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Proverb
The Whistling Girl:
A whistling girl and / A cackling hen / Always come to some bad end.
Submitter comment:
From her mother
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cackle ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Whistling girls and cackling hens always come to a bad end.
Submitter comment:
I heard this as a child in Ferndale, MI
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James Callow comment:
Original Bn [C880.400] crossed out. Replacedw tih current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cackle ; Crow ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A whistling woman a cackling hen / will always come to a no good end.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cackle ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle ; Woman
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and cackling hens / Always come to some bad ends.
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Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [C800, V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cackle ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and cackling hens always come to no good ends.
Submitter comment:
Informant was always reminded of this by ehr grandmother when she whisteld as a child in Detroit in the 1930's.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cackle ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |