1 Timothy 4:7

Octavius of Minucius Felix "And, not content with this wild opinion, they add to it and associate with it old women's fables:[31]

Arnobius Against the Heathen Book V

eing uncovered, be dispersed in the bosom of the earth, did she indeed wash and anoint them with fragrant gums before wrapping and covering them with his dress? For whence could the violet's sweet scent have come had not the addition of those ointments modified the putrefying smell of the member? Pray, when you read such tales, do you not seem to yourselves to hear either girls at the loom wiling away their tedious working hours, or old women seeking diversions for credulous children,[92]