Life seems to keep just moving so fast! Holidays,Birthdays, Anniversarys,
vacations, seasons changing. It does seem to go so much faster as you get older.. But they do say that does happen dont they.. Old wise tales...
or is it wives tales???
History proves that the most important way of passing information or learned wisdom from one generation to the next was in the form of stories. In most civilizations this job was given to the woman of the group. The more aged the woman the more status she received for the accumulation of wisdom she possessed to be shared with the younger members of the group. It was easier to remember and easier for the listener to believe if the lesson was offered in the form of a story,fable, or tale with the lesson being the logical outcome . Hence the term " Old wives's Tale" though now it's meaning is; a story of questionable truth.
Here is a good example:
'They that wash on Monday, have the whole week to dry.
They that wash on Tuesday, are not so much awry.
They that wash on Wednesday, will get their clothes so clean.
They that wash on Thursday, are not so much to mean.
They that wash on Friday, wash for their need.
But they that wash on Saturdays are dirty folks indeed.'
