Crossword clues for old wives' tales
old wives' tales
Wiktionary
n. (old wives' tale English)
Usage examples of "old wives' tales".
The vague old beliefs clung among the country folk and became old wives' tales, while the Church, recognizing their pagan origins, strove against them.
Because behind it there are things no-one can just laugh off as old wives' tales: you're a thrall who got to be a king, I saw it myself.
Such curses were never given lightly, and old wives' tales warned that they were the most potent form of magic.
Whiles she would tell me old wives' tales, of which she had a wonderful variety, many of them from my friend red-headed Niel.
He'd never heard that music before, and an hour earlier he would have laughed at those who stayed within doors at night for fear of some old wives' tales.
A headful of weather-lore, crop-lore, beast-lore, and similar old wives' tales, worthwhile if he'd ever intended to set up as an herbwife.