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PROVERB
A MAN OF WORDS AND NOT DEEDS IS LIKE A GARDEN FULL OF WEEDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ACTION ACTIVISM ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 10-20-1967
PROVERB
TRANSLATION: A LONG THREAD, A LAZY GIRL.--(IN THE SENSE
THAT IF YOU TAKE A LONG PIECE OF THREAD TO THREAD THE
NEEDLE, YOU ARE NOT AN AMBITIOUS SEAMSTRESS; SINCE A
LONG THREAD EASILY KNOTS AND KEEPS YOU FROM SEWING QUICKLY.)
LANGES FAEDCHEN, FAULES MAEDCHEN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
VERSE IN PROVERBS
LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND,
HATE MAKES THE WORLD GO SQUARE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; EASTOWN THEATER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-07-1970
SMILE, AND THE WORLD SMILES WITH YOU.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
SMILE AND THE WORLD SMILES WITH YOU
WEEP AND YOU WEEP ALONE.
THIS GREEDY OLD WORLD WANTS ALL OF YOUR MIRTH
IT HAS ENOUGH GRIEF OF ITS OWN.
IF YOU HAVE PLENTY THEY'LL OFFER YOU MORE
IF YOU HAVE NOTHING THEY'LL COME TO YOUR DOOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Keyword(s): OPTIMISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 03-09-1971
SUCH IS LIFE WITHOUT A WIFE AND HERE I AM WITHOUT A MAN.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
TEN ACRES OF SAND AND A RED-HEADED WIFE
IS UAUALLY {SIC} THE END OF A PINHEAD'S LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): THINKS, PINHEAD MEANS DULL-WITTED.} ; {MEANING? COLLECTOR DOESN'T KNOW. PROBABLY, SHE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
PROVERBIAL PHRASE IN VERSE FORM
THERE IS A DESTINY THAT MAKES US BROTHERS,
AND NONE GOES HIS WAY ALONE,
THE MORE THAT YOU PUT INTO THE LIVES OF OTHERS,
THE MORE COMES BACK INTO YOUR OWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WORK ; CHILDRENS HOSPITAL ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 01-21-1970
VERSE PROVERB
THERE'S A LITTLE BAD IN THE BEST OF US
AND A LITTLE GOOD IN THE WORST OF US,
SO IT LITTLE BECOMES ANY OF US
TO FIND FAULT WITH THE REST OF US.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
THERE'S NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD FOOL.
Submitter comment: FROM - UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00001964SUMMER
THERE IS SO MUCH GOOD...
THERE IS SO MUCH GOOD IN THE WORST OF US,
AND SO MUCH BAD IN THE BEST OF US,
THAT IT ILL BEHOOVES ANY OF US
TO TALK ABOUT THE REST OF US.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00001930S
TRUTH
THIS IS TRUE,
THIS IS NOT A FALSEHOOD,
THIS IS A TRUISM.
Submitter comment: A SAYING ON CAMPUS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
TO ALL APARENT BEAUTIES BLIND BUT
EACH BLEMISH STRIKES AN ENVIOUS MIND.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
TOMMY, FREEDOM IS IN YOUR HOME.
Submitter comment:
POLISH: WOLNOSC TOMKU
W SWOJEM DOMKU.
THE NAME TOMMY IS USED IN THIS PROVERB BECAUSE IT RHYMES
WITH HOME. TOMMY REPRESENTS ANYONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5678 TARNOW ST ; 48210
Keyword(s): POLISH EQUIVALENT OF "A MAN'S HOME IS HIS CASTLE." ; THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS PROVERB, WHICH IS THE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
TOMORROW I'LL REFORM THE FOOL DOES SAY
TODAY'S TOO LATE. THE WISE DID YESTERDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TIME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
TRUST NO MAN, THOUGH HE BE YOUR BROTHER
WHOSE HAIR IS ONE COLOR AND HIS BEARD ANOTHER.
Submitter comment:
IT WAS RATHER DIFFICULT TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS BELIEF,
SINCE HER 4 BROTHERS ALL HAD BEARDS OF DIFFERENT COLOR
THAN THEIR HAIR. IT WAS USED MORE AS A PERSONAL TAUNT.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
SAVERS AND SPENDERS
TWIXT THE CRADLE AND THE GRAVE
FRUGAL FATHERS SAVE AND SAVE
SO THAT WHEN THEIR LIVES ARE DONE
FOOLISH CHILDREN CAN HAVE FUN.
Submitter comment: CHILDHOOD
Keyword(s): FAMILY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
PROVERB - ADVICE
TWO IS A COUPLE, THREE IS A CROWD,
FOUR ON THE SIDEWALK IS NEVER ALLOWED.
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS WHEN I WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
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VICE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
VICE IS NICE BUT INCEST IS BEST
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT DOES NOT KNOW WHERE HE HEARD THIS BUT
HE SAID THAT HE DID HEAR IT IN GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SIN FAMILY SEX
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 04-12-1965
WEAR ON THE HEEL - SPEND A GOOD DEAL
WEAR ON THE BALL - SPEND ALL
WEAR ON THE TOE - SPEND AS YOU GO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FEET SHOES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 10-13-1965