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TEN ACRES OF SAND AND A RED-HEADED WIFE
IS UAUALLY {SIC} THE END OF A PINHEAD'S LIFE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE

Keyword(s): THINKS, PINHEAD MEANS DULL-WITTED.} ; {MEANING? COLLECTOR DOESN'T KNOW. PROBABLY, SHE

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

Date learned: 09-20-1967

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Proverb

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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Informant heard this from his grandmother.

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Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Ackley, Maurice

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Dull ; Maxim ; Play ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WORK

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.

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Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: NEW YORK ; Mikula, Rose ; POUGHKEEPSIE

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Dull ; JACK ; Maxim ; Play ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WORK

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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