2007-02-18 05:28:45 · 12 answers · asked by LeRoy 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Gives them something to talk about when the whole fan damily is sitting around on the porch on a hot summer night and Ole Uncle Jake is a pickin' and a grinnin' on the ole banjo! (I guess. I do have some hill billy ancestors!)
2007-02-18 08:12:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They're old wives tales because they are false!
Some examples:
-You can't go swimming until half an hour after you eat
-If you cross your eyes too much they'll stay that way
They're basically white lies that mothers or wives would tell to get their child/husband to do what they want.
2007-02-18 13:32:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most old wives tales were based on superstitions and many are untrue. It was just a way to explain things they did not understand.
2007-02-18 13:32:01 · answer #3 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are old wives tales because they are fables. In other words, women are liars.
2007-02-18 13:31:34 · answer #4 · answered by Enterrador 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A tale is a tale is a tale. Not necessarily true.
2007-02-18 13:31:29 · answer #5 · answered by MikeDot3s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they are old wives tales because they are TALES
2007-02-18 13:30:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they are untrue bits of superstion kept alive because they are still told by "old wives"
2007-02-18 13:31:12 · answer #7 · answered by DonSoze 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tales...folk lore superstitions...
Keeps the water changing in the beans...
they are fun...just fun !!
2007-02-18 13:33:25 · answer #8 · answered by yahoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's weird you ask that because this man at work told me his mother wouldn't let her purse sit on the floor because that meant she'd be broke. I started putting mine up on my desk! LoL!
2007-02-18 13:31:46 · answer #9 · answered by K-E-G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they are mostly true... as it starts from something that has happened.
2007-02-18 13:31:52 · answer #10 · answered by Golden Smile 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋