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TRUST NO MAN, THOUGH HE BE YOUR BROTHER
WHOSE HAIR IS ONE COLOR AND HIS BEARD ANOTHER.
Submitter comment:
IT WAS RATHER DIFFICULT TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS BELIEF,
SINCE HER 4 BROTHERS ALL HAD BEARDS OF DIFFERENT COLOR
THAN THEIR HAIR. IT WAS USED MORE AS A PERSONAL TAUNT.
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 01-22-1968