| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| Joel Chandler Harris. (1848–1908) |
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| 1 | | Brer Fox, he lay low. |
| Legends of the old Plantation. |
| 2 | | Ez soshubble ez a baskit er kittens. |
| Legends of the old Plantation. |
| 3 | | Lazy fokes’s stummucks don’t git tired. |
| Plantation Proverbs. |
| 4 | | Jay-bird don’t rob his own nes’. |
| Plantation Proverbs. |
| 5 | | Licker talks mighty loud w’en it gits loose from de jug. |
| Plantation Proverbs. |
| 6 | | Hungry rooster don’t cackle w’en he fine a wum. |
| Plantation Proverbs. |
| 7 | | Youk’n hide de fier, but w’at you gwine do wid de smoke? |
| Plantation Proverbs. |
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