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FATTEN THE HORSE
THE EYES OF THE OWNER FATTEN THE HORSE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HIS FATHER IN ITALY.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): PREJUDICE ; SYMBOL ; UNOBJECTIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
ITALIAN PROVERB
THE EYES OF THE OWNER CAN MAKE THE HORSE FATTER.
(ITALIAN) OUI QUE DE PATRONE, GROSSE DE CABALLO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
James Callow Keyword(s): PREJUDICE ; TRANSLATION ; UNOBJECTIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-22-1968
PROVERB
THE EYES THAT SEE EVERYTHING, SEE NOTHING.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONCENTRATION ; INNER SIGHT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-09-1965
NAME YOUR POISON
Submitter comment: DOES'T REMEMBER
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
THE NEARER THE BONE THE SWEETER THE MEAT
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXUAL INTERCOURSE ; THINNESS
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001930S
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION
Submitter comment: HE OFTEN REFERS TO THIS PROVERB AT HIS OFFICE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): CAUSE AND EFFECT ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NEGLIGENCE IS A GREAT ENEMY
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LIVES IN JAPAN. ITEM IS FROM A LETTER
James Callow comment:
I ASSUME THE INFORMANT IS TRANSLATING FROM JAPANESE--
F. M. PAULSEN
Where learned: JAPAN
James Callow Keyword(s): MEANING: WHAT WILL YOU HAVE, REGARDING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1964
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NEVER CHEW YOUR CABBAGE TWICE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): "LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE." ; ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-09-1964
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NEVER CROSS A BRIDGE BEFORE YOU GET TO IT
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN FERNDALE MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; MAKING DECISIONS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-23-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NEVER CROSS A BRIDGE UNTIL YOU COME TO IT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; MAKING DECISIONS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
SOUND ADVICE
I ALWAYS REMEMBER SAYING THE FOLLOWING WHENEVER SOMEONE WANTED TO
BORROW HIS (SIC) TOOLS: JO NIGDY NIE POZYCZAM TOOLSA KARY NI
ZONY NIKOMU (POLISH)
TRANSLATION- I NEVER LEND MY TOOLS, MY CAR, OR MY WIFE
TO ANYONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CYNICISM ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-15-1965
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NEVER LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH
APPRECIATE IT WHEN SOMEONE GIVES YOU SOMETHING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ANIMAL ; CURIOSITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NEVER MIND THE NOISE IN THE MARKET, JUST WATCH THE PRICE OF FISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; CAUTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-26-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
IT NEVER RAINS BUT WHEN IT POURS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-31-1971
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GOSSIP COMES HOME
A DAGO PROVERB IS NEVER RUN DOWN SOMEBODY ELSE'S DAUGHTER BECAUSE
IT WILL ALWAYS COME BACK TO YOUR OWN DOORSTEP
Submitter comment:
DAGO IS SLANG, DEROGATORY NAME, FOR ITALIAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; GOSSIP ; SLANDER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NEVER SOIL YOUR OWN NEST
Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): SCATOLOGICAL
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; CLEANLINESS ; DEFICATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
SPIT IN YOUR EYE
TO REPRIMAND A GOSSIP THERE IS AN OLD ITALIAN SAYING WHICH GOES
NEVER SPIT UP IN THE AIR BECAUSE IT MIGHT COME DOWN AND SMACK
YOU RIGHT IN THE FACE
Submitter comment: INFORMANT USED THIS SAYING OFTEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; RETRIBUTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001964 ( SUMMER )
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NEVER WALK WHEN YOU CAN RIDE
Submitter comment: HEARD DURING CONVERSATION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): "TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT." ; ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; LAZINESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A NEW BROOM SWEEPS BETTER
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; POLITICS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; POLITICS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-06-1971