Old wives' tales may refer to:
- Old wives' tales, sayings of popular wisdom (usually incorrect) passed down from generation to generation.
- Old Wives Tales, an EP by Joy Electric.
Famous quotes containing the words wives and/or tales:
““Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived.” It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.”
—F.H. (Francis Herbert)
“Are you there, Africa with the bulging chest and oblong thigh? Sulking Africa, wrought of iron, in the fire, Africa of the millions of royal slaves, deported Africa, drifting continent, are you there? Slowly you vanish, you withdraw into the past, into the tales of castaways, colonial museums, the works of scholars.”
—Jean Genet (1910–1986)