ID: 792
Date: 1930s - 1960s
Title: Patience is a virtue
Gender: Female 
Classification: Autograph 
Rhyme: 

Patience is a virtue, 
Possess it if you can,
Seldom (always)  in a woman, 
But never in a man.

(Auckland, 1930s; Auckland, 1960s)

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Patience is a virtue,
Virtue is a grace,
Grace is a little girl,
Who wouldn't wash her face.

(NZ ex UK, 1950s)

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Background Info: Opie, 1967:48, records the following versions:

Patience is a virtue, virtue is a grace,
Both put together make a very pretty face.

Patience is a virtue, virtue is a grace,
Grace is a little girl, who doesn't wash her face.

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Location: Various NZ 
Group size: 1 
Incidence: 3