<P> The rhyme refers to the traditional image of owls as the symbol of wisdom . It was recorded as early as 1875 and is apparently older than that . It was quoted by John D. Rockefeller in 1915 and is frequently misattributed to Edward Hersey Richards . </P>
<P> The rhyme refers to the traditional image of owls as the symbol of wisdom . It was recorded as early as 1875 and is apparently older than that . It was quoted by John D. Rockefeller in 1915 and is frequently misattributed to Edward Hersey Richards . </P>
where does the saying wise owl come from
where does the saying wise owl come from
traditional image
traditional image