Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Day 53 (Colour) - An Apple a Day....

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...... keeps the doctor away. But did you know that the saying originated here in Wales. The February 1866 edition of Notes and Queries magazine included this:
"A Pembrokeshire proverb. Eat an apple on going to bed, And you'll keep the doctor from earning his bread."
The saying has obviously done the rounds and the above variant is what we know today but it's funny the new things you learn when you go looking for something to tie up with your pictures!

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