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LEBANESE PROVERB
A CROOKED ROW COMES FROM THE BULL.
Submitter comment:
THIS PROVERB IS ASSOCIATED WITH PLOWING. IT SEEMS TO MEAN THAT THE
OLDER AND MORE EXPERIENCED SET THE EXAMPLE, WHETHER GOOD OR BAD.
Data entry tech comment: LEBANESE TEXT GIVEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): DIRECTION?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
A DOG IS A MAN'S BEST FRIEND.
Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
PROVERB
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
A DOG NEVER BARKS WHEN IT SHITS.
Submitter comment:
IN OUR FAMILY WHICH WAS UNUSUALLY LARGE IT WAS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT
TO MAINTAIN SILENCE AT THE DINNER TABLE. MY POLISH GRANDMOTHER WAS
SUCCESSFUL WITH A PHRASE I DID NOT EVEN UNDERSTAND. YEARS LATER MY
MOTHER TRANSLATED FOR ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; FUNCTION ; SCATALOGICAL
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; DEFECATION ; FUNCTION ; OBSERVATION ; OBSERVATION ; OBSERVATION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
PROVERB
THE DOG'S TAIL STAYS CROOKED NO MATTER WHAT
Submitter comment: THIS IS A PROVERB FROM PALESTINE WHERE THE INFORMANT WAS RAISED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
A DOG WITH A WET NOSE, IS A HEALTHY DOG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SHREWD CHARACTER
DUMB LIKE A FOX
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
THE CAMEL NEVER SEES HIS OWN HUMP. (TRANSLATION)
EL JAMEL MA SHOOFS HURR DUPTOO. (LEBANESE)
Where learned: PHONE
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): FAULTS CRITICISM ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
(TRANSLATION)
THE CAMEL NEVER SEES HIS OWN HUMP, BUT HE SEES THE DUST IN
SOMEONE ELSE'S EYE.
(TRANSLATION)
IL JAMMED MU SHOOS HEL DUBTA, BUS BE SHOOF IL USHE BE
AYND GUYROO. (LEBANESE ASSUMED)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): FAULTS CRITICISM ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
THE CAT
A CAT HAS NINE LIVES.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; NUMBERS ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
THE CAT WHO CAN'T REACH THE FISH, SAYS THEY SMELL.
GREEK?
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM GREEK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): JEALOUSY ; OBSERVATION ; SOUR GRAPES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MAGIC
A PERSON WEARING A FOUR LEAFED SHAMROCK CAN UNDERSTAND
BARKING DOGS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID IT WAS AN OLD IRISH CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
YOU SHOULD NOT SPREAD BUTTER WITH A FORK, IT WILL MAKE THE COW
KICK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN ZOO
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 12-00-1969
CHIPEWYAN ESKIMO
THEY DO NOT KILL WOLVES OR WOLVERINES BECAUSE THEY ARE
POWERFUL SPIRITS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARQUETTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business |
TO BECOME A WEREWOLF
TAKE AN IRON COOKING POT INTO WHICH MUST BE DUMPED WATER, PARSLEY,
OPIUM, AND SAFFRON. YOU DO NOT EAT IT, IT IS TO ATTACK THE DEVIL.
RUB YOUR BODY WITH FAT OF A FRESHLY KILLED CAT AND PUT ON A
WOLF'S SKIN.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Gwizdala, Maureen ; ANN ARBOR
Keyword(s): DEVIL ; Legend ; MYTH ; SUPERNATURAL ; Werewolf
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFORMATION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Flavoring Spice BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
PROVERBIAL SIMILE
NERVOUS AS A LONG TAILED CAT IN A ROOM OF ROCKING CHAIRS
USED WHEN TRYING TO POINT OUT HOW NERVOUS A PERSON, YOURSELF
OR SOMEONE ELSE, CAN BECOME IN A GIVEN SITUATION
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS BEING USED DURING HIS CHILDHOOD
HE HAS USED IT AND HEARD OTHERS USE IT IN TIMES OF STRESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ANXIETY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-08-1971
THAI PROVERB
NEVER TRUST A COBRA, AN ELEPHANT IN HEAT, OR A LOVING WIFE
Where learned: THAILAND
Keyword(s): EPIGRAMS
James Callow Keyword(s): REPTILE ANIMALS ; SUSPICION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
JAMAICAN SPIRIT BELIEF
NEVER HIT A BLACK DOG AT NIGHT BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE A GHOST. THERE
WERE GUYS WHO WOULD STONE STRAY DOGS UNTIL ONE NIGHT THEY SAW A BLACK
DOG. THEY THREW STONES AT IT BUT SOON FELT TNE STONES COMING BACK
AT THEM NO MATTER WHERE THEY WOULD GO. THE STONES JUST KEPT
FOLLOWING THEM. THEY ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL.
Submitter comment: DONALD LEE LEARNED THIS ITEM IN BUFF BAY, JAMAICA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL COLOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 10-31-1975
EASTER CUSTOM
AMONG THIS MAN'S FAMILY, IT WAS CUSTOMARY TO HAVE THE CHILDREN PUT A
CARROT ON THE FRONT PORCH ON THE EVENING OF HOLY SATURDAY (THE DAY
BEFORE EASTER) SO THAT THE EASTER BUNNY WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT
WHEN HE CAME TO VISIT THE HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Bunny BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 10-16-1971
EASTER CUSTOM
IN HUNGARY, CHILDREN MAKE A NEST AND PUT IT OUTSIDE THE HOUSE. THE
EASTER BUNNY COMES THE NIGHT BEFORE EASTER AND FILLS THE NEST WITH
EGGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GIFTS
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Bunny BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 03-00-1970
BELIEF
A CAT IN THE SAME ROOM AS A BABY CAN TAKE ALL THE OXYGEN FROM THE
BABY (YOU CAN KILL THE BABY THIS WAY).
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A NURSE AND SHE HEARD THIS AT A HOSPITAL. SHE IS UNSURE
IF SHE KNOWS OF ANYONE PRACTICING THIS BELIEF.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1976