folk wisdom

Free from having to be everything for me, my father's folk wisdom became kind of interesting.

All the better if such food delivers some folk wisdom as well.

But a good deal of it comes down to old-fashioned folk wisdom.

Polish folk wisdom says it is never too late to make a change for the better.

"People used to grow up in small communities where folk wisdom was passed down," she said.

For people living near the incinerator, it is a matter of folk wisdom.

I have been collecting examples of this folk wisdom for months.

Like much political folk wisdom, this particular belief is of recent origin.

Folk wisdom is very similar any place on the planet."

Many cultures and countries outside Japan have similar folk wisdom under different names.

The stories of Black have a measured, folk wisdom quality to what he remembers.

And there is some substance in such folk wisdom.

That's why folk wisdom says grow from seed, not seedlings.

The worst we heard was the folk wisdom that smoking might stunt your growth.

The essential idea here is intuitive and probably qualifies as folk wisdom.

He's just reflecting the folk wisdom prevalent in the Valley).

Call it an urbane folk wisdom, a lesson in how to be being serious and light at the same time.

Complexity theory tells us the folk wisdom is right.

She searched in her mental store of folk wisdom.

"Did I ask to hear your homespun folk wisdom?"

Or, as the great baseball player might say, folk wisdom ain't so dumb.

There is a folk wisdom in the public that knows what is fair and best for the integrity of our system.

They imparted some regular folk wisdom to him that he did not abandon: "You're no better than anyone else."

There is plenty of medical evidence to back up the folk wisdom that hotter is better.

Folk wisdom calls such babies "touched by an angel," but a doctor's advice is best.