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an old wives' tale (W3)
Was in dt. "Ammenmärchen" genannt wird, wird bereits seit dem 14. Jh. engl. "an old wives' tale" genannt.
(E?)(L?) http://www.business-english.de/daily_mail_result.html?day=2009-07-31
He arranged his pieces to spell out many words; but he could never find the way to make the one word he was so eager to form. The word was “Eternity.” The Snow Queen had said to him, “If you can puzzle that out you shall be your own master, and I’ll give you the whole world and a new pair of skates.”
Hans Christian Andersen. The Snow Queen
2008 June 12: Phoenix and the Snow Queen
"snow queen": Gay name for a black or Latino gay man attracted to white men.
Quercifolia: Snow Queen