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JEWISH SAYING -- OLD (TRANSLATED)
MAY THE LORD PROTECT US FROM HALF A WISEMAN AND HALF A DOCTOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): WISH PRAYER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
MARRIAGE LICENSE BUREAU
THE MARRIAGE LICENSE BUREAU IS THE TWO DOLLAR WINDOW WHERE
EVERYBODY LOSES.
Submitter comment:
MR. COTTINGHAM IS ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED OF THE VERACITY OF THE
ABOVE, BUT HE HAS NEVER BEEN MARRIED -- HE'S ONLY 21 -- SO HE HAS
YET TO FIND OUT HOW CORRECT HE IS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT HIS HOME ; 50-1/2 NORTH ST
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; RACING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-19-1970
PROVERB
MARRIAGE ISN'T A WORD, IT'S A SENTENCE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID HE HAS REPEATED THIS OFTEN TO VARIOUS FRIENDS
CLAIMS IT IS HIS OWN IDEA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): PESSIMISM ; PUN ON SENTENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
RUSSIAN PROVERB
MARRIAGE IS ONLY ONE 'YES' PRECEDED BY THOUSANDS OF 'NO'S'.
Where learned: WESTERN RUSSIA
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001898-1905
MARCH
MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION AND GOES OUT LIKE A LAMB, OR VICE VERSA.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-06-1968
WEATHER PROVERB
MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION AND OUT LIKE A LAMB (VICE VERSA).
Submitter comment: AS A CHILD IN NEIGHBORHOOD
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
PROVERBIAL SAYING
MANY A SLIP BETWEEN THE CUP AND THE LIP.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; 524 RIVERA TERRACE ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
PROVERB
MANY ARE COLD, BUT FEW ARE FROZEN.
Submitter comment:
VARIANT OF MANY ARE CALLED, BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN
INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-07-1967
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PROVERB
A MAN WILL ALWAYS DO WELL WITH A BIG BARN AND A BIG WIFE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK
James Callow Keyword(s): MARRIAGE ; OBSERVATION ; PROSPERITY ; ZEUGMA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06001961 (SUMMER OF 1961)
PROVERB
THE MAN WHO IS BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN HIS MOUTH,
SELDOM MAKES MUCH STIR.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS OUR FAMILY DOCTOR. HE ALWAYS TOLD THIS TO EVERY NEW
PARENT.
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR ; METAPHOR ; OBERSERVATION ; REPUTATION ; WEALTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
A MAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE.
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERB
MAN DOES NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE.
Submitter comment: FROM - UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): BIBLE: DEUTERONOMY VIII:3 ; OBSERVATION ; SUSTENANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
MAN AND FATE ARGUE OVER LIFE FOR HOURS;
BUT AS USUAL, FATE HAS THE LAST WORD.
Where learned: MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
FINNISH SAYING ABOUT ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN
MALE GOAT MADE DUNG IN THE WOODS AND GOOD PEOPLE
CLEANED OR CLEARED IT UP.
TRANSLATION OF:
PUKKI PASKAS KALLIOLLE JA HYOAT IHMISET KORIAS SEN.
Submitter comment:
WHICH IS TO SAY THAT SOMEONE ELSE USUALLY HAS TO BEAR THE BURDEN OF
THE ILLEGITIMATE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
ITALIAN SAYING
MAKE YOURSELF ALL HONEY AND THE FLIES WILL DEVOUR YOU.
Where learned: MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
A TRAFFIC WARNING (HOUSEHOLD SAYING)
MAKE TIME AT HOME -- NOT ON THE ROAD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THE GENERAL IDEA OF THIS SAYING SOMEWHERE AND MADE UP
HIS OWN VERSION.
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
AGRICULTURAL PROVERB
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES.
MAKE LOVE WHILE THE MOON SHINES.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS ; 2670 PANES RD
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE ; INCREMENTAL REPITITION ; ITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-09-1971
A WATCHED POT WILL NEVER BOIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
REINCARNATION MEANS YOU'RE BORN AGAIN A FLOWER.
James Callow comment: TOLD AS A JOKE? A JOKING DEFINITION? ; COLLECTOR SAYS YES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; EASTOWN THEATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-07-1970