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PROVERB

GO TO BED LATE, STAY VERY SMALL
GO TO BED EARLY, GROW VERY TALL.

Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM CHILDHOOD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; RISING AND RETIRING

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 07-17-1964

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PROVERB

THE MORNING HAS GOLD IN ITS MOUTH.
TRANSLATION OF:
MORGENSTUNDE HAT GOLD IN MUNDE.

Submitter comment: LIKE ENGLISH PROVERB - THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM.
INFORMANT HEARD THIS AS A CHILD WHILE LIVING IN REGENSBERG,
GERMANY.
I HEARD THE VARIANT IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AS A CHILD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GERMANY ; DETROIT ; FERNDALE ; REGENSBURG

James Callow Keyword(s): RISING

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

Date learned: 11-24-1967

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