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Old wives' tale

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Old wives' tale

Summary

Old wives' tale ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (172 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Old wives' tale's GND ID is recorded as 4477883-1[2].
  • Old wives' tale's subclass of is recorded as common misconception[3].
  • Old wives' tale's subclass of is recorded as verbal folklore[4].
  • Old wives' tale's part of is recorded as folklore[5].
  • Old wives' tale's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01ljhh[6].
  • Old wives' tale's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121p7b49[7].
  • Old wives' tale's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as old-wives-tales[8].
  • Old wives' tale's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Narration[9].
  • Old wives' tale's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776135278[10].

Why It Matters

Old wives' tale ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (172 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11]

Related Entities

folklore

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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