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BLASON POPULAIRE
. . . A TEN-DOLLAR NIGGER IN A HUNDRED-DOLLAR COFFIN!"
Submitter comment:
"GOOD THING HE BELONGED TO DE LODGE, TOO, ELSE HE'D BEEN
BURIED IN DE PO'-FIELD, 'CAUSE HE AIN'T LEFT EVEN DE
COPPER CENTS TO PUT ON HIS EYES. LODGE BEARED HIS
FUNERAL BILL, BUT I HEARD MORE'N ONE MEMBER TALKIN'
'BOUT HOW DEY WAS PUTTIN' . . . COLLIER BOOKS, 1969.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1969