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Proverb
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
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Original BN [V500] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: Moran, Georgene
Keyword(s): BEAUTY ; Ear ; Pig ; Purse ; Silk ; Sow ; UGLINESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Old Proverb:
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Submitter comment:
Informant's grandmother says this quite often.
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Original BN [V400] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; McClain, Maureen ; 12634 W McNichols
Keyword(s): BEAUTY ; Improvement ; Pig ; Purse ; Silk ; Sow ; UGLINESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Lee, Andrew
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BEAUTY ; Ear ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; Pig ; PROVERB ; Purse ; Silk ; Sow ; Superficial ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
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From - Uncertain
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Mary Ann
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BEAUTY ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Purse ; Silk ; Sow ; Superficial ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear.
Submitter comment:
I have heard this proverb from my mother and other people since childhood.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Purse ; Silk ; Sow ; Superficial ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
YOU CAN'T MAKE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A SOW'S EAR.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Greene, Marilee
Keyword(s): BEAUTY ; BELIEF ; Ear ; EUPHEMISM ; PROVERB ; Purse ; Saying ; Silk ; Sow
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1972