- Ye Olde English Sayings A REALITY CHECK FROM A VISITOR TO THESE PAGES: I am a long time lover of word origins. I enjoyed your page very much! I think it would be nice, however, if you pointed out that many of your origins are folk etymologies ... stories passed among us to explain where words came from that are not necessarily based in linguistic truth k. ruby If you have any comments about ...www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/sayings.htm