proverb · North Carolina

Blood is thicker than water

Family ties are treated as especially strong.

Recorded region

North Carolina

Tradition

Traditional / unattributed

Topic

Relationships

Source

B. J. Whiting, ed., ‘Proverbs and Proverbial Sayings,’ The Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore, vol. 1 (Duke University Press, 1952), p. 372.

Brown folklore collection; traditional expression recorded in the North Carolina collection.

Source publication: 1952 · Record s-0757f418cf67

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