More Rain, More Rest

DESCRIPTION: "The more the rain, the more the rest, Fine weather is the best." Or, "More rain, more rest For the niggers in the west"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1951 (MidwestFolklore)
KEYWORDS: work storm
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
MidwestFolklore, W. L. McAtee, "Some Folklore of Grant County, Indiana, in the Nineties," Volume 1, Number 4 (WInter 1951), p. 258, "(More rain, more rest)" (1 text)
Roud #45572
NOTES [20 words]: I am not sure these two short texts are really the same, but both are rare, so I don't see much reason to split them. - RBW
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File: MWF1258M

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