Quote#Nature
A woman, a dog, and a walnut tree
Quote byThomas Chandler Haliburton · 1796–1865
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Clockmaker (1838), Ch. 25, p. 245. Quoting an old Kentish saying. Variants: 'chestnut' for 'walnut', 'beat' for 'lick'.
English (original)
A woman, a dog, and a walnut tree, The more you lick ’em the better they be.
— Thomas Chandler Haliburton
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