folk wisdom
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Of course, like most truisms and folk wisdom, that is not entirely true in practice.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2024
"This folk wisdom is fully applicable to modern relations between our countries."
From Reuters • Sep. 13, 2023
This bit of folk wisdom is meant to warn people about poison ivy, a noxious vine in the genus Toxicodendron found throughout much of North America.
From National Geographic • Apr. 18, 2023
In the absence of solid evidence, a kind of folk wisdom has developed, cheered on and cultivated by charismatic hucksters selling metabolic boosters and other snake oil.
From Scientific American • Dec. 13, 2022
It is a product of moral poetry rather than of folk wisdom.
From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Abrahams, Israel
