The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

PROVERB

EVERYONE MUST EAT A PECK OF DIRT BEFORE HE DIES.

Submitter comment: I FIRST HEARD THIS AS A YOUNG GIRL FROM MY MOTHER IN MEMPHIS;
SHE FIRST HEARD IT FROM HER GRANDMOTHER IN FORT SMITH,
ARKANSAS. I RECORDED IT AUGUST 9, 1968 IN NASHVILLE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Date learned: 08-09-1968