There was an old woman and she lived in a shoe, She had so many children, she didn't know what to do.... She crumm'd 'em some porridge without any bread And she borrowed a beetle, and she knocked 'em all on the head. Then out went the old woman to bespeak 'em a coffin And when she came back she found' em all a-loffing.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When an old Woman begins to doat [sic], and grow chargeable to a Parish, she is generally turned into a Witch, and fills the whole... Country with extravagant Fancies, imaginary Distempers, and terrifying Dreams. In the mean time, the poor Wretch that is the innocent Occasion of so many Evils begins to be frighted at her self, and sometimes confesses secret Commerces and Familiarities that her Imagination forms in a delirious old Age.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Despite compelling evidence that she will be working at 35, by choice or necessity, today's 21-year-old woman has difficulty looki...ng beyond the ceremonies of her marriage and her babies' christenings.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There are three classes into which all the women past seventy that ever I knew were to be divided: 1. That dear old soul; 2. That ...old woman; 3. That old witch.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Arrogance rides triumphantly through the gates, barely glancing at the old woman about to cut the rope and spring shut the trap.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
...we avoid hospitals because ... they'll kill you there. They overtreat you. And when they see how old you are, and that you stil...l have a mind, they treat you like a curiosity: like "Exhibit A" and "Exhibit B." Like, "Hey. nurse, come on over here and looky-here at this old woman, she's in such good shape...." . Most of the time they don't even treat you like a person, just an object.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"... I'll talk to you, old woman, afterward. I've got some news that maybe isn't news.... What are they trying to do to me, these two?"LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Every old woman with a wrinkled face, a furr'd brow, a hairy lip, a gobber tooth, a squint eye, a squeaking voice, or a scolding t...ongue ... a dog or cat by her side, is not only suspected but pronounced for a witch.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »