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BLACK RACE SAYING
IF YOU'RE WHITE, THEN YOU'RE RIGHT.
IF YOU'RE BLACK, THEN GET BACK.
Submitter comment:
EVIDENTLY THIS IS A POPULAR SAYING IN CHILLICOTHE, OHIO,
WHERE THE INFORMANT IS FROM, AMONG BLACK PEOPLE. THE
BLACK PEOPLE THERE ARE EXTREMELY LIGHT COMPLECTED AND
MOST OF THEM PASS AS WHITE. SO THE "GETTING BACK" REFERRED
TO IN THE ABOVE SAYING ROUGHLY MEANS ACT WHITE, OR MARRY
SOMEONE WHO IS WHITE, ETC. SO THAT YOU WILL BE CONSIDERED
WHITE INSTEAD OF BLACK. INFORMANT SAID MOST PEOPLE IN
CHILLICOTHE ARE BLACK, BUT PASS AS WHITE (I.E., MOST
PEOPLE HAVE BLACK BLOOD IN THEM, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE
EXTREMELY LIGHT--SO THEY ALSO MUST HAVE WHITE BLOOD
IN THEM).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ETHNIC ; RACE ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 01-00-1971
QUITTERS NEVER WIN, AND WINNERS NEVER QUIT.
Submitter comment: HEARD IT FROM OLD BASKETBALL COACH.
Data entry tech comment: CHIASMUS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; 205 SHIPLE HALL
Keyword(s): DETERMINATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NONE GIVEN
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
UNDER EVERY COW THERE IS A PILE OF SACRED COW MANURE.
Where learned: SEA
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR ; PARODY ; SCATOLOGICAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
UNDERSTANDING IS THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
STRENGTH
UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL.
Data entry tech comment: UNION GIVES STRENGTH. FROM AESOP'S THE BUNDLE OF STICKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 48229
Keyword(s): PATRIOTISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NONE GIVEN
PROVERB
RIGHT TO TIGHT, LEFT TO LOOSE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS WHAT YOU SAY TO REMIND YOURSELF HOW TO TURN A SCREW OR
JAR TOP.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1981
PROVERB
WHISTLING GIRLS AND CROWING HENS BOTH TURN OUT TO NO GOOD ENDS.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER ONCE CAUGHT MY MOTHER WHISTLING WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE
GIRL AND SAID THIS TO HER.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1981
PROVERB
HE WHO LAUGHS LAST, LAUGHS BEST.
Submitter comment:
AFTER MY MOTHER GOT BACK AT ME FOR PLAYING A PRACTICAL JOKE SHE
QUOTED THIS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1981
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
ONCE ON THE LIPS, FOREVER ON THE HIPS.
Submitter comment:
MY BROTHER MADE UP THIS LITTLE RHYME AS A REMINDER TO ME THAT I HAVE
TO CONSTANTLY WATCH MY WEIGHT AND ESPECIALLY WEIGHT ON MY HIPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Measure of time P574.87 PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
GET ALONG GO ALONG
Submitter comment: SHORT,SWEET. IT MEANS "I DON,T WANT TO BE BOTHERED"
Where learned: NATIONAL BANK OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
IF THE HEAD IS PALE, RAISE THE TAIL. IF THE HEAD IS RED, RAISE THE
HEAD.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A REMINDER FOR SIMPLE FIRST AID. IF THE HEAD IS PALE, THIS
COULD SIGNAL SHOCK WHICH WOULD BE HELPED BY RAISING THE LEGS. IF THE
HEAD IS RED, THIS COULD SIGNAL A HEAD INJURY, SO YOU WOULD RAISE THE
HEAD TO DECREASE THE BLOOD FLOW TO THE HEAD.
Where learned: NORTH CAROLINA ; CAMP LEJEUNE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM MAXIM
AN IRISH PROVERB HOLDS THAT IF YOU LAUGH TOO HARD DURING
THE DAY, YOU WILL CRY DURING THE NIGHT.
Submitter comment: DOUBLE CONTRAST: LAUGH-CRY, DAY-NIGHT
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001930S
APOTHEGM
IF YOU LAUGH AT THE TABLE YOU WILL CRY BEFORE BED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1981
PROVERB
YOU SNOOZE, YOU LOSE
Submitter comment:
RHYME OF SNOOZE AND LOSE, REPETITION OF THE WORD YOU. USE OF
ELLIPSIS. IT MEANS TO ME THAT IF YOU ARE NOT ALERT YOU MAY MISS
SOMETHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
PROVERB
OF ALL MY WIFES RELATIONS, I LIKE MYSELF THE BEST.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDFATHER ALWAYS SAID THIS IN FUN AND ALWAYS IN FRONT OF MY
GRANDMOTHER. HE ALWAYS LOVES TEASING HER.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; KEY BISCAYNE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1981
PROVERB
PUT BREAD BETWEEN YOUR TEETH AND YOUR HUNGER SHALL RETURN.
Submitter comment:
THE MEANING BEHIND THIS SAYING IS LITERAL. IF A PERSON, FOR EXAMPLE,
COMES HOME FROM WORK AND SAYS HE/SHE IS NOT HUNGRY, IT WILL TAKE
JUST ONE BITE OF THE DINNER THAT HAS BEEN PREPARED TO CHANGE THEIR
MIND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-25-1982
NICE GUYS FINISH LAST
Submitter comment: IN SPORTS TALK, YOU HAVE TO BE MEAN SOMETIMES TO WIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001960S
"LOSE" IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
Submitter comment:
ATHLETES MUST CONSIDER THE WORD LOSE BAD, AND BY STRIVING
TO WIN IT CAN BE ELIMINATED FROM THEIR VOCABULARY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
SOME THINGS ARE MEANT TO BE SEEN, BUT NOT HAD.
Submitter comment:
MEANS THAT EVERYTHING THAT LOOKS GOOD CANNOT BE HAD
BY EVERYONE. LIKE A PRETTY GIRL WHO NEVER GETS MARRIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-04-1982
ONE THING YOU CAN GIVE AND STILL KEEP IS YOUR WORD.
Submitter comment:
IF YOU PROMISE TO MARRY SOMEONE, AND DO IT,
THEN YOU HAVE GIVEN YOUR WORD AND KEPT IT ALSO.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1982