Old wives' tales, sayings of popular wisdom (usually incorrect) passed down from generation to generation.
A Tale of Two Cities | The Merry Wives of Windsor | The Six Wives of Henry VIII | Army Wives | The Six Wives of Henry VIII (TV series) | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | The Winter's Tale | A Tale of Two Cities (musical) | A Knight's Tale | The Stepford Wives | The Handmaid's Tale | Footballers' Wives | The Tale of Tsar Saltan | Orchestra Wives | The Tell-Tale Heart | The Stepford Wives (1975 film) | Sister Wives | Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love | Hollywood Wives | Footballers' Wives: Extra Time | A Twist in the Tale (TV series) | A Tale of Two Sisters | A Knight's Tale (film) | The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby | The Tale of Genji | The School for Wives | The Bard's Tale (1985 video game) | Mob Wives | Husbands, Wives & Lovers | Husbands and Wives |
Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale is a 2007 young adult novel written by Donna Jo Napoli.
Melkorka is featured in the 2007 young adult novel Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale by author Donna Jo Napoli.
One commentator has likened Squirrel Nutkin's impertinent behaviour to that of the rebellious working-class of Potter's own day, and another commentator has noted the tale's similarities to pourquoi tales and folk tales in its explanations of Squirrel Nutkin's short tail and characteristics of squirrel behaviour.
Sacrapant is a wizard in George Peele's play The Old Wives' Tale (published 1595).