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Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper; Eat, drink and be merry, (for tomorrow we die) Empty vessels make the most noise; Enough is as good as a feast; Even a worm will turn; Even from a foe a man may learn wisdom; Every cloud has a silver lining; Every dog has his day; Every Jack has his Jill
They are folkloric old women who may be characterized as disagreeable, malicious, or sinister in manner, often with magical or supernatural associations that can make them either helpful or obstructive. The Crone is also an archetypal figure or a Wise Woman. As a character type, the crone shares characteristics with the hag.
The Lost Princess (1875), a fairy tale novel by George MacDonald, first published as The Wise Woman: A Parable; The Wise Woman of Hoxton, a 17th-century play; Wise woman of Abel, an unnamed figure in the Hebrew Bible; Woman of Tekoa, also called a wise woman in the Hebrew Bible
Bridget Ellen "Biddy" Early (née O'Connor or Connors; 1798 – 1872) was a traditional Irish herbalist and bean-feasa ("seer, wisewoman") who helped her neighbours. When she acted against the wishes of the local tenant farmer landlords and Catholic priests she was falsely accused of witchcraft.
In Britain in the Late Medieval and Early Modern periods, folk magic was widely popular. Many individuals knew of some magical charms and spells, but there were also professionals who dealt in magic, including charmers, fortune tellers, astrologers and cunning folk, the last of whom were said to "possess a broader and deeper knowledge of such techniques and more experience in using them" than ...
Gambara is a Germanic wise woman (also called priestess or seeress) who appears in several sources from the 8th to 12th centuries. The legend is about the origin of the Langobard people , then known as the Winnili, and it takes place either before they emigrated from Scandinavia or after their migration, having settled in modern-day northern ...
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Puġat is characterized as a 'wise-woman,' but her wisdom diverges from the 'book learning' accessible to her more privileged 'kid brother.' Her knowledge stems from her close interaction with nature; her understanding of the stars arises from her early rising, while her familiarity with the fauna and flora is attributed to her labor in the fields.