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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
"WELL, DE BLACKER DE BERRY, DE SWEETER DE JUICE,"
Submitter comment:
"BOY, YOU OUGHT TO TRY VELMA," A MAHOGANY-BROWN BOY YELLED.
"SHE SURE CAN GO."
"HELL," ANSWERED A WHISKY VOICE SOMEWHERE IN THE SMOKE.
"THAT NAPPY-HEADED BLACK WOMAN? GIMME A HIGH YALLER FOR
MINE ALL DE TIME. I CAN'T USE NO COAL!"
PROTESTED A SLICK-HAIRED EBONY YOUTH IN THE CENTER OF THE
PLACE . . . .
PUBLISHED BY COLLIER BOOKS, 1969.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1969