Wise words and wives' tales :
the origins, meanings and time-honored wisdom of proverbs and folk savings, olde and new /
Stuart Flexner and Doris Flexner.

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Main Author: Flexner, Stuart Berg.
Related Names: Flexner, Doris.
Language(s): English
Published: New York : Avon Books, c1993.
Subjects: Proverbs > Proverbs / History and criticism.
Physical Description: 218 p. ; 21 cm.
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