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PROVERB
WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH,
THE TOUGH GET GOING.
Where learned: OHIO ; 230 WOOD ST ; BATAVIAN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-18-1971
UKRANIAN PROVERB
WHEN THE OLD LADY GETS OFF THE WAGON, IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR THE
HORSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
WEATHER PROVERB
WHEN THERE IS DEW ON THE GRASS, IT WON'T RAIN DURING THE NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
PROVERB: WHEN THE MOON IS HIGH
WHEN THERE WILL BE A FULL MOON ON A CERTAIN NIGHT, PEOPLE ARE
AFFECTED, IRRITABLE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS NOT CERTAIN WHERE SHE OBTAINED THIS INFORMATION, BUT
SHE ACTUALLY BELIEVES IT TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB: THE LAZY AT THEIR BEST
WHEN THE SUN NEARS ITS WESTERN HORIZON IS WHEN THE LAZY ARE AT
THEIR BEST.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS AS A VERY OLD SWEDISH PROVERB ABOUT LAZY
MEN.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; ROUTE 1 ; STURGEON LAKE ; BOX 121
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-28-1970
PROVERB
WHEN WE HAVE NOT WHAT WE LIKE, WE MUST LIKE WHAT WE HAVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
PROVERB
WHEN YOU GET TOO OLD TO SET A BAD EXAMPLE, YOU CAN START GIVING
ADVICE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS WAS A FAVORITE EXPRESSION OF HER PARENTS
WHEN SHE OR ANY OF HER SISTERS QUESTIONED THEIR ADVICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 10438 BONITA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
PROVERB: PICKING A WIFE
WHEN YOU PICK A WIFE, REMEMBER TO GET 'EM YOUNG, TREAT 'EM ROUGH,
AND DON'T TELL 'EM ANYTHING.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS MY GRANDFATHER, AND THIS WAS HIS REPLY WHEN ASKED
ON HIS FIFTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY WHAT HE ATTRIBUTED HIS
SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE TO.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; KANSASVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
PROVERB
WHEN YOUR WISDOM TEETH COME IN, YOUR LIFE IS HALF OVER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN KENTUCKY IN 1945.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-00-1963
PROVERB
WHEN YOU SEE A WORTHY PERSON,
ENDEAVOR TO EMULATE HIM.
WHEN YOU SEE AN UNWORTHY PERSON,
THEN EXAMINE YOUR INNER SELF.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT IDENTIFIES THIS PROVERB AS BEING FROM CONFUCIUS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
OLD SAYING
WHEN YOU STAND AROUND AND KILL TIME, YOU DON'T KILL TIME, TIME
KILLS YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS SAYING WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER DURING THE
1930'S.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW ; 15116 ; 107 PARK LANE DR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
PROVERB: THINKING
WHEN YOU THINK, THINK RIGHT.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDFATHER REMEMBERS BEING TOLD THIS PROVERB BY HIS FATHER
MORE THAN SIXTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. IT WAS ONE OF HIS FAVORITES.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; ROUTE 1 ; STURGEON LAKE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
PROVERB
WHERE THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS A WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
POLISH PROVERB
WHERE IT POURS, THERE GOOD TIMES ARE HAD.
GDZIE SIE LEJE, TAM SIE DOBRZE DZIEJE.
Submitter comment:
THIS REFERS TO THE DRINKING OF ALCOHOL. MY FATHER KNOWS THIS
FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
TRAVEL PROVERB
WHEREVER YOU GO,
THERE YOU ARE!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SARAH FISHER HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-00-1969
PROVERB
WHEREVER THINGS ARE BETTER, YOU ARE NOT THERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1965
PROVERB
WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS, 'TIS FOLLY TO BE WISE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
WHILE THERE'S LIFE, THERE'S HOPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
WHISTLING GIRLS AND CROWING COCKS COME TO A BAD END.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 22427 RED MAPLE LN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
PROVERB: A BAD END
A WHISTLING GIRL AND A CROWING HEN ALWAYS COME TO A BAD END.
Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-30-1967