The art of characterization by Arnold Bennett in The old wive's tales?

1) Bells provide protection from demons as they are scared of the loud noise. 2) Bringing a banana on a fishing trip will scare the fish away.3) If your right ear itches, someone is saying something...

Old wives tales are falsities that, over time, get generally accepted as a fact. An example of one would be that frogs give you warts.

They are true and not true because in wikipedia it says that some old wives tales are false and some are true

Arnold Bennett died on March 27, 1931 at the age of 63.

It probably wasn't the original source, but it is found in the New Testament of the Bible in 1 Timothy 4:7.