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CLOSED MOUTH
IN A CLOSED MOUTH ENTERS NO FLIES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED: THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE THROUGH INDIRECTION ; SILENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
CROCODILE PROVERB
"YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE CROCODILE WHILE YOU'RE STILL IN HIS STREAM.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A BLACK OR AFRO-AMERICAN PROVERB. IT IS INTERESTING TO
SEE HOW THE PRACTICAL AND OBVIOUS THREAT OF A REAL CROCODILE
PARALLELS PRESENT DAY SOCIETAL RAPPORT. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS
CAN BE FOUND IN HOW A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE HANDLES HIMSELF WHEN
DEALING WITH AN UNRULY EMPLOYER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
ABSENCE MAKES THE HANDS GO WANDER.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN OBVIOUS DEVIATION FROM THE ORIGINAL SAYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001970S
ONE ROTTEN APPLE SPOILS THE BARREL.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: COTTAGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
TWO (TOO) MANY COOKS SPOILS THE BROTH.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
FLEMISH PROVERB
IF YOU SEE SMOKE, SOMETHING MUST BE BURNING.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN THE INFORMANT WAS VISITING
DETROIT, MICHIGAN FROM BELGIUM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
IF YOU SPIT IN THE AIR, IT WILL LAND ON YOUR NOSE.
Submitter comment: ORIGINAL SOURCE OLD, BUT UNKNOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): ADVICE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-01-1965
PROVERB
WAMMER FLUCHT IHERM FISCHE, FANGT MER NIX.
Submitter comment:
IF YOU SWEAR WHILE FISHING, YOU WILL NOT CATCH ANY FISH.
TRADITION OF PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH.
Where learned: NEW YORK CITY ; NEW YORK
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
IF YOU WANT TO DANCE, YOU MUST PAY THE FIDDLER.
YOU DON'T GET NOTHING FOR NOTHING IN THIS WORLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVICE
James Callow Keyword(s): DOUBLE NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
CLASS MOTTO
IF YOU WANT TO KILL TIME, WORK IT TO DEATH.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; PERSONIFICATION ; SWIFTIES?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1957
IF YOU WISH IN ONE HAND AND SPIT IN THE OTHER...
SEE WHICH ONE GETS FILLED FIRST.
Where learned: HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
IF YOU WOULD BRING A DOG TO YOU, DON'T HOLD A STICK.
Submitter comment:
THE AMERICAN VERSION IS: YOU CAN CATCH MORE FLIES WITH
SUGAR THAN WITH VINEGAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVICE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-15-1971
IF YOU WOULD HAVE A CHICKEN LAY, YOU FIRST MUST HEAR HER
CACKLE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S UNCLE HAS TOLD HIM THIS PROVERB OFTEN. HIS UNCLE
OWNS A CHICKEN FARM AND INFORMANT BELIEVES HIS GREAT UNCLE
WAS THE ORIGINATOR OF THIS SAYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; ANIMALS ; BIRTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-28-1971
PROVERB
UKRAINIAN TEXT NOT KEYPUNCHED.
QUIET WATER RIPS THE SHORE APART.
INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM RELATIVES.
Submitter comment:
MEANS THAT QUIETEST AND MOST RESERVED THINGS ARE REALLY THE
WILDEST AND MOST DANGEROUS. (REFERRING ESPECIALLY TO PEOPLE.)
Data entry tech comment: ALLITERATION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RESERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
POLISH PROVERB
CICHA WODA BRZEGI RWIE.
QUIET WATER WEARS DOWN THE SHORE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
Keyword(s): RESERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
UNDER EACH CLOUD IS A SILVER LINING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 20981 OUTER DRIVE
Keyword(s): CELESTIAL BRIGHTNESS ; UNDISCLOSED MERIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPENSATION ; CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
PROVERB
THE USED KEY IS ALWAYS BRIGHT.
Data entry tech comment: PROVERB FROM BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): INDUSTRIOUSNESS
James Callow Keyword(s): BEAUTY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
SAYING
TO YOU, FAT MEAT AIN,T EVEN GREASY
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT SIMPLE THINGS ,BASIC THINGS SEEM TO GO
MISUNDERSTOOD BY THE SUBJECT. NOT THAT HE/SHE IS DUMB,JUST
STUBBORN AND/OR ARROGANT.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-17-1981
PROVERB
LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID IT MEANT GREED IS THE CAUSE OF ALL EVIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND LEDGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
PROVERB
IF YOU SPIT IN THE SKY, IN YOUR FACE IT SHALL RETURN.
Submitter comment:
THE MEANING BEHIND THIS SAYING IS THAT A PERSON SHOULDN'T SAY BAD
THINGS ABOUT ANOTHER BECAUSE THE COMMENTS WILL EVENTUALLY COME BACK
TO HAUNT THE PERSON THAT SAID THEM. THIS PARTICULARLY APPLIES TO A
PERSON'S CHILDREN. IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF PERSON A TALKS ABOUT THE
THINGS THAT PERSON B'S CHILDREN DO, THOSE SAME THINGS WILL
HAPPEN TO THE CHILDREN OF PERSON A IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-25-1982