When you're my age, a remark like that could land you in an old folk's home.
Cats relaxed when dosed, and nervous old folk became tranquil, with no side effects.
We are thus richer because we have energy and we have happy old folk replete with tea.
Before the old folk die out the youth want the elders to teach them what they know of their past skills.
The poem "O, I won't lead a homely life" was written in pencil below the score, though to an old folk tune.
People of all ages came out, fathers carrying toddlers on their shoulders for a better view, old folk sitting on deck-chairs and waving Union Flags.
But in recent years the movement has pushed beyond its anarchist roots, drawing in old folk and corporate executives as well as the usual kids.
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In addition to these medical treatments, it turns out that a lot of old folk wisdom actually turns out to be true in regards to how to feel better in life.
It is perfectly possible to frame a law that allows suffering people who are close to death to die quickly and peacefully, if they wish, without declaring open season on old folk.
Imagine the scene: wave after wave of Dakota aircraft swooping through a canyon to land at an improvised airstrip, fashioned from a stony field only days earlier by local women, children and old folk.
The short answer is that much of the lending has gone not to guarantee the deposits of deserving savers, nor even to pay the pensions of impoverished old folk or the wages of unpaid miners.
Musicians who perform the "Baghdadi Square, " an old style of folk music, used to enliven weddings and other celebrations throughout the city.
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Portland, Ore. duo the Old Believers yearn for the past with a soulful folk sound that is nostalgic, but inspired.
"From the Ground Up" (Blue Dirt), the debut album by 24-year-old John Fullbright, is a stellar collection of folk and Americana that already has the feel of a classic.
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Mr Susilo, promising decisive action against corruption and the chaos in Indonesia's judicial system, has built himself an image of calm, competence and honesty which, say pollsters, has won him support from young and old, rich and poor, and city and country folk.
Jeremy Lin, the 23-year-old Knicks guard, has ascended from afterthought to New York folk hero in half a week.
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Households are getting smaller more folk live alone, as young people delay marriage and old people live longer.
Pollsters say he is popular all over Indonesia, with both young and old, rich and poor, men and women, and city and country folk.
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The working-class folk led a rowdy lifestyle on the waterfront, chipping away at the Old World charm in the hills.
Plenty of local business-folk yearn for a new Karajan, who they reckon would bring back the good old days when the town was awash with visitors brandishing gold credit cards.
He was already a seasoned local and regional performer, playing both old-time music and what he called "rockabilly and pop standards, " when the folk boom of the 1960s put him in front of a new set of audiences with his voice, banjo and acoustic guitar.
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