[DOC] [TLE] Superstitions - Myths - Legends - Folklore - Omens - Lucks - Sayings [PAR] May 27, 2012 ... A popular belief or story that has become associated with a person, ... As you can 
see believing in such things can cause all kinds of trouble and even danger, so 
why do people believe? ..... There is a similar old wives tale that says you 
shouldn't step on a grave ..... Short, thick fingers = intemperate and silly. [DOC] [TLE] Error and Superstition in Biology - JStor [PAR] In Edgar Allen Poe's story "The Thousand and Second Tale," .... Belief in the 
stories of the middle ages has not entirely died out, ... popularly called "horse-hair 
snakes," of the group Nematomorpha, ... kinds and also those of the most 
poisonous species. .... Ignorant people the world over use charms and silly 
treatments to. [DOC] [TLE] 13 Common (But Silly) Superstitions - Live Science [PAR] Jan 13, 2012 ... Superstitions are surprisingly widespread, including a fear of Friday ... Or, like 
many superstitions, a belief in beginner's luck might arise because of 
confirmation bias. ... The story goes that two people used to cross index fingers 
when ... her house collapsed, to the tale of a British prince who accepted two... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "Hausa superstitions and customs: an introduction to the ... [PAR] In Volume II of this series (the Hausa text of the stories contained in this book, ..... 
as being nothing but " a collection of silly stories," a kind of "serious foolishness"; 
.... when called upon to say who Miss Meadows was : " She wuz in de tale, Miss 
.... Prob- ably all these superstitions have the same origin, namely, the belief in... [DOC] [TLE] Superstition - Wikipedia [PAR] Superstition is the belief in supernatural causalitythat one event causes 
another without any natural process linking the two eventssuch as astrology 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Crazy Superstitious beliefs that work?! (2) - HubPages [PAR] Apr 27, 2012 ... Find out why Africa is the land of superstitious beliefs with some of ... of story i.e. 
with that type of incredible(?) tales this time once again. ... From the mild and 
funny to the bizarre and to the utterly confounding, I found some more of them. .... 
are popularly called mammy water in the everyday Nigerian diction. [DOC] [TLE] Is Buddhism Bewitched With Superstition? - Alan Peto [PAR] Sep 12, 2013 ... Is Buddhism truly superstitious and do they believe in the supernatural? ... 
Like all major religions, beliefs and traditions of society often creep into the .... 
teachingsabout what happens after you die (popularly referred to with ..... OK, 
this went on for more than a summary ;) Here is a related article by... [DOC] [TLE] The Vanishing Hitchhiker [PAR] stories, legends, rhymes, proverbs, language, and naming. Material ... Beliefs are 
expressions of what we believe to be true and real: crossing one's ... Motion is 
physical activity involved in a tradition, such as funny faces, noises with ... some 
of these tales ..... popularly called folk music is often the creation of an individual. [DOC] [TLE] Are You Sure? - Radiolab [PAR] Stories about walking the tightrope between doubt and certainty. [DOC] [TLE] The Folk-Stories of Iceland - Viking Society Web Publications [PAR] X: Remnants of folk belief in folk-legends and wonder-tales .................... 56. XI: 
The ..... easy to locate the writings referred to, and such inconsistencies as ..... 
son and superstition, from the old and the new; here all kinds of story exist side 
by side, ... over, the names popularly given to these art-forms are very muddled, 
and the... [DOC] [TLE] 10 Old Wives' Tales That Will Freak You Out - Listverse [PAR] Jun 14, 2014 ... These are just two examples of old wives' tales or superstitions that millions of 
people ... The story of Pinky Pinky is an urban legend and old wives' tale rolled 
into one. ... It was once popularly believed that if a person died and their eyes

Question: A silly story or superstitious belief is popularly referred to as this type of tale
Answer: Old Wives Tale