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Book Review of Wise Words and Wives' Tales: The Origins, Meanings, and Time-Honored Wisdom of Proverbs and Folk Sayings, Olde and New

Wise Words and Wives' Tales: The Origins, Meanings, and Time-Honored Wisdom of Proverbs and Folk Sayings, Olde and New
Wise Words and Wives' Tales: The Origins, Meanings, and Time-Honored Wisdom of Proverbs and Folk Sayings, Olde and New
Author: Stuart Flexner, Doris Flexner
Genre: Reference
Book Type: Paperback
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Traces the history and gives interesting info about common adages. EG - Don't build castles on sand: traces it from the New Testament through to Edna St. Vincent Millay.



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