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One thing my mother taught me (My mother’s best advice: learn to raise one eyebrow at the world, 11 March) is that barley wine is much stronger than you think. The other thing she taught never leaves me: I will not buy clothes without crunching up the fabric to see if it creases. Should you browse a rack and wonder why a garment has a small crumpled area, you will know that I have been there before you.
Anne Cowper
Swansea

• My mum told me “Don’t cut your toenails on a Friday”, “don’t wash your hair when you’re having your period” and “you don’t need as much washing powder as it says on the box”. I’d recommend that last one to all readers.
Ruth Guthrie
Cockermouth, Cumbria

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