"One white foot" proverb (1829); "RIsing tide lifts all boats" (1957)

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"One white foot, buy him; two white feet, try him; three white feet, look well about him; four white feet, go without him"

A horse-dealing proverb.
--OXFORD DICTIONARY OF PROVERBS, pg. 333. The first citation is 1882.


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The Ariel. A Semimonthly Literary and Miscellaneous Gazette (1827-1832). Philadelphia: Nov 28, 1829. Vol. 3, Iss. 16; p. 127 (1 page):
_Marks of a Horse._

One white foot, buy him;
Two white feet, try him;
Three white feet, deny him;
Four white feet and a white nose,
Take off his hide, and give him to the crows.


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--Punchinello.. Saturday Evening Post (1839-1885). Philadelphia: Nov 5, 1870. p. 7 (1 page):
RULES AND MAXIMS.--It used to be said in regard to horses:

"One white foot, buy him,
Two white feet, try him,
Three white feet, deny him,
Four white feet and a white nose,
Take off his shoes and give him to the crows."

But the advent of Dexter has changed the sinister rhyme to:

One white foot, spy him,
Two white feet, try him,
Three white feet, buy him,
Four white feet and a white nose,
And a mile in 2-17 he goes.
--_Punchinello_.

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A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL BOATS

The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs has this from 1963, from President Kennedy.


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Wall Street Journal (1889-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Oct 29, 1957. p. 4 (1 page) :
"The Rising Tide Lifts All Boats."
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