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WHEN CALLED A NAME BY SOMEONE, A WELL KNOW REPLY IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD WAS: "STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES,
BUT NAMS WILL NEVER HURT ME."
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THIS IN HER CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; TOLD IN ; SCRANTON
Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-01-1972