folk wisdom
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"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
Some of these are more grounded in folk wisdom than others — say, zodiac sign versus Myers-Briggs type — while others are purported to based in psychology, such as enneagram type or love language.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2022
It is a product of moral poetry rather than of folk wisdom.
From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Abrahams, Israel
