Old Wives' Tales

"If you swallow chewing gum, it will stay in your body for years and never come out!"

Everyone has heard a few bits of wisdom from others before that seem more superstitious than sound; it's a part of human nature to learn and pass along knowledge from one generation to the next. These tales and traditions are spread from person to person, rather than from a book or school education. This kind of knowledge is referred to as generational knowledge, as it is often spread from parents to children, or grandparents to grandchildren, etc. Encyclopedia Britannica de