All “old wives’ tales” originated from a group of women calling themselves “The Old Wives’ Club,” not to be confused with the movie The First Wives Clubstarring Diane Keaton, Bette Midler, and Goldie Hawn (though very similar).  The Old Wives’ Club, consisting of Betsy Ross, Martha Washington, and Nancy Reagan, would meet every Saturday evening at an abandoned apartment in Harlem, and would fabricate insidious lies directed at children in order to make them behave.  They were truly American Heroes.