I need a quote in Pennsylvania Dutch (Low German) about being late for dinner and getting what's left.?

Question

When I was a kid, my mother painted a dry sink with the words for "He who is late for dinner gets what's left." It starts "Die wo net kumma ..." I don't know German and can't remember any more of the original. It was a collaboration between my mother and her father, who was Pennsylvania Dutch on one side and naturalized German-American on the other. The dry sink (sort of a kitchen cabinet with 2 doors under a drawer and an open top area with a 4" high edging around it) was in our dining room until the house was sold.

Answer 1

Sorry, the only item I could find said that Pennsylvania Dutch/low German would say "supper" not "dinner." Hope that helps with your search.

P.S. I kept searching because my curiousity was piqued. I came across the name of a fellow who has published a book with low German sayings. Perhaps you could write to him. His name and address are on the link below.

http://www.colecampmo.com/history.html

Answer 2

my curiosity is piqued, too.... talked to my mom and dad, who grew up speaking low German (grandma and grandpa spoke in broken German/English ALL The time).

my dad's working on it.....