Old Wives' Tales / by Sue Castle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Castle, Sue.

Contributor:

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Globe digest series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Traditional medicine--United States--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.

Traditional medicine.

United States.

Genre:

Prescriptions, formulae, receipts, etc.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (donor)

Physical Description:

97, [1] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.

Other Title:

Truth about--old wives' tales

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Globe Communications Corp., 1999.

Contents:

Introduction

Don't Cross Your Eyes & Other Things You Shouldn't Do

Feed a Cold, Starve a Fever & Other Miracle Cures

If You're Carrying High, It's a Boy & Other Expectations

If a Newborn Smiles, It's Only Gas & Other Parenting Proverbs

Don't Store Food in Open Cans & Other Advice to Chew On

You Can't Get Too Much Sleep & Other Waking Thoughts

If a Dog's Nose is Hot and Dry, It Means He's Sick & Other Clues to the Secret Lives of Pets

The Full Moon Makes People Crazy & Other Weather Reports

No Pain, No Gain & Other Rumors of the Workout Room.

Notes:

Publisher's advertisement: [1] page at end.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.

OCLC:

62267811