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PROVERB

A CROWING HEN ALWAYS COMES TO SOME BAD END.

Submitter comment: THIS PROVERB WAS NOT EXPLAINED TO ME.

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal

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TWO THICK NEVER STICK.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHEN SHE SEES TWO FRIENDS ALWAYS TOGETHER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb
PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 05-00-1967

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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM IN VERSE

ONE THING AT A TIME
AND THAT WELL DONE
IS A VERY GOOD RULE
AS MANY CAN TELL

Submitter comment: ORIGIN, HER GRANDMOTHER

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb

Date learned: 07-17-1964

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PROVERB IN VERSE

AN OPEN FOE MAY PROVE A CURSE
BUT A PRETENDED FRIEND IS WORSE

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb

Date learned: 00-00-1965

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PROVERB IN VERSE

OURS IS NOT TO REASON WHY
OURS IS BUT TO DO OR DIE

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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PROVERB: LITHUANIAN

DARBSCIAN RR ILGIAUSIA DIENA PERTRUMPA.
FOR THE HARD_WORKING PERSON THE LONGEST DAY IS TOO SHORT.

Where learned: 12111 SORRENTO

Keyword(s): INDUSTRY

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 03-07-1968

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PROVERB

"FREE ADVICE
IS WORTH THE PRICE."

Where learned: 20524 KELLY RD

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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FRIENDS:

A FRIEND IS A PERSON NOT TAKEN IN BY SHAM,
HE KNOWS YOUR FAULTS AND DOESN'T GIVE A DAMN.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THEOLOGY CLASS

Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; RHYME

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00-00-1963

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PROVERB

YIIIO PANO BCIIIAE, TIIOUY TOZ PAE.
THIS MEANS, GOD BLESSES THOSE WHO RISE EARLY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): DIVINE PROVIDENCE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb

Date learned: 10-09-1967

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PROVERB

GOD IS GOOD AND SAID HE WOULD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS ; 3770 Lake Dr

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; RHYME

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb

Date learned: 04-06-1971

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GOOD, BETTER, BEST

GOOD, BETTER, BEST.
NEVER LET IT REST,
TILL YOUR GOOD IS BETTER,
AND YOUR BETTER IS BEST.

Where learned: 1523 E Jefferson Ave

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb

Date learned: 03-00-1971

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SUPERSTITION

A WHISTLING WOMAN
AN A CROWING HEN
ALWAYS COME TO A NO GOOD END.

Where learned: DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.477
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb

Date learned: 00-00-1965

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LOVE

I AM LOVED FOR WHAT I AM, AND I AM LOVED BECAUSE I AM.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ITERATION

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb

Date learned: 03-12-1972

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ALWAYS FINISH

IF A TASK IS ONCE BEGUN
NEVER LEAVE IT TILL IT'S DONE.
BE THE LABOUR GREAT OR SMALL
DO IT WELL OR NOT AT ALL.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb

Date learned: 00-00-1965

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MOTTO USED BY MANAGEMENT AT MCDONALD'S RESTAURANT

IF THERE'S TIME TO LEAN, THERE'S TIME TO CLEAN.

Where learned: HOME ; CHUCK RUSSMAN

James Callow Keyword(s): SLOGAN ; WORK REST BREAK

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Working
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 04-02-1968

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GET STARTED

EL CONER Y EL HABLAR, TODO ES COMENZAR.
IF YOU DON'T GET STARTED, YOU WON'T GET GOING. TRANS.

Submitter comment: LEARNED THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH.

Data entry tech comment: THIS IS A TRUE STATEMENT BECAUSE THE LONGER

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): OBSERVATION

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb

Date learned: 10-05-1967

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IF YOU HAVE A MISFORTUNE AND HAVE ONE FRIEND WHO
STANDS BY YOU, YOU ARE A LUCKY PERSON. TRANS.

Submitter comment: I HAVE HEARD IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN,
A VARIANT OF THIS PROVERB
A FRIEND IN NEED, IS A FRIEND IN DEED.
INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb

Date learned: 11-29-1967

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(GRAPES)

IF YOU EAT THE GRAPE OFF THE VINE,
YOU WILL NEVER TASTE THE WINE.

Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; 4960 Cecil ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

James Callow Keyword(s): FRUIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb

Date learned: 02-02-1970

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WHISTELING

WHISTLING GIRLS AND CACKLING HENS ALWAYS COME TO SOME BAD ENDS.
LADIES DONT WHISTLE

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA

James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb

Date learned: CA02001980

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PROVERB

TOO THICK DON'T STICK.

Submitter comment: THE TENOR OF THIS METAPHOR IS A FRIEND; THE VEHICLE IS WALL PAPER
PASTE. IF WALL PAPER PASTE IS TOO THICK, IT LOSES ITS ADHESIVE
QUALITIES. JUST LIKE PASTE, FRIENDS THAT ARE TOO CLOSE (TOO THICK),
OFTEN BECOME ENEMIES. THIS WAS A FAVORITE SAYING OF MY GRANDMOTHER.
NEITHER THE INFORMANT NOR THE COLLECTOR KNOWS IF THIS WAS
ORIGINALLY IN POLISH.

Where learned: DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS

Subject headings: Favorites
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: CA00001890S ; 01-13-1980

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