The Old Wives Tales

Author : Arnold Bennett
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4057664121271

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The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett Pdf

The Old Wives Tale deals with the lives of two very different sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines, following their stories from their youth, working in their mother's draper's shop, through the period of separation and quite different lives, into old age. It covers a period of about 70 years from roughly 1840 to 1905, and is set in Paris and Burslem, a town in the Potteries district of North Staffordshire.

Author : Mary Chamberlain
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780752486796

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Old Wives' Tales by Mary Chamberlain Pdf

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?

Author : Peter H. Engel,Merrit Malloy
Publisher : St Martins Press
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0312098898

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Old Wives' Tales by Peter H. Engel,Merrit Malloy Pdf

Assesses the truth and falsehood of one hundred examples of conventional wisdom

Author : Angela Carter
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Fairy tales
ISBN : UCSC:32106013576647

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The Old Wives' Fairy Tale Book by Angela Carter Pdf

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.

Author : Thomas J. Craughwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 1435107551

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Old Wives' Tales by Thomas J. Craughwell Pdf

Author : George Peele
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1021794120

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The Old Wives' Tale; a Play by George Peele Pdf

Author : Sarah Klain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9798201396

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The Little Book of Old Wives' Tales by Sarah Klain Pdf

Author : Thomas J. Craughwell
Publisher : Broadway
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : American wit and humor
ISBN : 0767921887

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Do Blue Bedsheets Bring Babies? by Thomas J. Craughwell Pdf

Identifies which sayings, superstitions, and assertions to follow and which to avoid to better protect our lives. Drawn upon the latest research from a range of fields to reveal the facts and fallacies behind old wives' tales.

Author : John Shapcott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0953720276

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The old wives' tale by John Shapcott Pdf

Author : Arnold Bennett
Publisher : Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
Page : 751 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783986474362

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The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett Pdf

The Old Wives' Tale Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale is a novel by English author Arnold Bennett, first published in 1908. Inspired by an old lady that Bennett saw in a cafe, and wondering how her life had been when she was younger, The Old Wives' Tale is the story of the Baines sisters, shy, retiring Constance, and defiant, romantic Sophia. The novel traces their lives from childhood in their father's drapery shop in Bursley, England, through their married lives, to the modern industrial age, when they are reunited as old women. The setting moves from the Five Towns of the Staffordshire Potteries to exotic and cosmopolitan Paris.

Author : Enoch Arnold Bennett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1128342248

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The Old Wives' Tale. A Novel of Life by Enoch Arnold Bennett Pdf

Author : Arnold Bennett
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 970 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368340988

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The Old Wives' Tale; A Novel by Arnold Bennett Pdf

Reproduction of the original.

Author : Sheila Kitzinger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:995101974

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The Complete Book of Pregnancy & Childbirth by Sheila Kitzinger Pdf

Author : Enoch Arnold Bennett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:717690686

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The Old Wives' Tale by Enoch Arnold Bennett Pdf

Author : Arnold Bennett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 669 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:490455077

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The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett Pdf