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The Truth About Old Wives’ Tales

We asked readers if they had old wives' tales that they wanted our Research Department to investigate. Here is a selection of the tales you sent in, along with the results of the work done by our researcher, Craig Segal.

A lot of us depend on old wives' tales to help when we're sick, but what if the sayings are wrong?

Tags: pregnancy | old wives tales | eyes | colds

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