Apple a day

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AN APPLE A DAY

_An apple a day keeps the doctor away._  Eating fruit regularly keeps one
healthy.  First found as a Welsh folk proverb (1866): "Eat an apple on going
to bed, And you'll keep the doctor from earning his bread."  First attested
in the United States in 1913.  The proverb is found in varying forms.
--Gregory Titelman, RANDOM HOUSE DICTIONARY OF POPULAR PROVERBS AND SAYINGS
(1996).

     From the CONFECTIONERS JOURNAL, October 1907, pg. 83, col. 1:
     People who do not take much exercise should eat at least one or two apples every day, for, as an old proverb says, "Eating an apple every morning means saving a doctor's bill."


(WWW.NEWSPAPERARCHIVE.COM) ("eat an apple")
  News  Saturday, March 01, 1890 Frederick, Maryland
...reason, n modern maxim teaches thru To EAT AN APPLE going to bed, the doctor.....crownes ANd credit. The paring of AN APPLE, cut somewhat thick, ANd the..

   Sandusky Daily Register  Thursday, April 17, 1890 Sandusky, Ohio
...md a modern maxim teaches that 'If you EAT AN APPLE going to bed, the doctor.....his bread. London Hospital. What to EAT at Night. The true course is to..

  New Era  Wednesday, April 23, 1890 Humeston, Iowa
...a modern maxim teaches that: To EAT AN APPLE goingto bed, the doctor.....crownes ANd credit." "The paring of AN APPLE cut somewhat thick, ANd the inside..

  Mountain Democrat  Saturday, May 03, 1890 Placerville, California
...reason, vnmlern maxim teaches that: To EAT AN APPLE going to bed tbe doctor.....Vague are given "The paring of AN APPLE, cut somewhat J from time to time..

  Bucks County Gazette  Thursday, June 26, 1890 Bristol, Pennsylvania
...as the works of WBfj'll watclu EAT AN APPLE every night ANd you will.....entrEATies, gave him a hot doughnut to EAT. He's nearer dEATh's door now thAN..

  Mountain Democrat  Saturday, September 12, 1896 Placerville, California
...before breakfast. A trite saying: "EAT AN APPLE on going to bed ANd the.....State printing oflice ANd calling for AN investigation. SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY..


  Daily Northwestern  Wednesday, January 09, 1901 Oshkosh, Wisconsin
...AN old sAying hAs it thAr "AN APPLE A dAy keeps the doctoi ANd if so A.....Able to send AwAy only new pennies A dAy. From WAshington ANd the west comes..

  Sandusky Evening Star  Thursday, April 23, 1903 Sandusky, Ohio
...A There Is AN old AdAge which sAys, APPLE A dAy drives the doctor AwAy.....point thAt the pumps Are connected. AN APPLE..