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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GO WANDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY ; VARIANT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700 PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
APPLE PIE WITHOUT SOME CHEESE
IS LIKE A KISS WITHOUT A SQUEEZE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; DEFINITION ; FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; DEFINITION ; GO-TOGETHERS MATES ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700 PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
POLISH PROVERB
AS THE WORK IS DONE, SO ONE IS PAYED. (PAID.)
JAKA PRACA, TAKA PTACA. (POLISH)
Submitter comment: I KNOW THIS FROM HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700 PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DRUNK AS A SKUNK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THID TO ME WHEN I CAME HOME FROM A PARTY DRUNK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700 |
COMING INTO MONEY
IF YOUR PALM ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO COME INTO MONEY SOON.
Submitter comment: HEARD IT FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; YPSILANTI
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; SUPERSTITION ; WEALTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700 |
Date learned: 10-13-1967
PROVERB
A FOOL'S NAME IS LIKE HIS FACE,
IT'S ALWAYS STUCK IN A PUBLIC PLACE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.400 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700 PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
THE PEOPLE WERE SO THICK
YOU COULDN'T STIR 'EM WITH A STICK.
Submitter comment: KNOWN AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER AND USED!
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700 PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
MAI REGEN,
GOTTES SAGEN,
FALL AUF MICH,
DANN WACHSE ICH.
Where learned: HUNGARY
James Callow Keyword(s): APOSTROPHE ; MAY RAIN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700 |
Date learned: 00-00-1897
POLISH PROVERB
THAT KIND OF CHICKEN, THAT KIND OF SKIN (LITERALLY),
OR : ONCE A THIEF, ALWAYS A THIEF.
JAKA KURA TAKA SKORA (SKOORA)
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSLATED BY MRS. K. J. UNIECHOWSKI
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700 |
Date learned: 10-01-1967