are you helping?

Good Qs all, etaoin, 'cept my Q was sincere.

Zed reported that a handy cognitive test using proverbs has fallen out of use because no-one knows the proverbs anymore. My surprise is genuine. Likewise, my inquiry about the reason for this.

I don't think "proverbs" were ever actually taught in school, at least, on a systematic basis. They were just absorbed into our language without conscious drilling. How else could they have been passed down to us, in some cases, through several centuries?

So, where have all the "proverbs" gone ... long time passing?