Wives really could gab if the number of old wives' tales is anything to go off of. Old wives' tales are superstitious sayings and beliefs that people of the past used in lieu of research-based facts.

FROM 'starving colds' to chicken soup, we've all heard the odd old wives' tale for treating flu and winter bugs. As outlandish as some of them are - like shoving onions into your socks - there can ...

Sleep-deprived Janey needs a hero to slay the monster in the fairy tales she whispers to her daughter ... Along the way, Sally, Ruth, Samira and Janey rediscover old joys and embark on new ...

Do you avoid ladders, pavement cracks and black cats? Or are you far too rational to believe in old wives' tales? Whatever your stance on superstitions, their origins are fascinating – so in ...