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PROVERB

EVERY GIRL CAN KEEP HOUSE LIKE HER MOTHER UNTIL SHE TRIES.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS WAS A FAVORITE EXPRESSION OF HER MOTHER.
SHE ALSO ADDED THAT IT HAS BECOME A FAVORITE OF HERS.

Data entry tech comment: IT IS A FAVORITE OF OURS.

Where learned: DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): CRITICISM IRONY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 11-12-1971

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