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DID YOU KNOW THAT AMERICAN ENDS IN "I CAN"?
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS LEARNED BY THE INFORMANT WHEN SHE WAS IN FIFTH GRADE AT ST
MICHAEL'S SCHOOL IN SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN. SHE RECITED IT, ALONG WIT
OTHER SAYINGS, EVERY DAY BEFORE HER MATH CLASS. THE TEACHER'S NAME
WAS SISTER CONRADIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1970