Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 02:10:44 EST

From: Bapopik Bapopik[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM

Subject: Cheap at half the price; Sell bridges in Sahara; Weasels; Craps,

World Champs



CHEAP AT HALF THE PRICE



When you're Christmas shopping, you may be looking for something that's

"cheap at half the price." I didn't find this in AMERICAN PROVERBS.

Partridge has it to 1920, but states it may go back to the 1890s.

I got this while cleaning my files and don't know if it's an antedate.

It's from the San Francisco Chronicle, 28 February 1904, "BILLY BOUNCE TAKES

THE BUNCH TO THEIR ANNUAL CLEANING." After the cleaning, Billy Bounce says,

"Much o'bliged! It's cheap at half the price."



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