Peabody, Mass.
1315. If you sing before you eat,
You’ll cry before you sleep.
Ohio and Iowa.
1316. If you sing before breakfast, you will cry before supper.
Cambridge, Mass.
1317. If you laugh before breakfast, you will cry before supper.
Prince Edward Island and Somerville, Mass.
1318. Little birds that sing in the morning
The old cat will catch before night.
Accustomed to be said to children when they were especially hilarious in the early morning.
Northern Ohio.
1319. If a child sing before breakfast, it will get a whipping before night.