an old wives' tale

a piece of advice or an idea which a lot of people believed in the past but which we now know is wrong It's an old wives' tale that drinking alcohol before you go to bed helps you sleep.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Veronica	[və'rɔnikə]
Ghada	-	Arabic
Gaja (2)	GIE-ah	Esperanto
Gay	GAY	English
Idida	-	Biblical Latin
Iria	-	Portuguese, Galician