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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Originally it was

Eat an apple on going to bed, and you'll keep the doctor from earning his bread

And apparently came from this https://academic.oup.com/nq/article-abstract/s3-IX/217/153/4476237

Lo others have cited this however it’s decades later

https://archive.org/details/rusticspeechfolk00wriguoft/page/n3/mode/2up

Both of which are UK writers, so Americans 🤢got it right