The original quote is from an English proverb. Benjamin Franklin repeats
the quote in Poor Richard's Almanac.

At 07:45 PM 2/4/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>
>"[Potter Hansen of Hyrum, Utah,] liked to sing, and was sometimes
>heard singing about the yard as he worked. One song he sang was
>'There's many a slip, twixt the cup and the lip'" (Nielsen 1963:
>88-89).
>
>James J. Hansen was from Denmark (b. 1844) and immigrated to Utah in
>1856 when he was 12 years old.  I don't know if this song is from
>Denmark, the potteries district of England, traditional American, or
>perhaps unique to Utah or even an original by Hansen himself.
>
>Anybody have thoughts as to where I might find more information?
>
>Also, as promised, I will post a summary of my last pottery question,
>but I am still contacting some of the recommended references.
>
>Cheers,
>Tim
>
>Works Cited:
>Nielsen, Emma Cynthia
>1963   The Development of Pioneer Pottery in Utah.  M.A. Thesis,
>Department of Art, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
>
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>Timothy Scarlett
>University of Nevada, Reno
>
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>Archaeometry Division
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>>From: "K. Kris Hirst" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: field school list
>>Date: Sat, Feb 3, 2001, 7:49 AM
>>
>
>>Hi all:
>>
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>>
>>kris
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