paremiography means the collecting of proverbs. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From paremia + -o- + -graphy.
noun
- The collecting of proverbs.“[…] with Gyula Paczolay's magisterial collection of European Proverbs in 55 languages (1997) being the magnum opus of modern comparative paremiography.”