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GERMAN SAYING

DER SPERLING IN DER HAND IST BESSER ALS DIE TAUBE AM DACH.

Submitter comment: TRANSLATION: THE SPARROW IN THE HAND IS BETTER THAN THE DOVE ON
THE ROOFTOP. TOLD TO MY INFORMANT BY HIS AUNT WHEN HE WAS TEN.
THIS WAS TOLD TO HIM WHEN HE WAS ALWAYS WISHING FOR SOMETHING MORE
THAN WHAT HE ALREADY HAD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR

Subject headings:

PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-00-1977 ; 00-00-1960

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