Sentences with phrase «from old wives tales»

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A simple I'm sorry for my part in the sordid tale can wrap this up, otherwise I have more stories... how about the one where the Edina police chaplain throws his wife across the room tearing her shoulder and her 7 year old helps her up and moves the furniture from off of her?

Julie McMahon September 16, 2014 at 8:39 pm -LSB-...] A simple I'm sorry for my part in the sordid tale can wrap this up, otherwise I have more stories... how about the one where the Edina police chaplain throws his wife across the room tearing her shoulder and her 7 year old helps her up and moves the furniture from off of her?

(I might say «Bless you» after someone sneezes, but that is something I learned from my wife... which I heard goes back to some old wive's tale about losing part of your brain when you sneeze...)

This may be an old wives tale (from an old wife!)

The moment you start showing, will hear every cliche and old wives» tale from your friends, parents, in - laws, co-workers, and every other human being you interact with.

If you're past the 37 - week mark and would like to help encourage baby to make his appearance sooner rather than later, certain activities might help (aside from perhaps the old wives tales of eating spicy foods and pineapple).

I'm not as ruffled by the tawdry tales of farm animals or one I heard from a 55 - year - old wife about screwing a perfectly sculpted landscaper while her doctor husband was lecturing on vein surgery in another country.

These old wives» tales give parents some really useful tools to work into bedtime routines — everything from reading a book in a soft voice to hypnotizing your tot with a tissue.

About the rest of NCEF's vaunted «Islamization» claim is based on old wives» tales, arising from power struggles and sundry tensions that come with the power territory.

Find out if your favorite old wives» tale about the common cold, from «feed a cold, starve a fever» to «eat chicken soup,» actually has a grain of truth.

I recommend starting by sorting out the old wives» tales from actual wisdom.

However, one of the «old wives» tales» on stopping your dog from eating their own feces is to feed them pineapple with the thought that it makes their feces unpalatable.

The old wives» tale about female cats being safe from pregnancy as long as they are still nursing kittens is simply not true.

Well that is the old wives tale that is been spread for 100 years and nothing could be further from the truth.

The warmth of a crib, with baby in residence or not, is attractive to cats and though they usually stay away from a baby's face (contrary to old wives» tales, most cats dislike the smell of human breath).

He starts by fixing the broken: «Before the internet could assume its fundamental duties of myth - busting and old - wives - tale - wrastlin», there was a rumor going around that Nintendo meant to call the gorilla from landmark game Donkey Kong «Monkey Kong,» but the «M» got changed into a «D» along the way.»

Only taking the third offer from the insurers is an «old wife's tale».

My family is from Ecuador and there is an old wives tale about having three elephants in your home - all with their butts facing the door.