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PROVERB

SING IN THE MORNING, CRY IN THE AFTERNOON.

Submitter comment: THIS IS USUALLY SAID WHEN A CHILD GETS SO HAPPY, HE GETS
SILLY. IT IS A WARNING FOR HIM TO ACT HIS AGE.
SO THIS IS FUNCTIONAL FOLKLORE, A KIND OF CORRECTIVE. IT ALSO
CONTAINS ELLIPSIS AND CONTRAST.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings:

SPEECH -- Formula
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 10-20-1977

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