The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

PROVERB

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT!

Submitter comment: "MAN IST WAS MAN ISST!" IS A GERMAN PROVERB WHICH TOYS
WITH THE LIKE SOUNDS OF "IST" AND "ISST" WHILE CONVEYING
QUITE AN INTERESTING FACT.
BIOLOGICALLY SPEAKING, QUITE TRUE OF COURSE.
GERMAN INSTRUCTOR, DR. WEDBERG, UNABLE TO PINPOINT
SOURCE OF SAYING, CLAIMS IT'S A FOLK SAYING IN
GERMANY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CLASSROOM

Date learned: 02-00-1968