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IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A FIGHT.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH ZDROJESKI WHEN
HE WAS GROWING UP. ELIZABETH HEARD IT FROM HER MOTHER, MRS. RICE,
AROUND 1910.
Where learned: NEW JERSEY ; 221 GRIFFITH ST ; JERSEY CITY
Keyword(s): HUMANS SENSUAL EXPERIENCES SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams P841.72 PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: CA00001968 ; 00-00-1910
PROVERB
IN WHOM WISDOM IS, IN HIM IS EVERYTHING; IN WHOM IT IS NOT, WHAT HAS
HE? HE WHO HAS ACQUIRED IT, WHAT DOES HE LACK? IN WHOM IT IS NOT,
WHAT HAS HE ACQUIRED?
Submitter comment: ORIGIN: THINKS FROM HER FATHER AS A SMALL GIRL.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PARK RIDGE
Keyword(s): WISDOM, CONTRAST, REPITITION
James Callow Keyword(s): PERIODIC SENTENCE ; RHETORICAL QUESTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
I SEE AND EVEN APPROVE OF THE BETTER THINGS IN LIFE, THEN I GO OUT
AND DO THE WORST ONES.- OVID
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): BEHAVIOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
GAELIC
IS FEAR MALL NA GO BRATH
IT'S BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.
Data entry tech comment: THIS APPEARS TO BE A TRANSLATION FROM GAELIC
James Callow comment: OFTEN ELLIPSIS IS USED WITH THIS PROVERB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST, OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
ISN'T IT ODD THAT PEOPLE WILL GET SICK DRINKING TO THE HEALTH
OF OTHERS?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DRINKING, TOASTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERB
D'R SCHAFFMANN IS SEI LU WAERT
THE LABORER IS WORTHY OF HIS HIRE
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; READING ; PO BOX 1182
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
NO MONEY PROVERB.
"LACK OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL."
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16860 FREELAND
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
LAUGH AND THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOU, SNORE AND YOU SLEEP ALONE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALIENATION ; HUMOR ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-15-1964
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM MAXIM
LAUGH BEFORE BREAKFAST; CRY BEFORE BEDTIME.
Submitter comment: SCOTTISH.
Where learned: INFORMANTS PLACE OF OCCUPATION - DETROIT BOARD OF
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; PARALLEL STRUCTURE.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
PROVERB - - OMEN - - BELIEF
LAUGH BEFORE BREAKFAST, CRY BEFORE SLEEP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1970
PROVERB
WER DEN SCHADEN HAT, BRAUCHT FURDEN SPOTT NICHT ZU SORGEN.
THE LAUGH IS ALWAYS ON THE LOSER.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GERMAN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-05-1965
WELSH PROVERB
IF THERE WERE NO HELL,
NO ONE WOULD WORRY ABOUT HEAVEN.
Submitter comment: NONE
Data entry tech comment: PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM MAXIM
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
ARABIAN SAYING
IF TALKING IS SILVER, QUIT IS GOLDEN.
"IF TALKING IS SILVER, QUIET IS GOLDEN."
Submitter comment: NONE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IF WE WERE BROUGHT TO TRIAL FOR THE CRIMES WE HAVE COMMITTED
AGAINST OURSELVES, FEW WOULD ESCAPE THE GALLOWS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
"AYA ONVAOZEGH'OE PIE' ZA' WH'ZEA N' WO'ZES IA' O'E GA'VN.
IF YOU ARE MIXED UP WITH BAD COMPANY, YOU TOO BECOME THE SAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
RETORT
WHEN ARGUING WITH SOMEONE STUBBORN, GIVE UP AND SAY "SZKODA GADACZ"
IN POLISH THIS MEANS "THERE IS NO USE TALKING."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001930S ; 02-16-1980
PROVERB
OLDER POLISH PEOPLE SAY "STAROSC NIE RADOSC." IN ENGLISH THIS MEANS
"OLD IS NO JOY."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001930S ; 02-16-1980
PROVERB
HAVE WIFE, MUST TRAVEL.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS WRITTEN IN THE DUST ON THE BACK OF A TRUCK HEADING
WEST ON INTERSTATE 94 IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN. THE TRUCK
BELONGED TO A PLASTICS FIRM BASED IN WINDSOR, ONTARIO, CANADA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
THE ONLY SURE THING IN THIS LIFE IS DEATH, TAXES, AND PLAQUE.
Submitter comment:
PLAQUE IS A SUBSTANCE THAT ALL PEOPLE GET ON THEIR TEETH, SO IT IS
INEVITABLE THAT THEY GET THAT TOO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
A NEUROTIC IS A PERSON WHO BUILDS A CASTLE IN THE AIR.
A PSYCHOTIC IS THE PERSON WHO LIVES IN IT.
A PSYCHIATRIST IS THE ONE WHO COLLECTS THE RENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1980