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PROVERB

FORTUNE IS A MOTHER TO ONE; TO ANOTHER, A STEP-MOTHER.

Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT FATE IS FICKLE. YOU CAN NEVER TELL WHO
WILL RECEIVE HER REWARDS OR PUNISHMENTS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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