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From CLOGS to clogs is only three generations
Said to be a Lancashire proverb. Similar to
from SHIRTSLEEVES to shirtsleeves in three generations.
The clog, a shoe with a thick wooden sole, was commonly used by factory and other manual workers in the north of England. Cf.
1700
DRYDEN
Wife of Bath
in
Fables Ancient & Modern
493 Seldom three descents continue good.
1721
J. KELLY
Scottish Proverbs
312 The Father buys, the Son biggs [builds], The Grandchild sells, and his Son thiggs [begs].
1871
Notes & Queries
4th Ser. VII. 472
‘From clogs to clogs is only three generations.’ A Lancashire proverb, implying that, however rich a poor man may eventually become, his great-grandson will certainly fall back to poverty and ‘clogs’.
1938
Principles of Art
v.
But the poor, who are always the last guardians of a tradition, knew that the curse of God rested on idleness, and spoke of three generations from clogs to clogs.
1984
English Companion
59
This indeed was the normal working-class footwear in the industrial north till the age of affluence dawned after the last war; the old northern proverb, clogs to clogs in three generations, is self-explanatory.
family
;
proverty
from SHIRTSLEEVES to shirtsleeves in three generations.
The clog, a shoe with a thick wooden sole, was commonly used by factory and other manual workers in the north of England. Cf.
1700
DRYDEN
Wife of Bath
in
Fables Ancient & Modern
493 Seldom three descents continue good.
1721
J. KELLY
Scottish Proverbs
312 The Father buys, the Son biggs [builds], The Grandchild sells, and his Son thiggs [begs].
1871Notes & Queries
4th Ser. VII. 472
‘From clogs to clogs is only three generations.’ A Lancashire proverb, implying that, however rich a poor man may eventually become, his great-grandson will certainly fall back to poverty and ‘clogs’.
1938
Principles of Art
v.
But the poor, who are always the last guardians of a tradition, knew that the curse of God rested on idleness, and spoke of three generations from clogs to clogs.
1984
English Companion
59
This indeed was the normal working-class footwear in the industrial north till the age of affluence dawned after the last war; the old northern proverb, clogs to clogs in three generations, is self-explanatory.
family;
proverty
CLOTHES make the man
Cf. GK.
µ
, the man is his clothing; ERASMUS
Adages ‘Divitiae’ vestis virum facit
.
a
1400
Prov. Wisdom
1. 59 in
Archiv
(1893) XC. 245
Euer maner and clothyng makyth man.
c
1445
Peter Idley's Instructions to his Son
(1935) I. 82
Ffor clothyng oft maketh man.
1591
Second Fruits
115
Though manners makes, yet apparell shapes.
1617
Alcida
B3
The Hood makes not the Monke, nor the apparrell the man.
1836
Sartor
I. V.
Clothes gave us individuality, distinctions, social polity. Clothes have made men of us.
1933
Lost Horizon
3
Still, it
did
happen—and it goes some way to show that clothes make the man, doesn't it?
1985
How was it for You?
120
I hear the clip-clop of my stilettos on the wooden floor, well, dears, I'm anything they want me to be. I expect that's what they mean by Clothes Maketh the Man.
1996
Washington Times
12 Aug. A19
If clothes make the man, the new Bob Dole (if it lasts) will be a more formidable presidential candidate.
appearance, significant
;
dress
µ, the man is his clothing; ERASMUSAdages ‘Divitiae’ vestis virum facit
.
a1400
Prov. Wisdom
1. 59 in
Archiv
(1893) XC. 245
Euer maner and clothyng makyth man.
c
1445
Peter Idley's Instructions to his Son
(1935) I. 82
Ffor clothyng oft maketh man.
1591
Second Fruits
115
Though manners makes, yet apparell shapes.
1617
Alcida
B3
The Hood makes not the Monke, nor the apparrell the man.
1836
Sartor
I. V.
Clothes gave us individuality, distinctions, social polity. Clothes have made men of us.
1933
Lost Horizon
3
Still, it
did
happen—and it goes some way to show that clothes make the man, doesn't it?
1985
How was it for You?
120
I hear the clip-clop of my stilettos on the wooden floor, well, dears, I'm anything they want me to be. I expect that's what they mean by Clothes Maketh the Man.
1996
Washington Times
12 Aug. A19
If clothes make the man, the new Bob Dole (if it lasts) will be a more formidable presidential candidate.
appearance, significant;
dress
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