[Ads-l] new proverb?

[Jonathan Lighter]

Thanks, Garson.

JL

On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 4:48 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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