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TWO DAUGHTERS AND A MOTHER ARE THREE DEVILS TO THE FATHER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL
Keyword(s): FAMILY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE EVEN THOUGH ONE'S A SHEEPSHEAD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID IT WAS A POPULAR EXPRESSION IN PA. DURING HER
EARLY YEARS.
Where learned: TELEPHONE ; TOLD BY
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-04-1970
TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE EVEN THOUGH ONE'S A SHEEPSHEAD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID IT WAS A POPULAR EXPRESSION IN PA. DURING HER
EARLY YEARS.
Where learned: TELEPHONE ; TOLD BY
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-04-1970
VALOR AND BOASTFULNESS NEVER BUCKLES ON THE SAME SWORD.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; SHIPLE HALL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-23-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
VICE KNOWS SHE IS UGLY, SO SHE PUTS ON HER MASK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SIN DECEIT COSTUME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-16-1967
VINEGAR CATCHES NO FLIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD INSECTS ODOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
VIRTUE ERASES SINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
A POLISH PROVERB
A VIRTUOUS WIFE - A HUSBAND'S CROWN.
Submitter comment: POLISH: CNOTLUVA JANA - MEJA KORONA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): MARRIAGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
VOWS MADE IN STORMS ARE FORGOTTEN IN CALMS.
Where learned: HOME ; TRENTON ; 2975 ANNA ST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 12-25-1969
THE VULTURE AND BALDNESS
A VULTURE DOES NOT SELL ANY MEDICINE FOR CURING BALDNESS.
Where learned: WEST AFRICA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
WALK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
WALLS
THE WALLS HEAR.
Submitter comment:
LAS PAREDES OYEN.
LEARNED: THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPY GOSSIP
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
WAS BITTER IST IM MUNDE DAS IST DEM HERZ GESUNDE.
Where learned: RESIDENCE
Keyword(s): IS HEALTHY IN THE HEART. ; {KEYPUNCHER'S TRANSLATION} : WHAT IS BITTER IN THE MOUTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
A COOKING POT
A WATCHED POT NEVER BOILS.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SAID WHEN ONE HAS HIGH HOPES FOR SOMETHING AND
LITTLE PATIENCE TO WAIT FOR IT TO HAPPEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5235 25TH AVE
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-23-1971
MONEY
WATCH THE PENNIES AND THE DOLLARS WILL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S FATHER, AND HE REMEMBERS THIS FROM
AMONG THE PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH AS A BOY.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
WATCH YOUR STEP.
Keyword(s): WALKING ACCIDENTS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
WELSH PROVERB
THE WATER IS SHALLOWEST WHERE IT BUBBLES.
Where learned: WALES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
WATER SEEKS ITS OWN LEVEL.
Keyword(s): GRAVITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: ANYTIME
THE WAY A MAN MAKES HIS BED, THAT IS THE WAY HE WILL SLEEP.
Where learned: 213 NORTH QUAD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-02-1971