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IRISH PROVERB
IF SOMEONE DOES NOT MEET HIS PROMISES YOU TELL HIM,
LIVE, HORSE, AND YOU'LL GET GRASS
THIS IS A REVERSAL OF THE IDEA THAT YOU GET GRASS SO YOU WILL LIVE.
IT IS INSULTING TO THE PROMISE BREAKER BECAUSE IT IS TELLING HIM HIS
LIFE IS USELESS.
Submitter comment: THE ABOVE EXPLANATION IS IN THE WORDS OF THE INFORMANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-22-1979