the saying wise old owl comes from old whibley.
the saying wise old owl comes from old whibley.
where does the saying wise old owl come from?
old whibley
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"a wise old owl" is an english language nursery rhyme. it has a roud folk song index number of 7734 and in the oxford dictionary of nursery rhymes, 2nd ed. of 1997, as number 394. the rhyme is an improvement of a traditional nursery rhyme "there was an owl lived in an oak, wisky, wasky, weedle."









































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poema wise old owl lived in an oak









































the more he saw the less he spoke









































the less he spoke the more he heard.









































why can't we all be like that wise old bird?/poem
a wise old owl
this version was first published in "punch", april 10, 1875, and ran as follows:









































poemthere was an owl liv'd in an oak









































the more he heard, the less he spoke









































the less he spoke, the more he heard.









































o, if men were all like that wise bird./poem









































one version was published upon bookmarks during the mid-1930s, and goes as follows:









































poema wise old owl lived in an oak,









































the more he saw, the less he spoke









































the less he spoke, the more he heard, 









































now, wasn't he a wise old bird?/poem









































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