The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

SAVE IN TIME, SO YOU WILL HAVE SOMETHING WHEN
IN NEED.
SPARE BEZEITEN, SO HAST DU IN DER NOT. {GERMAN}

Submitter comment: VARIANT OF ENGLISH SAYING "SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY."
INFORMANT HEARD THIS AS A CHILD IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.
I HEARD THE VARIANT AS A CHILD IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE

Date learned: 11-24-1967