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PRAY FOR SUNSHINE. ALWAYS BE PREPARED FOR RAIN.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN NORWALK, OHIO.

Where learned: OHIO ; Norwalk

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION ; HOPE FOR THE BEST, BUT EXPECT THE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-16-1967

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SAYING

A PROMISE IS A CRAZY MAN'S JOY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): METONYMY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 01-00-1968

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PUDDING PROOF

THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING.

Submitter comment: HEARD THIS UTTERED BY BEA SHELLY, MY LANDLADY,
ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS

Data entry tech comment: BEA OBVIOUSLY HAS A FRAGMENTED MIND. (INSTRUCTORS COMMENT)

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING IS IN THE EATING.

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB FROM A BLACK AMERICAN

PROOF OF THE PUDDING IS IN THE EATING.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD ; FUNCTION ; OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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PROVERB

PUNCTUALITY IS THE POLITENESS OF KINGS.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

James Callow Keyword(s): CONSIDERATION ; DEFINITION? ; PROMPTNESS ; ROYALTY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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PROVERB

PUPIL WHO TRIES TO PULL WOOL OVER TEACHERS EYES MAY FIND
THAT SHE IS NOT THE SHEEP THAT HE THINKS SHE IS.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ANIMAL ; DECEIT ; EDUCATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

PURPLE IS A FAIR WINDING SHEET.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR ; MORTUARY RITE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

PUT ONE GRAIN NEXT TO ANOTHER AND SOON YOU'LL HAVE A PILE.

Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD? ; MANY A LITTLE MAKES A ; OBSERVATION ; PERSISTENCE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 02-17-1971

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ITALIAN PROVERB

PUT THE BREAD TO YOUR MOUTH
AND YOU WILL FIND AN APPETITE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FOOD ; YOU CAN DO WITH WHAT YOU HAVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 09-22-1968

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

PUT UP OR SHUT UP

James Callow comment: SIMILAR TO THE PROVERB ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ELLIPSIS ; FUNCTION ; PARALLELISM

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD.

Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00001964 (SUMMER)

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JAMAICAN METAPHORICAL PROVERB

YOU PLAY WITH A PUPPY THE PUPPY WILL LICK YOUR LIPS.

Submitter comment: THIS IS SIMILAR IN MEANING TO "FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT".
DONALD LEE LEARNED THIS ITEM IN BUFF BAY JAMAICA.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-31-1975

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THAI SAYING

THREE DAYS FROM " NOREE " THERE WILL BE
ANOTHER (IMPLICATION OF THE FICKLE NATURE OF WOMEN).

Where learned: THAILAND

Keyword(s): SEX ; WOMEN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Human Being
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1965

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HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NONE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): FOOD (BREAD) METAPHOR ; METONYMY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-20-1965

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PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PROVERB

THE HAMMER DOESN'T LAST AS LONG
AS THE ANVIL.

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK

Keyword(s): TOOL METAPHOR

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1961

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MORAL PROVERB

THE HANDLE HAS LOST ITS AX.

Submitter comment: (E.G., SOMEONE WHO IS SMART IN PHYSICS WHEN HE HAS
HIS BOOKS BUT IS DUMB WHEN HE DOESN'T HAVE
HIS PHYSICS BOOK HAS LOST HIS AX)
(TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN)

Data entry tech comment: LITHUANIAN PHRASE DENOTING MORAL PROVERB

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE ; TOLD AT

Keyword(s): TOOLS METAPHOR

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 02-17-1971

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HANDLE WITH CARE WOMEN AND GLASS

Where learned: NEW YORK ; HAMBURG

Keyword(s): PUN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-25-1967

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THE HAND IS QUICKER THAN THE EYE.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS EXPRESSION USED
AT A CARNIVAL IN 1928.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN

Keyword(s): METONYMY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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THE HAND OUTLASTS THE SWORD.

Submitter comment: THIS PROVERB IS ALSO A VARIANT OF THE GERMAN.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): SYMBOLS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY THE COLLECTOR

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THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE RULES THE WORLD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; TOLD AT HIS HOME ; 32020 SHERIDAN DR

Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; MOTHERHOOD

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 03-21-1971

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