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Proverb

Too many cooks spoil the soup.

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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; COOK ; Kitchen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RECIPE ; Soup ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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Proverb

Too many cooks spoil the broth

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Proverbial Metaphor

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Where learned: Kaes, Otto

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Broth ; Cooks ; Kitchen ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; RECIPE ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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Proverb

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Hessenbruch, John

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Broth ; COOK ; Kitchen ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; RECIPE ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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Proverb

Too many cooks spoil the soup.

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Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current cassification.

Where learned: Misuraca, Fred

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; COOK ; Kitchen ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; RECIPE ; Soup ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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Proverb

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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Original BN [V.C.880.200] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.

Where learned: Place, Joyce

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Broth ; COOK ; Kitchen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RECIPE ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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Proverb

Too many cooks spoil the soup.

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Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Broth ; Cooks ; Kitchen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RECIPE ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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Autograph Rhyme

Album Rhyme:

Yours till the kitchen sinks.

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Where learned: St Charles, Rosalee

Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; Devotion ; Kitchen ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; Signature ; Sink ; WORDPLAY

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music

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Speech - Formula

When someone asks you "how's everything?" you answer : fine as frog's hair, scarce as hen's teeth.

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Wills, Henry ; Ashland City

Keyword(s): FROG ; Hen ; METAPHOR ; RETORT ; Saying ; SIMILE

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

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CROWING HENS AND WHISTLING WOMEN ALWAYS COME TO NO GOOD END.

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Saying ; Whistle ; WOMEN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-13-1969

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