Author: Arnold BennettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Old Wives' Tale
Author: Arnold BennettOld 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?
The Old Wives Tale, 1595
Author: George PeelePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
The 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: 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
Old Wives' Tales and Other Women's Stories
Author: Tania ModleskiPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814755941
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Alerting readers to a body of recent work that has gone under-examined, Tania Modleski redraws in Old Wives' Tales the perimeter of popular culture. A critical analysis of films such as The Ballad of Little Jo, The Piano and Dogfight, Old Wives' Tales also takes up performance, autobiographical experience, and contemporary social issues to illustrate how women's genres mediate between us and reality. Modelski examines the changes occurring in traditional women's genres, such as romances and melodrama, and explores the phenomenon of female authors and performers who "cross-dress"--women, that is, who are moving into male genres and staking out territory declared off-limits by men and by many feminists.
What to Believe When You're Expecting
Author: Jonathan SchaffirPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538102080
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Pregnant women encounter advice from many directions about how to have a healthy pregnancy – not only from health care providers, but from relatives, friends, and the Internet. Some of these pieces of advice (on topics that range from inducing labor to telling the baby’s gender to improving breastfeeding) have been handed down from woman to woman for generations, and don’t appear in any medical textbooks. Dr. Jonathan Schaffir explores the origins of these old wives’ tales, and examines the medical evidence that proves which ones may be useful and which ones are just entertaining. On topics ranging from getting pregnant to the best way to recover from childbirth, the book settles the questions of what a woman should believe when she hears such advice.
The Little Book of Old Wives' Tales
Author: Sarah KlainPublisher:
ISBN: 9789798201394
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Old Wives Tales
Author: Electa Kane TritschPublisher:
ISBN: 9781403343161
Category : Chapman family
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When Dr. Nora Tunney accepts a job directing an archeological survey, she has no idea it will change her life. But the stray documents she collects bring her close to three of the "old wives" who built Mill Farm.
Boy Or Girl
Author: Shelly LavignePublisher: Dell
ISBN: 9780440504597
Category : Pregnancy
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Want to know the sex of your unborn child? Now 50 of the wisest old wives' tales are brought together in one adorable book for parents-to-be who are intrigued with predicting their baby's gender. Includes games to play at a baby shower, a gift plate that can be personalized by the giver, and the Chinese Conception Chart.