The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

GERMAN SAYING

WER BOESES VON MIR SPRICHT, BETRETE MEINER WOHNUNG NICHT, DEM JEDER
HAT IM SEINEN LEBEN, AUF SICH SELBER ACHT ZU GEBEN.

Submitter comment: TRANSLATION: WHOEVER SPEAKS BADLY OF ME WILL NOT ENTER MY HOME
BECAUSE EVERYONE IN HIS LIFE HAS HIS OWN SELF TO TAKE CARE OF.
THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS WHEN HE WAS YOUNG. THIS IS NOT SAID IN
CONVERSATION BUT WOULD BE READ OR WRITTEN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR

Date learned: 11-00-1977 ; 00-00-1965