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PROVERB
UKRAINIAN TEXT NOT KEYPUNCHED.
QUIET WATER RIPS THE SHORE APART.
INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM RELATIVES.
Submitter comment:
MEANS THAT QUIETEST AND MOST RESERVED THINGS ARE REALLY THE
WILDEST AND MOST DANGEROUS. (REFERRING ESPECIALLY TO PEOPLE.)
Data entry tech comment: ALLITERATION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RESERVATION
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-07-1967