aubyn and Young Wives' Tales by Adele Parks. Kenny has also recorded the Audiobook version of "The
Peter_Kenny
Relationship between language and human evolution
doi:10.1002/evan.1360010306. S2CID 221736130. Power, Camilla (1998). "Old wives' tales: the gossip hypothesis and the reliability of cheap signals". In Hurford
Origin_of_language
Novel series by Arnold Bennett, 1910–1918
spoiled by having too easy a life (a theme that Bennett had previously explored with other characters in The Old Wives' Tale). The Oxford Companion to
The_Clayhanger_Family
Class of rakshasas in Hindu mythology
Brahmarakshasas were a regular feature in old Indian stories like Simhasana Dvatrimsika, PanchatantraPanchatantra and other old wives tales. As per these stories
Brahmarakshasa
Common-law wife of Wyatt Earp (1861–1944)
Retrieved 11 January 2011. Dunlap, LucyAnn (28 September 2005). "Three Wives' Tale: Wyatt Earp". U.S. 1 Princeton. Archived from the original on 13 September
Josephine_Earp
Creation of exclusive, custom-fitted clothing
recorded use in English was in 1908, in the Arnold Bennett novel The Old Wives' Tale. The term haute couture is protected by French law and defined by the
Haute_couture
Canadian author (born 1958)
(2017) – A dark figure appears in Three Pines and leads Gamache to an old wives' tale and murder. Kingdom of the Blind (2018) – Gamache, Myrna and a young
Louise_Penny
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