Where does the saying none so queer as folk originate?

Answer 1

It originates from the possibly Northern English (Yorkshire or Lancastershire) or Welsh expression "there's nowt so queer as folk."

from the Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs

Nowt is a dialect variant of 'nought' i.e. 'nothing'.There's nowt sae queer as folk, Old saying.

[1905 English Dialect Dict. IV. 304]I trust you‥find plenty of interest in people & their doings. Really 'there is nowt so funny as folk'.

[1939 J. Wood Letter 30 May in J. Chambers Letters(1979) 186]There is the infinite charm and variety of human nature itself: 'there's nowt so queer as folk.'

[1955 R. E. Megarry Miscellany-at-Law i. 72]'You never really know anything about people. As LJ sometimes says, "There's nowt so strange as folk." It's not like you can work people out on a chessboard.'

[1993 B. D'amato Hard Women xxi. 243]‥and his creed that everyone is good copy. Or, as they would put it up North, that there's nowt so queer as folk.

[2002 Oldie Apr. 57]

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