Old Wives Tales
Below are our 8 articles in the 'old wives tales' category:
Spots can be a devastating development for a teenager; right when a person is about as vulnerable as they will ever be, with the worst self image, is right about when they will fight the worst acne ...
“Don’t shave there- the hair will only grow back faster, darker, and thicker!” Such is the wives tale about the effects of cutting hair. Does cutting hair have any affect on the hair’s future ...
Birds have long thought to be associated with otherworldly powers- not other planetary, but other worldly, as in the spirit world. Their ability to fly far and high in ages gone by gave them a ...
The King of Munster was a hero- at least to one old woman. The story goes he rescued her from drowning in a raging river, and in return the woman cast a spell to give him a gift of speech so powerful ...
Playing out in the cold without a coat on seems to rank right up there with stealing and smart mouthing when it comes to affronts against mothers, and many a child has been brought up short when ...
Yet another wives tale that plagued many a mother and child is that surrounding the fear of not getting a tetanus vaccine would lead inevitably to a child getting tetanus from stepping on a rusty ...
Finding a tick lodged in your epidermis happily feeding on your life’s blood can be a scary moment. Just the fact that an insect is drinking your blood is bad enough, but the little disease factory ...
Summer time at the beach, lake or swimming pool is a magical time for children, but come lunch time a certain anxiety starts to set in. All the swimming surely builds up an appetite, but every kind ...
