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LAUGH BEFORE BREAKFAST AND YOU WILL CRY BEFORE SUPPER
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS HER MOTHER TELLING HER THIS IN DETROIT DURING THE
EARLY 1930S
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; INEVITABILITY OF CHANGE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-19-1972
PROVERB
AS LIFE, SO DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; IRONY
James Callow Keyword(s): INEVITABILITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
A PECK OF DIRT IN YOUR LIFE
EVERY PERSON EATS A PECK OF DIRT IN HIS LIFETIME.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS FROM CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INEVITABILITY ; OBSERVATION ; UNCLEANLINESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
PROVERB
EVERYONE MUST EAT A BUSHEL OF DIRT BEFORE HE DIES.
Submitter comment:
SEE DORSON: BUYING THE WIND NO. 351
PAGE 138
EACH ONE MUST EAT SEVEN POUNDS OF DIRT AND A HANK OF TOW PER YEAR.
I HAVE HEARD THIS PROVERB FROM MY MOTHER AND OTHER PEOPLE SINCE
DHILDHOOD.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INEVITABILITY ; OBSERVATION ; UNCLEANLINESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
IF YOU SING BEFORE BREAKFAST, YOU WILL CRY BEFORE SUPPER
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; LOUISVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): INEVITABILITY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
THAT'S THE WAY THE COOKIE CRUMBLES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BALL BOUNCES CHE SERA SERA INEVITABILITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
MEETING IS THE BEGINNING OF PARTING.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INEVITABILITY? ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-06-1969
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
THAT'S THE WAY THE BALL BOUNCES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CHE SERA SERA ; COOKIE CRUMBLES ; INEVITABILITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1972