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PROVERB

A WHISTLING WOMAN AND A CACKLING HEN NEVER COME TO A GOOD END.

Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER HELD THE NOTION THAT A WOMAN SHOULD NEVER DO
ANYTHING THAT WOULD ATTRACT ATTENTION TO HERSELF. SHE SHOULDN'T
SIT ON THE PORCH AND SING, OR WHISTLE, OR EVEN LAUGH LOUD. SHE
OFTEN WARNED THE YOUNGER GENERATION WITH THE FOLLOWING PROVERB:

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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