folk wisdom

Of course, like most truisms and folk wisdom, that is not entirely true in practice.

There is a persistent folk wisdom that older people simply don't need as much sleep — an idea likely borne out of the idea that as our lifestyles ostensibly become less active, our requirements for the reparative benefits of rest diminish.

"This folk wisdom is fully applicable to modern relations between our countries."

It’s from “Trauma and Recovery,” by Judith Lewis Herman, and reads, “Folk wisdom is filled with ghosts who refuse to rest in their graves until their stories are told.”

July’s full moon, also called the buck moon, received its name from the antlers on male deer that can grow as much as a quarter of an inch per day during this time of year, according to the Farmers’ Almanac, the collection of folk wisdom and factoids.