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Proverb
A watched pot never boils.
Submitter comment:
The informant learned this when she was a young girl in Chicago about 1910. She said it to me as I was looking out the window waiting for someone to come.
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Where learned: PORT LAMBTON ; Menten, Helen
Keyword(s): Boil ; PATIENCE ; Pot ; Watch ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |