The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

PROVERB

MY MOTHER ONCE SAID, HE WHO TROUBLETH HIS OWN HOUSE SHALL
INHERIT THE WIND. PROV. 2.27.

Submitter comment: IF PARENTS ARE CRUEL OR MEAN TO THEIR CHILDREN AND FAIL TO HAVE A
GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR CHILDREN WHILE THEIR CHILDREN ARE AT
HOME, THEN WHEN THEIR CHILDREN HAVE BECOME GROWN AND LEAVE HOME
THE PARENTS WILL BECOME DISTRESS AND ANGUISH TO HEART.

Where learned: DETROIT

Date learned: 00-00-1950