old wives tales

[kopend]

anyone got any good / unusual / interesting old wives tales?

p.s it doesn't matter if they are true or not

[Diamondson]

When sorrow sleeps wake it not. Scots. Meaning: Don't keep thinking of past sorrows.

A wolf may loose his teeth but ne're his nature. Scots. Meaning: Beware, some people never change.

Generous folks are happy yins. Scots. Meaning: Helpful people are happy people.

[bwfcolinh58]

don"t eat yellow snow

[kopend]

houdini taught his dog to escape from mini handcuffs (true)

[joko]

...er... these are not old wives tales!

they are proverbs, strange facts and jokes!

an old wives tale is something like 'you can tell the sex of the baby by eating a frog' or some such nonsense, or putting mustard on your face helps with gout..

though occasionally some of them turn out to be true