Folk saying; a traditional saying, proverb, or piece of folk wisdom passed down through a community.
Folk + say (Old English 'secgan' = to say). A compound created to describe sayings that come from folk tradition rather than written sources.
Folksays like 'red sky at night, sailor's delight' encode actual observational wisdom—weather patterns in temperate regions really do work that way—showing that folklore isn't just superstition but sometimes ancient meteorology.
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