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PROVERB
SING IN THE MORNING, CRY IN THE AFTERNOON.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USUALLY SAID WHEN A CHILD GETS SO HAPPY, HE GETS
SILLY. IT IS A WARNING FOR HIM TO ACT HIS AGE.
SO THIS IS FUNCTIONAL FOLKLORE, A KIND OF CORRECTIVE. IT ALSO
CONTAINS ELLIPSIS AND CONTRAST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-20-1977