Posts Tagged ‘old wives tales’

Somebody here posted something re. your own weight at birth being suggestive of what your own baby will weigh. Any truth to that?

If your mother had an easy or hard time with her pregnanc(y/ies), is it suggestive of any ease or difficulty for you?

Does the father’s family history of birth have any influence on what’s likely to happen to you?

Etc, etc.

Am curious about both old wives’ tales and actual fact…

I grew up in the deep south where many old wives tales are still being used and I have questions about some

When I was young every month my mother would make us(my sister and i) drink a small cup of pure squeezed lemon juice.

My great grandmother would boil down some type of tree bark to make a fever go away.

My family believed that if you got too sick during winter that you should be thrown into the cold river for a few seconds to make you well.

caster oil a few times a year, that one sucked.

sassafras tea and honey.

potato on a stye in the eye.

do any of these have any real health benefits?

do you have any wives tales that your family practiced?

I don’t care about theory, speculation, old wives’ tales, or trends. Is there any empirical data that shows the health benefits of organic food?