Old Wive's Tales- superstitions about everything...
What should bring you misfortune or luck?
Superstitions, old wive's tales, are giving us easy solutions for getting lucky, to prevent bad luck, help in love, or health problems. Should we believe in superstitions? Mass media teaches us, that while some superstitions are having a true part, most of them did prove themselves nothing but fantasy, result of ignorance. Some of them is found dangerous. But judge yourself. updated:Sunday 22 April 2012. Photo credit:LeneBlogg

Old Wives Tales
When Did Old Wives Start Telling Tales?
I never really knew my grandmothers well enough and did not spend very much time around them; so all the family remedies, superstitions and tales came from my mother. But she always made it clear that she didn't make these things up; her mother had told her and they had been around for years before. Many of these "tales" did seem to either work or seem to be true; so I in turn passed on some of them to my children. I always let them know that "Grandma" had told me so. Many of these tales hav...

Which Old Wives Tales, Myths & Hoaxes Are Fact or Fiction?
Do You Believe Everything You Hear or Read?
Most of us have heard several old wives tales throughout our lives. Some have been around for so long, they are often believed. It is funny how some of them from childhood still stick in our minds even knowing they are not true as an adult. My brother used to tell me that if I swallowed a seed from a fruit, that fruit tree would grow in my belly. I am still cautious about swallowing seeds. Ive almost forgotten what watermelon tastes like!   I have added a variety of common tales and myths (al...