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STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES,
BUT NAMES WILL NEVER HURT ME.
Submitter comment:
CHILDHOOD FRIENDS.
SHE TOLD ME WHEN I ASKED HER HOW SHE LEARNED THIS SAYING.
Where learned: LEOS GRILL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
STICKS AND STONES MAY HURT MY BONES,
BUT WORDS CAN NEVER HARM THEM.
Submitter comment: NEIGHBOR CHILDREN WHEN YOUNGER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
THEY NEVER TASTE WHO ALWAYS DRINK,
THEY ALWAYS TALK WHO NEVER THINK.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS WRITTEN IN MY MOTHER'S AUTOGRAPH
BOOK WHEN SHE WAS VISITING ENGLAND IN 1937.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
THOSE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES DON'T THROW STONES.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 10-09-1967
TO BED TO BED SAYS SLEEPY HEAD, LET'S WAIT AWHILE SAYS
SLOW, LET'S EAT A LITTLE BIT SAYS GREEDY GUT AND THEN
WE WILL ALL GO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 01-19-1971
GERMAN PROVERB
TOMORROW, TOMORROW ONLY NOT TODAY,
SAY ALL THE LAZY PEOPLE.
Submitter comment:
{GERMAN:} MORGEN, MORGEN NUR NICHT HEUTE
SPRACHE ALLE FAULE LEUTE.
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL
Keyword(s): PROCRASTINATION SLOTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-21-1965
CHILD'S SUPERSTITIOUS SAYING
TOUCH BLACK NO TRADES BACK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A CHILD IN DETROIT
Where learned: STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 04-04-1967
TWO CUPS - ONE POUND,
THE WORLD AROUND.
Submitter comment: COLLECTOR DOES NOT KNOW MEANING. --J.T.CALLOW
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 09-22-1968
WAS BITTER IST IM MUNDE DAS IST DEM HERZ GESUNDE.
Where learned: RESIDENCE
Keyword(s): IS HEALTHY IN THE HEART. ; {KEYPUNCHER'S TRANSLATION} : WHAT IS BITTER IN THE MOUTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB: DEAF EARS
WHEN PEOPLE SAY CRAZY THINGS, CLOSE YOUR EARS.
A PALABRAS LOCAS, OREJAS SORDAS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS PROVERB THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
PROVERB
WHISTLING GIRLS AND CACKLING HENS
ALWAYS COME TO NO GOOD ENDS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM SISTER GERALD CECILIA, A TEACHER AT
DOMINICAN HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 04-08-1967
LITHUANIAN PROVERB
WHOEVER DOESN'T LISTEN TO THEIR MOTHER AND FATHER WILL WIND UP
EATING DRY BREAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 01-18-1968
LITHUANIAN PROVERB
WITH IMPORTANT PEOPLE, TREAT THEM LIKE FIRE: DON'T COME TOO CLOSE,
FOR YOU WILL BURN, BUT NOT TOO FAR AWAY, FOR YOU WILL FREEZE.
SU DIDZIAIS KAIP SU UGNIM ELKIS: NEARTI, NES SUDEGSTI, NETOLI, NES
SUSALSI.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- V220 |
Date learned: 03-07-1968
Belief: Weather
Red Sky in morning, sailors take warning, Red sky in evening, sailors' delight.
Submitter comment:
Believed-Usually holds true in our area.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P890 880 800] crossed out and replaced with C880.462
Where learned: Wittig, Mary L
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
James Callow Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | -- .C860462 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Maxim
Proverbial Apothegim Maxim:
All is fair in love and war.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Miscellaneous grammar corrections.
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ; Dine, David
Keyword(s): Cliche ; Fair ; LOVE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; WAR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Superstition: Animals
Don't count your chickens before they hatch
Submitter comment:
From Friends
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: HOME ; Beattie, Cathy
Keyword(s): assume ; assumption ; Chickens ; Eggs ; Hatch
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Proverb
A whistling wife and a crowing hen never come to a good end.
Submitter comment:
Learned from youth.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hicks, Jeanne ; Hudson Lake
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crowing ; FATE ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Whistle ; Wife
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Proverb
Goldfish:
In a world where all is water, who can tell when goldfish weep?
Submitter comment:
I found these words written on the wall of MRI 305 with no author.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): ; Apothegm ; Cry ; Goldfish ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WATER ; Weep
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |