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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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And
the
idea
of
worthlessness
is
often
referred
to
as
when
it
is
said
that
"There
is
small
choice
in
rotten
apples,"
with
which
may
be
compared
another
which
warns
us
of
the
contagious
effects
of
bad
influence:--
"The
rotten
apple
injures
its
neighbour."
The
utter
dissimilarity
which
often
exists
between
two
persons,
or
things,
is
jocularly
enjoined
in
the
familiar
adage:--
"As
like
as
an
apple
is
to
a
lobster,"
And
the
folly
of
taking
what
one
knows
is
paltry
or
bad
has
given
rise
to
an
instructive
proverb:--
"Better
give
an
apple
than
eat
it."
The
folly
of
expecting
good
results
from
the
most
unreasonable
causes
is
the
subject
of
the
following
old
adage:--
"Plant
the
crab
where
you
will,
it
will
never
bear
pippins."
The
crab
tree
has
also
been
made
the
subject
of
several
amusing
rhymes,
one
of
which
is
as
follows:--
"The
crab
of
the
wood
is
sauce
very
good
for
the
crab
of
the
sea,
But
the
wood
of
the
crab
is
sauce
for
a
drab
that
will
not
her
husband
obey."
The
coolness
of
the
cucumber
has
long
ago
become
proverbial
for
a
person
of
a
cold
collected
nature,
"As
cool
as
a
cucumber,"
and
the
man
who
not
only
makes
unreasonable
requests,
but
equally
expects
them
to
be
gratified,
is
said
to
"ask
an
elm-tree
for
pears."
Then,
again,
foolish
persons
who
have
no
power
of
observation,
are
likened
to
"a
blind
goose
that
knows
not
a
fox
from
a
fern
bush."
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