folk wisdom
Example Sentences
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We ate meals together, she shared her folk wisdom and we talked about our feelings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
"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
As a man in my 40s, I had sort of believed the folk wisdom that metabolism slowed as we aged.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 13, 2022
He was full of the folk wisdom of his people.
From The Common Man by Schelling, George Luther
