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HEALTH PROVERB
AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY.
Submitter comment:
SUPPOSEDLY, ALL THE NUTRIENTS OF AN APPLE WILL KEEP YOU
HEALTHY. THIS IS NOT TRUE FOR ME BECAUSE I'M HYPOGLYCEMIC,
AND I CAN'T EAT FOODS HIGH IN CARBOHYDRATES--SUCH AS APPLES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY: DOCTOR FOR DISEASE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001960S