Horray! Another book done! I think it was almost exclusively Somerset proverbs that where actually attributed to a place here. There where a few dialect words mentioned in this text that I have left - a single word (e.g. Gowts - Somerset for Canals with French origins) seems a little too far from proper folklore.
The book can be viewed here.
"A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs; Also the most celebrated proverbs of Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish and other languages. The whole methodically digested and illustrated, with annotations and proper explanations.
By the late Rev. and learned J. Ray, M. A.
MDCCLXVIII (1768)"
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