Author: Arnold BennettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Old Wives' Tale
Author: Arnold BennettThe Old Wives' Fairy Tale Book
Author: Angela CarterPublisher: Pantheon
ISBN:
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Fairy tales, folk tales, stories from the oral tradition, are all of them the most vital connection we have with the imaginations of the ordinary men and women whose labour created our world." -- From the Introduction There was a time when fairy tales weren't meant just for children -- they were part of an oral folklore tradition passed down through generations. This volume of sixty enchanting and enduring tales, collected by master storyteller Angela Carter, revives the industry, eccentricity, spirit, and worldly wisdom of women in preindustrial times. Drawn from narrative traditions all around the world -- from ancient Swahili legends to Appalachian tall tales to European spirit stories and more -- these tales together comprise a unique feminine mythology. Angela Carter (1940-1992) was widely known for her novels, short stories, and journalism. Her many books include The Magic Toy Shop, The Sadeian Woman, Nights at the Circus, Fireworks, and Saints and Strangers.
Old Wives' Tales
Author: Mary ChamberlainPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752486799
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
From goddesses and witches to modern-day doctors—an entertaining history of women healers featuring an A–Z of remedies The woman healer is as old as history—for millennia she has been doctor, nurse, and midwife, and even in the age of modern medicine her wisdom is handed down in the form of old wives' tales. Using extensive research into archives and original texts, and numerous conversations with women in city and countryside, Mary Chamberlain presents a stimulating challenge to the history of orthodox medicine and an illuminating survey of female wisdom which goes back to the earliest times.What are old wives’ tales? Where do they come from? Do they really work? These questions, and many more, are answered in this fascinating compendium of remedies and cures handed down from mother to daughter from the beginning of time. We may all know that stewed prunes are a cure for constipation, but how many of us were aware that a poultice of chicken manure is a remedy for baldness? Or that eel liver will aid a difficult labor?
Old Wives' Tales
Author: Peter H. EngelPublisher: St Martins Press
ISBN: 9780312098896
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Assesses the truth and falsehood of one hundred examples of conventional wisdom
The Old Wives' Tale; a Play
Author: George PeelePublisher:
ISBN: 9781021794123
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Old Wives' Tales
Author: Iris AndreskiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ibibio (African people).
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
A delightful little book about the daily life and thought of Ibibio women of southeastern Nigeria. Andreski has gathered stories and biographies from more than two dozen elderly women, has tried to put them in ethnological perspective and shows the differential impact of rapid social changes.
The Old Wives Tale, 1595
Author: George PeelePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The Virago Book of Fairy Tales
Author: Angela CarterPublisher:
ISBN: 9781853814402
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
These two collections of little-known stories from Europe, the Arctic, the USA, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, contain tales of alluring women, ailing warriors, enchantresses and seekers of revenge. The heroines are always centre stage, as large as life, or even larger.
Old Wives' Tales
Author: Thomas J. CraughwellPublisher:
ISBN: 9781740456449
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
This is a quirky yet thoroughly researched and informative look at the facts and fallacies behind myths, rumours and remedies. Entries comprise a description of the old wives tale (for example, chicken soup is great for treating colds and flu); whether it is fact or fiction (100% true in the case of chicken soup); and an in-depth examination of the evidence, both folkloric and scientific (university studies have shown that chicken soup contains the amino acid cysteine, which relieves flu symptoms).
Author: George Peele