The wisdom of many :  essays on the proverb /  [print] 
edited by Wolfgang Mieder and Alan Dundes. 
 - Madison, Wisconsin :  University of Wisconsin Press,  (c)1994. 
 - xvi, 330 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: New York : Garland, 1981. (Garland folklore casebooks ; volume 1) 
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<br/><br/>The wisdom of many and the wit of one  Proverbs in Africa  On the structure of the proverb  Towards a structural analysis of Yiddish proverbs  The invading guest : some aspects of oral transmission  Toward a theory of proverb meaning  Proverbs : a social use of metaphor  Proverbs and practical reasoning : a study in socio-logic  Uses of the proverb in the Synoptic Gospels  The proverbial wisdom of Shakespeare  The bird that fouls its nest  Stuff a cold and starve a fever  Reliability and validity of proverb interpretation to assess mental status  A proverb test for attitude measurement  Chinese proverbs and their lessons  The humour of Spanish proverbs  Fatalistic traits in Finnish proverbs  Irish proverbs and Irish national character  Tensions in proverbs : more light on international understanding  Tradition and innovation : proverbs in advertising  Archer Taylor --  Ruth Finnegan --  Alan Dundes --  Beatrice Silverman-Weinreich --  Pierre Crepeau --  Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett --  Peter Seitel --  Paul D. Goodwin and Joseph W. Wenzel --  William A. Beardslee --  F.P. Wilson --  John G. Kunstmann --  Stuart A. Gallacher --  Nancy C. Andreasen --  Franziska Baumgarten --  Alfred Lister --  A.A. Parker --  Mattit Kuusi --  F.N. Robinson --  Joseph Raymond --  Barbara Meider and Wolfgang Meider. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780299143602 9780299143640 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>94016235 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB95-27996 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Proverbs--History and criticism.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Proverbs  History 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN6401 PN6401.D914.W573 1994