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# Advice from a book on the folklore of Cheshire published in 1898
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/nikogda-ne-pokupaite-mebel-v-masterskikh-i-magazinakh-vozle-kladbishcha-dedushkiny-chasy-i-obedennye-stoly-so-starinnymi-stoleshnitsami-delaiutsia-iz-dosok-ot-vychurnykh-dubovykh-grobov/
- Published: 2019-03-27T11:04:45.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:08:35.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Books, Mores, Ethnography, Humour

Never buy furniture from workshops and shops near the cemetery: grandfather clocks and dining tables with antique tops are made from the planks of ornate oak coffins, which acquire an elegant patina underground.

Advice from a book on Cheshire folklore, 1898