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Language: Rhyme
STOP MAKING LOVE AT (NAME'S) GATE,
LOVE IS BLIND, BUT NEIGHBORS AIN'T.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated on 02-22-2011 by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Allusion ; BLIND ; Gate ; Neighbor ; PLAY ON WORDS ; Public ; PUN ; RHYME ; SEX
James Callow Keyword(s): AA ; HUMOR ; PLAY ON PROVERB ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
TWO IS ALWAYS THREE.
Submitter comment: THIS PERTAINS TO THREE DEATHS COMING AFTER ONE ANOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-00-1974
PROVERB ABOUT LIFE
SAVE THE FLOUR WHEN THE SACK IS FULL. IN OTHER WORDS DON'T WASTE
WHEN YOU HAVE PLENTY.
Submitter comment: SHE STATED THIS BIT OF PHILOSOPHY AS IF SHE FIRMLY BELIEVED IT.
Where learned: DELRAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
PROVERB
THE EMPTY VESSEL MAKES THE GREATEST SOUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Human or animal body Tattoo PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
PROVERB
THE SQUEALING WHEEL GETS THE MOST GREASE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPLAINING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
PROVERB
TIME AND TIDE WAIT FOR NO MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
PROVERB
MUCH CRY, LITTLE WOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; SHEEP
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
PROVERB
PROCRASTINATION IS THE THIEF OF TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
IF YOU LAY DOWN WITH DOGS YOU'LL GET UP WITH FLEAS.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; COMPANY ASSOCIATIONS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-18-1972
LAY LOWS CATCH MEDDLERS: PEOPLE WHO ARE TOO CURIOUS OR MEDDLESOME
WILL BE CAUGHT.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-00-1972
TO TAKE OUT AND PUT BACK NEVER EMPTIES THE POT.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT WARNS TO BEWARE OF THOSE WHO ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A
HANDOUT.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): BEGGING CHARITY BEGGARS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PROVERB
WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS IT MEANS THAT WHAT'S GOOD FOR ONE PERSON IS ALSO GOOD
FOR THE OTHER. INFORMANT BELIEVES THIS TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Burger, Marian
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMALS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY; EVERY CAT HAS HIS NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-23-1972
WHATS SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE IS SAUCE FOR THE GANDER.
Submitter comment:
TOLD ORIGINALLY FROM MRS. SULLIVAN'S GRANDMOTHER. IN OTHER WORDS
WHAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-11-1972
KEEP A PENNY IN YOUR PURSE SO THE DEVIL WON'T GET IN
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT STATED THAT THIS SAYING WAS TOLD TO HER ONE DAY BY
HER GRANDMOTHER WHEN THEY WERE SHOPPING AND SHE WENT INTO HER PURSE
TO GET SOME CHANGE AND SHE SAID "LEAVE A PENNY IN YOUR PURSE SO THE
DEVIL WON'T GET IN"
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-01-1972
THE APPLES DON'T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE
THE APPLES DON'T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS THIS TO HER FATHER WHEN HE MAKES A DISPARAGING
REMARK ABOUT HIS OFFSPRING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 10410 SOMERSET ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
THAT'S THE SALVE THAT SOOTHES THE SORE
MY GRANDMOTHER THOMPSON, SHE WAS A GREAT ONE FOR PROVERBS, SHE
HAD ONE FOR EVERY OCCASION. ONE SHE SAID A LOT WAS
"THAT'S THE
SALVE THAT SOOTHES THE SORE." SHE'D SAY IT AT ANY TIME, IF
THERE WAS A GOOD MEAL SET BEFORE YOU OR IF SOMEBODY
SAID SOMETHING THAT PLEASED YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S GRANDMOTHER WAS A PRUDISH, VERY RELIGIOUS AND MORAL
WOMAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 10410 SOMERSET ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
TIME AND TIDE WAIT FOR NO MAN
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS MANY TIMES ON THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED
STATES IN THE 1940S
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ASSONANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-14-1972
EVERY BLADE OF GRASS HAS ITS SHARE OF DEW
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER FATHER IN 1928 OR 1929
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-22-1972
MONEY SPEAKS
Submitter comment: ADVICE GIVEN TO INFORMANT BY HER MOTHER IN THE YEAR 1938
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-06-1972