folk wisdom
Kieth Stanovic infers that common sense and folk wisdom is the same thing. He explains how folk wisdom contradicts itself to fit a situation which needs to be explained. I must disagree for two reasons: First of all, the folk wisdom may be contradicting when said at the same time, but really, when used for specific circumstances it works well. ... This is how the folk wisdom works. ... There is no folk wisdom to explain it away. ... People do not use folk wisdom for explanations.