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From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" by Gregory Y. Titelman (1996): "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...

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From Pembrokshire in Wales, original saying was 'eat an apple on going to bed and you will keep the doctor from earning his bread'. First cited in print in 186. The related link below is a site that has many popular phrases and the meaning behind them as well as when they first surfaced.

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