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PROVERB

IF YOU LIE DOWN WITH DOGS YOU WILL WAKE UP WITH FLEAS.

Submitter comment: THIS WAS AN OLD SAYING IN THE SOUTH DIRECTED AT OVER
EAGER YOUNGSTERS THAT WANTED TO EXPERIENCE SEX.
BASICALLY A WAY TO DETER THEM FROM TRYING TOO SOON. WHICH
WAS IN FACT EFFECTIVE DURING ITS TIME.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RIPLEY

Subject headings:

PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1988

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