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WHEN IN ROME, EAT ROMAN CANDLES.
Submitter comment: (MEANS SAME THING AS "WHEN IN ROME DO AS THE ROMANS DO")
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): FIREWORKS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 09-16-1968
PROVERB
WHEN IT COMES TO DOING HOUSEWORK, MOST HUSBANDS GO FAR BEYOND THE
CALL OF DUTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MARRIAGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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
LIBERIAN SAYING
WHO HAS TIME TO PUT RICHARD HENRY'S CLOTHES ON MAC DE SHIELD?
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS "I DON'T HAVE TIME TO TALK ALL DAY." THIS SAYING
IS KNOWN THROUGHOUT LIBERIA AS RICHARD IS A SKINNY MEMBER OF THE
LIBERIAN CABINET AND MAC DE SHIELD IS ONE OF THE FAT MEMBERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
PROVERB
WIDOWS, LIKE RIPE FRUIT, DROP EASILY FROM THEIR PERCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BLASON POPULAIRE
A WIFE THAT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO KEEP HOUSE THROWS MORE OUT WITH A
TEASPOON THAN A MAN CAN BRING IN WITH A SHOVEL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN HER YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
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PROVERB: WOMEN
A WOMAN IS LIKE AN EGG: THE MORE SHE'S BEATEN, THE BETTER SHE
BECOMES.
Submitter comment:
NEIL'S INFORMANT WAS HIS GRANDMOTHER, AMELIA DUTTON, OF HAITIAN
DESCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 12-07-1972
PROVERB
WOMAN'S VIRTUE IS A MAN'S GREATEST INVENTION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMONT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
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PROVERB: WOMEN
WOMEN ARE LIKE ELEPHANTS: IT'S FUN TO LOOK AT THEM, BUT I WOULDN'T
WANT TO OWN ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
PROVERB: WOMEN
WOMEN ARE LIKE STREET CARS: THERE IS ONE BY EVERY MINUTE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-01-1969
PROVERB
WOMEN CAN KEEP SECRETS JUST AS WELL AS MEN, ONLY IT TAKES MORE OF
THEM TO DO SO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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BLASON POPULAIRE
IF WORKING IS A CRIME, THEN THE IRISHMAN IS THE SOUL OF INNOCENCE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
WELLERISM: FLEMISH PROVERB
"WORK MEANS SALVATION," SAID THE NUNS, AND THEY CARRIED A TWIG WITH
THE TWO OF THEM.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT WAS VISITING DETROIT FROM BELGIUM WHEN HE TOLD THIS
TO THE COLLECTOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
PROVERB
YOU CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LACE-CURTAIN IRISH AND
SHANTY-IRISH IN THAT LACE-CURTAIN IRISH HAVE FRUIT ON THE
TABLE WHEN IT ISN'T CHRISTMAS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER HEARD THIS FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
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SCREW JOB
AN ITALIAN GESTURE FORMED BY CLENCHING FIST WITH ARM
IN A POSITION SIMILAR TO AN ARM IN A SLING. THE
WHOLE ARM IS THEN JERKED BACK AND SLIGHTLY OUTWARD.
THIS SIGNIFIES THAT SOMEONE HAS SCREWED ME OR
JEWED ME.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): DEROGATORY TERM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Derision Scorn PROVERB -- Blason Populaire Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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FINGERNAIL OF THUMB SNAPPED FROM A FRONT UPPER
TOOTH MEANS "FUCK YOU."
Submitter comment: PARDON MY "FRENCH."
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): FRENCH=FOUL LANGUAGE ; SLANG
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Derision Scorn PROVERB -- Blason Populaire Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
Proverb
Pennsylvania Dutch Proverb:
Girls with fat cheeks have hearts like flint.
Submitter comment:
Heard in Steelton, PA. about 1920.
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
Comparison?
Original BN [V200 : 700] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Moore, Mrs Julie
Keyword(s): Cheeks ; DUTCH ; Emotions ; ETHNIC ; Fat ; Female ; FLINT ; Girl ; HEART ; LOVE ; PENNSYLVANIA ; Region
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Proverb
God's Alive:
God's not dead; he's living in Argentina.
Data entry tech comment:
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Possible combination spoof on the saying "God is Alive and Well and Living in your Heart," while the Argentina reference may refer to the British Foriegn Office's response to the requested extradition of Adolph Eichmann: ("Eichmann is alive and well and living in Argentina")
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V400] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Card located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: RATHSKELLER ; Johnston, Dave
Keyword(s): Alive ; Argentina ; DEATH ; Eichmann ; God ; PROVERB ; Spoof
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Proverb
As goes Maine. so goes the nation.
Submitter comment:
This person clearly did not subscribe to this proverb as he followed up the comment by saying that there was never such a disproven one as this in political circles.
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [P800, V200] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: HOME ; Geboyls, Paul
Keyword(s): Maine ; Nation ; POLITICS ; STATE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
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Proverbial Comparison
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
Shiny as a nigger's heel.
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James Callow comment:
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Keyword(s): Foot ; Heel ; Offensive ; RACISM ; Racist ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison Filter - Mature Content |