Old Wives Tales

Region:

West Midlands

Notice Period:

Short (maybe less than one month's notice)

Type:

Professional

Fee:

Paid: £75 including expenses (negotiable)

Category:

History

Updated:

21^st January 2017

Tagged:

Folklore | History | Humour

Old Wives Tales - I can't tell you who the old wife was or why she had so many strange ideas, but I can tell you a whole host of ideas which until quite recently were considered all part of life's lessons. There are also those which, with the best will in the world, will dumbfound as to why anyone would ever find these 'truths' credible.

A freelance journalist and author, with 80 books, many articles, is a ghostwriter, innumerable crosswords and puzzles published, whilst also compiling and marketing quizzes. These books have mostly been on the subject of the origins of place-names and as part of the publicity Anthony has been interviewed several times on the radio and privileged to be the guest speaker at more than four hundred events. Fascinated by the development of language and etymology, based in Tamworth Staffordshire and chairman of both Tamworth Literary Festival and Tamworth History Group.

Happy to travel and available at short notice.

Other Talks on SpeakerNet by Anthony Poulton-Smith

• Origins of Place Names
• Not the Normal Paranormal
• When Nature Called
• Origins of Pub Names
• Animal Myths
• Humorous Etymologies
• The Saxon Era
• Talking Butts
• Salt Routes
• Watling Street
• The Fastener Industry
• Ancient Ley Lines
• Our Lost Lines
• Know What You're Eating
• An Odd Shopping Basket
• Crime on Canals
• The Daft of Fire
• The Daft of Time
• Gunpowder Plot
• Classic Toys
• Measurements
• Pots and Pans
• Laboratory Literature
• Street Names
• Forgotten Holidays
• Stupid Moments in History
• Wonderful Words
• Tales of Ales
• A Tale of Attire
• An Author's Errors
• Old English to Modern English
• Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
• Colloquialisms