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PLANT YOU NOW, DIG YOU LATER, LIKE THE FARMER TOLD THE POTATO.

Submitter comment: A WAY OF SAYING GOOD BYE TO SOMEONE.
MY MOTHER, MRS. BOND, SAID SHE USED THIS ALOT WHEN SHE WAS
A KID GROWING UP IN THE 1930'S.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 10428 CURTIS ; 48221

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.500
SPEECH -- Formula
PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation

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PROVERB

"BE VERY QUIET," THE TRAVELER SAID
AS HE PASSED THE CEMETERY AT NIGHT,
"WE MIGHT AWAKEN THE DEAD."

Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.500
PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation

Date learned: 03-29-1969

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