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IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUSH ON THE THROTTLE,
DON'T PULL (DRINK) ON THE BOTTLE.
Submitter comment: A WARNING!
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE CAR ; DRINKING DRUNKENNESS
Date learned: 11-00-1971
PROVERB
A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED, BUT A FRIEND WHO SENDS A
LETTER IS BETTER.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; PLACENTIA
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
ABOUT STUDYING
IF YOU STUDY LONG
YOU MIGHT STUDY WRONG.
Submitter comment:
SHE USED A PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH IN EXPLAINING THIS ITEM.
THE INFORMANT SEEMS TO REMEMBER THIS ITEM FROM HER EARLY ADOLESCENT
YEARS IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE SHE LIVED FOR 16 YEARS. SHE
WAS CUNNING IN THE WAY SHE TOLD THIS ITEM. HER ASSOCIATES IN THE
ROOM MAY HAVE PROMOTED THIS ACTION.
THIS OLD SAYING WAS TOLD TO HER FROM PEOPLE SHE KNEW IN SCHOOL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00001960S
CLIMBING
WHEN CLIMBING THE LADDER TO SUCCESS,/ DON'T LET THE BOYS LOOK
UNDER YOUR DRESS.
Submitter comment:
SHE REMEMBERED THIS ITEM FROM TIMES WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG. BUT
IT WAS TOLD TO HER BY HER MOTHER AND NEIGHBORS USUALLY BY WORD
OF MOUTH. HER MOTHER AS WELL AS HER MOTHER'S MOTHER BELIEVED
THAT OLD SAYINGS ARE WORTH REMEMBERING. THE INFORMANT REGARDS
THIS FOLK ITEM AS A PIECE OF GOLD FOR A GUIDE LINE OF LIFE'S
EXPERIENCE.
SHE LEARNED THIS ITEM IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; VIRGINIA ; PHILADELPHIA ; RICHMOND
James Callow Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1935
PROVERB IN VERSE
A LITTLE NONSENSE NOW AND THEN
IS RELISHED BY THE WISEST MEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
SEE A PIN AND PICK IT UP, ALL THE DAY YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK. SEE
A PIN AND LET IT LIE. ALL THE DAY YOU'LL HAVE TO CRY.
Submitter comment: THIS IS ONE OF MY OLD SAYINGS.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Good luck P881.18 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.18 |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
PROVERB
EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE. WORK LIKE HELL AND ADVERTISE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): BUSINESS WORK ETHIC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
FREE ADVICE IS WORTH THE PRICE
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-05-1972
EARLY TO BED AND EARLY TO RISE MAKES YOU HEALTHY, WEALTHY AND WISE
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HER MOTHER IN THE YEAR 1920
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
PROVERB IN VERSE
MAKE NEW FRIENDS BUT KEEP THE OLD, ONE IS SILVER AND THE
OTHER GOLD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
DIME
STEP ON A LINE, FIND A DIME.
AS A CHILD INFORMANT SAID "STEP ON A LINE FIND A DIME"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-09-1972
FRIENDSHIP PROVERB
THERE E BIG SHIPS AND THERE ARE LITTLE SHIPS, BUT THE BEST SHIPS AR
ARE FRIENDSHIPS.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; WINDSOR
James Callow Keyword(s): WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-22-1972
POLISH PROVERB
AN ACHING FINGER AND A HEADACHE ARE TYPICAL EXCUSES FOR
MISSING SCHOOL.
PALUSZEK I GLOWKA TO SZKOLNA WYMOWKA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ETHNIC ORIGIN (POLISH)
James Callow Keyword(s): ABSENTEEISM ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
PROVERB
APPLE PIE WITHOUT THE CHEESE
IS LIKE A KISS WITHOUT A SQUEEZE!
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM AN ASHTRAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CUSTOM ; DEFINITION ; FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; GO-TOGETHERS MATES ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
DEVIL'S NECESSITY
ASHES TO ASHES
DUST TO DUST
IF THE LORD WON'T TAKE YOU
THE DEVIL MUST
Submitter comment: INFORMANT COULD REMEMBER HEARING THIS ITEM IN GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGION
James Callow Keyword(s): BURIAL ; INITIAL REPETITION ; PARODY ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Creator BELIEF -- Devil Demon PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
ROGGENBROT MACHT WAGEN ROT. (GERMAN)
DARK BREAD MAKES YOUR CHEEKS RED. (TRANSLATION)
Submitter comment:
GERMAN PEASANTS PREFER DARK BREAD. INFORMANT SAYS THIS IS A VERY
OLD PEASANT SAYING THAT SHE HAS SEEN IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY, PAINTED
ON A BOARD AND HUNG ON THE WALLS OF FARMHOUSES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
SPRING CHILLS
DON'T CAST YOUR FLOUT TILL MAY IS OOT.
Submitter comment:
THIS PROVERB WAS LEARNED BY THE INFORMANT FROM HER MOTHER, MRS.
HARRIET MALLINSON IN HER HOME IN GARY, INDIANA. (CIRCA 1925) HER
MOTHER IN TURN LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER, A MRS. SCOT, AS A CHILD
IN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. CK[ ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; FUNCTION
FLOUT=CLOD PLANTING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERBIAL VERSE
DO NOTHING, KNOW NOTHING
NIENTE SE TA,
NIENTE SE SA.
Data entry tech comment: ITALIAN PROVERB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-22-1968
PROVERB
DON'T TELL ANYONE WHAT GOES ON IN YOUR HOUSE. (TRANSLATION)
Data entry tech comment: POLISH ORIGINAL ON 5X8 CARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
PROVERB
DON'T TELL AT HOME, FOOL, WHAT HAPPENED IN SCHOOL. (TRANSLATION)
Data entry tech comment: POLISH ORIGINAL ON 5X8 CARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 10-01-1967