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PROVERB
A PICTURE IS A MUTE POEM.
Submitter comment: DOES NOT REMEMBER
Where learned: HOME ; BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; DEFINITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-15-1967
PINT
A PINT IS A POUND THE WORLD AROUND.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COSMOS ; ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; QUANTITY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE HAPPY WIFE
HAPPY WIFE HAPPY HOME
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO INFORMANT BY A POLISH WOMAN.
THE WOMAN LEARNED IT IN SCHOOL.
Data entry tech comment: LINES HAVE BEEN DIVIDED BY THE KEY PUNCHER
Where learned: HENDRICKSONS PHARMACY ; DETROIT ; ; TOLD IN ; 15947 W 7 MILE
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ELLIPSIS ; WOMEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-25-1970
BEANS
HE DOESN'T KNOW BEANS WHEN THE BAG IS OPEN.
Where learned: THROUGH THE MAIL
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; IGNORANCE ; METAPHOR VEGETABLE RECOGNITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
CAMPSONG TONGUE TWISTER SONG
ONE GRASSHOPPER JUMPED OVER THE OTHER GRASSHOPPER'S BACK. . .
ONE SLICK SNAKE SLID UP THE SLATE
WHILE THE OTHER SLICK SNAKE SLID DOWN. . .
ONE MAD MOOSE MOVED MERRILY WHILE THE OTHER MAD MOOSE MOVED MAD. . .
ONE PINK PORPOISE POPPED UP THE POLE WHILE THE OTHER PINK PORPOISE
POPPED DOWN. . .
ONE WARM WORM WIGGLED UP THE WALL
WHILE THE OTHER WARM WORM WIGGLED DOWN.
CHORUS: THEY WERE ONLY PLAYING LEAPFROG,
THEY WERE ONLY PLAYING LEAPFROG,
THEY WERE ONLY PLAYING LEAPFROG, AS. . .
Submitter comment: BEGIN SONG OVER AFTER CHORUS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Daily Life Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 04-00-1979
THE MORE THE MERRIER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHEN MORE PEOPLE APPEAR
FOR A PART THAN EXPECTED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
HOTTER THAN HELL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHEN IT IS VERY HOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERB
EL QUE MUCHO ABARCA, POCO APRIETA/HE WHO GRABS THE MOST,
GETS THE LEAST.
Where learned: PUERTO RICO ; AGUADA
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: CA00001930S
DUTCH TONGUE-TWISTER
"LIETJE LEERD LOTJE LOPEN IN DE LANGE LINDENLAAN".
TRANSLATED THE STORY IS THAT LIETJE IS TEACHING LOTJE
HOW TO WALK IN THE LONG LANE OF MAPLE TREES. LIETJE
AND LOTJE ARE TWO LITTLE GIRLS, PROBABLY SISTERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 04-00-1979
PROVERB
HUNGER WILL LEAD A FOX OUT OF THE FOREST.
Submitter comment: COULD REFER TO ANYTHING BEING LED BY A DRIVE.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL ; MOTIVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
PROVERB
FOOLS MAKE FEASTS, WISE MEN EAT THEM.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ASSONANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
PROVERB
FOOLS MAKE FEASTS AND WISE MEN EAT THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ASSONANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERB
FOOLS RUSH IN WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-10-1964
RUSSIAN PROVERB
FRIENDSHIPS ARE MANY, BUT FRIENDS ARE FEW.
Where learned: WESTERN RUSSIA
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V233 |
ADVICE
GET THE CAGE BEFORE YOU CATCH YOUR BIRDIE.
Where learned: PENNA
Keyword(s): 9ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL ; IMPERATIVE ; PREPARDNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-13-1971
PROVERB
GIVE THE BRAGGER THE BREAD, AS THE COMPLAINER ISN'T IN NEED.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY MOTHER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
PROVERB
GOD IS GOOD AND SAID HE WOULD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS ; 3770 Lake Dr
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 04-06-1971
AUTOGRAPH
IT'S THE SONGS YOU SING AND THE SMILES YOU WEAR,
THAT PUT THE SUNSHINE EVERYWHERE.
Data entry tech comment:
PUNCTUATION ADDED BY KEYPUNCHER
LINE DIVISION CHANGED BY KEYPUNCHER
Where learned: ALASKA
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; COUPLET ; OBSERVATION ; SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 06-25-1947
MY FATHER OWNS A GROCERY STORE
TO BEGIN THIS GAME THE FIRST PERSON, OR THE LEADER, SAYS, "MY FATHER
OWNS A GROCERY STORE AND HE SELLS A". THE LEADER MAY USE ANY LETTER
IN THE ALAPHABET (A IS SIMPLY USED HERE AS AN EXAMPLE). THIS LETTER
IS USED TO INDICATE SOME TYPE OF FOOD WHOSE NAME BEGINS WITH THIS
LETTER. FOR EXAMPLE, A MAY STAND FOR APPLES, APRICOTS, ASPARAGUS,
ALMONDS, ETC. THE REMAINING PEOPLE THEN TRY TO GUESS THE FOOD THAT
THE LEADER HAS IN MIND. IF SOMEONE IS SUCCESSFUL IN GUESSING THE
FOOD, THEN THAT PERSON BECOMES THE LEADER AND EVERYONE ELSE MUST
GUESS. OFTEN, IF THE FOOD HASN'T BEEN GUESSED AFTER SEVERAL TRIES,
THE LEADER MAY GIVE CLUES TO THE FOOD HE HAS IN MIND. FOR EXAMPLE,
HE MAY SAY IF IT IS A FRUIT, VEGETABLE, MEAT, ETC. THE GAME
CONTINUES UNTIL THE PLAYERS TIRE OF IT.
Submitter comment:
THIS GAME IS PLAYED BY THE INFORMANT AND HER FAMILY WHEN THEY ARE
DRIVING IN A CAR FOR LONG DISTANCES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: CA00001970
PROVERB
IF SPEECH WAS SILVER, SILENCE WOULD BE GOLD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY THE COLLECTOR