Ann Bradley dispels the old wives' tales and gives the medical facts.

安·布拉德利反对迷信，并给出了医学上的证据。

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Mirmirani can't confirm the old wives' tales that tell you if you yank one gray hair, five more will sprout up.

马诺·莫尼医生不能确认老妇人讲的如果你拔一根白发，五根将会长出来的传言。

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The old wives' tale that a woman loses one tooth for every child she delivers may, in fact, contain a grain of truth.

女人每生一个孩子就掉一颗牙这种无稽之谈事实上可能包含一点点真理。

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But the 68-year-old Mr.Zuma, who has three wives, has come under criticism for his personal lifestyle.

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So I began a quest to investigate the truth behind the old wives' tales, alarming newspaper headlines and government guidelines, and to probe deeper into the inner world of the developing child.

BBC: Pregnancy advice 'scaremongering'

Some of the exhibits might be called "Remedies and Old Wives Tales, " if you believe that a child who sucks duck breath will cure a throat ailment.

CNN: Mice on toast; eye-of-the-needle art

On December 8th he proposed a new allowance for spouses (usually wives) looking after dependants (children, the old and handicapped).

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