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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

'THE CHICKENS HAVE COME HOME TO ROOST.'

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): BIRDS

James Callow Keyword(s): CONSEQUENCES ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-24-1968

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Proverb

"Oh! What tangled webs we weave when first we practice to deceive."

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Submission is a direct quote from Sir Walter Scott, a Scottish Novelist (1771-1832): Marmion, Canto vi, Stanza 17.

James Callow comment:

Original BN [V300, V:C880.300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; Ward, Mary ; 1838 Rosemont ; BERKELEY

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Consequence ; Deceive ; Deception ; Lie ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Quote ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Web

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb

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Proverb

Look before you leap.

Submitter comment:

Before undertaking anything, check into any adverse possibilities.

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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 2154 DICKERSON ; Verheye, Patricia

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; CONSEQUENCES ; Forethought ; Leap ; Look ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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