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PROVERBIAL PHRASE
WILLFULL WASTE MAKES WISHFUL WANT.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS FREQUENTLY SAID TO CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
BY GEORGE WASHINGTON WILLETT, GRANDFATHER OF THE INFORMANT,
WHEN HE NOTICED ANYTHING OR ANYONE MISUSING OR WASTING
ANYTHING. THIS WAS IN NELSON COUNTY, NEAR BARDSTOWN,
KENTUCKY ABOUT 1915.
Data entry tech comment: WILLFUL
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; BARDSTOWN
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001915 CA