The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

PROVERBIAL MAXIM

IF YOU CAN'T SAY SOMETHING NICE, DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL.

Submitter comment: A SAYING THAT THE INFORMANT WOULD REPEAT WHEN ADMONISHING
HER CHILDREN ABOUT BEING POLITE AND KIND TO OTHER PEOPLE.
THE INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER, WHEN GROWING UP
IN NELSON COUNTY, NEAR BARDSTOWN, KENTUCKY ABOUT 1920.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON

Date learned: NOT GIVEN