"Village Idiot" (1907?) and "Texas Village Idiot" (1997?)

[Bapopik at AOL.COM]

Yes, "village idiot" is certainly a quotation as Molly Ivins and  the bumper
stickers have it. The first citation of "village idiot" may or may  not be of
worth as a quotation.
...
The 1907 citation from OED is:
1907 _G. B. SHAW_ (http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-s2.html#g-b-shaw)
Major Barbara 148, I myself have  had a village idiot exhibited  to me as
something irresistibly  funny.

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