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PROVERB: THE CAT (EL GATO)
WHEN THE CAT GOES TO PRAY, THE MOUSE GOES TO PLAY.
CUANDO EL GATO VA A SUS DEVOCIONES, BAILAN LOS RATONES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-31-1970
FLEMISH PROVERB
WHEN THE CAT IS GONE,
THE MOUSE BEGINS THE DANCE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS VISITING FROM BELGIUM WHEN HE TOLD THIS TO THE
COLLECTOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
PROVERB
WHEN THE CAT'S AWAY, THE MICE WILL PLAY.
(WHEN PARENTS ARE NOT AROUND, THEN THE KIDS WILL BE NAUGHTY.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
OLD JEWISH SAYING
WHEN THE LAMB LIVES WITH THE LION, THE BRIDE WILL LIVE WITH HER
MOTHER-IN-LAW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
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
PROVERB: WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT
WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT, IT COMES OUT FOR EVERYONE.
CUANDO EL SOL SALE, PARA TODOS SALE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
PROVERB
WHEN THE WELL RUNS DRY, WE KNOW THE WORTH OF WATER.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
VERSE: GRAMMAR RULE
WHEN TWO VOWELS GO WALKING
THE FIRST ONE DOES THE TALKING.
Submitter comment:
I REMEMBER THIS FROM GRADE SCHOOL WHEN LEARNING THE PRONUNCIATION
OF LONG VOWELS IN WORDS SUCH AS "EAT" OR "MEAT." IN THESE WORDS,
THE TWO VOWELS "WALKING" ARE "EA," AND THE ONE VOWEL "TALKING" IS
THE "E" WHICH IS PRONOUNCED WITH ITS HARD SOUND WHICH IS THE SAME
AS ITS "NAME."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
PROVERB
WHEN WANT COMES IN AT THE DOOR,
LOVE FLIES OUT THE WINDOW.
Submitter comment: THIS IS FROM THE INFORMANT'S COLLECTION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERB CIRCULATING AROUND LAS VEGAS
WHEN YOU ARE RIDING THE STREET, DOUBLE THE BET.
LAS VEGAS CRAP TABLES.
Where learned: LAS VEGAS ; NEVADA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
PROVERB: YOU GOTTA PAY
WHEN YOU DANCE, YOU GOTTA PAY THE FIDDLER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS FROM HER ADOLESCENCE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB: DUPING
WHEN YOU DIG A DITCH FOR SOMEONE ELSE, YOU MIGHT FALL IN IT
YOURSELF.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS PEOPLE CAN FALL IN THEIR OWN TRAPS. BELIEVED TO
BE TRUE BY INFORMANT AND FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 437 ALGONQUIN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-06-1971
ARMENIAN PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
WHEN YOU DON'T USE YOUR HEAD, YOUR FEET SUFFER.
Submitter comment:
"FEET" IN THIS PROVERB MEANS YOU WILL WORK HARDER. THIS IS
BELIEVED AMONG OLDER ARMENIANS TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 1282 N RADEMACHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
WHITE RUSSIAN CUSTOM
WHEN YOU GET SOMETHING NEW, WET IT.
Submitter comment:
MEANING: WHEN YOU RECEIVE A GIFT OR WHEN YOU BUY SOMETHING, DRINK
A TOAST TO IT. INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-19-1965
PROVERB
WHEN YOU HAVE BOTH FEET ON THE GROUND, YOU DON'T HAVE FAR TO FALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ITALIAN PROVERB
WHEN YOU HAVE EARS PIERCED, IF ONLY ONE IS PIERCED, THE OPPOSITE
EYE WILL GO BAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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
WHERE THE DEVIL CAN'T MANAGE,
HE'LL SEND A WOMAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 4981 LARKINS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-16-1968
LITHUANIAN PROVERB
WHERE IT RAINS, THERE IT DRIPS.
KUR LYJA, CIA IR LASA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-08-1968
PROVERB
WHERE IT'S THIN, THERE IT BREAKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5310 PROCTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-18-1968