[Ads-l] new proverb?

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-falsely-claims-harris-crowd-141704646.html
> :
> We should learn that old lesson from the south: there’s no education in the
> second kick of the mule.

Chrles Doyle and Wolfgang Mieder noticed that saying. They examined it
in a 2016 article of the journal Proverbium. They presented a helpful
1966 citation.

[ref] 2016, Proverbium: Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship,
Volume 33, The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs: A Supplement by Charles
Clay Doyle and Wolfgang Mieder, Start Page 94, Quote Page 94,
Published by The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. (Verified
on paper) [/ref]

[Begin excerpt]
There is no (little) EDUCATION (wisdom) in the second kick of a mule.

1966 New York Times, 4 May: "The South Carolina Democrat [congressman
L. Mendel Rivers]...added with a grin: 'There's always another year.
There ain't no education in the second kick of a mule.'"
[End excerpt]

Below is a 1948 citation.

Date: March 9, 1948
Newspaper: Cleveland Plain Dealer
Newspaper Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Article: Truman To Run, Defies South (Continuation Title: Truman
Willing To Run If Chosen)
Author: Plain Dealer Bureau
Quote Page 4, Column 3
Database: Newspapers.com

[Begin excerpt]
There is no education in the second kick of a mule--even a Democratic mule.
[End excerpt]

The saying also appeared in Random House Webster's Quotationary, but
no citation was provided.

[ref] 2001, Random House Webster's Quotationary, Editor Leonard Roy
Frank, Topic: Experience, Quote Page 260, Column 2, Random House, New
York. (Paperback edition; Verified with hardcopy) [/ref]

[Begin excerpt]
There's no educational value in the second kick of a mule.
SAYING (AMERICAN)
[End excerpt]

Garson

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