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Old 02-08-2011, 21:34   #13
Margaret Pilkington
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Re: Old wives' tales.

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Originally Posted by garinda View Post
Rubbing a dock leaf on a nettle sting, eases the pain.

Eating fish makes you brainy.

Never swim until an hour has passed since you last ate.

Starve a cold, feed a fever.
Surely the old wives tale is 'Feed a cold and starve a fever' or at least that is what my old gran used to tell me.....and she was definitely an old wife(well widow actually)
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