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PROVERB
AS YOU SOW, SO SHALL YOU REAP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLANTS
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; HOMEOPHONE: SOW SO ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
COLDER THAN A WELL-DIGGERS ASS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD THIS STORY: BEFORE THE AGE OF MACHINERY WHEN PEOPLE
DUG THEIR OWN WELLS THEIR BACKSIDES WERE CLOSE TO THE SIDE OF THE
WELL WALL BECAUSE THE HOLE WAS SO NARROW. BECAUSE OF THE DAMP GROUND
THE WELL-DIGGER'S BACKSIDE OFTEN GOT VERY COLD.
Data entry tech comment: GOOD GRIEF
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CLIMATE
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM: BACKSIDES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire SPEECH -- Folk etymology PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
COLDER THAN A WELL-DIGGER'S CROTCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-19-1970
COLD
COLDER THAN A WELL-DIGGERS REAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CLIMATE
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WEATHER COLDNESS
COLDER THAN A WHORE'S HEART.
Submitter comment:
REFERRING TO THE WEATHER. USED BY MAUREEN'S FATHER EDWARD. HE IS 53
YEARS OLD AND OF FRENCH AND IRISH DESCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
James Callow Keyword(s): PROSTITUTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
PROVERB
CRAZIER THAN A BESS BUG.
Submitter comment:
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON--HEARD BY THE INFORMANT FROM SOME SOUTHERN
KENTUCKY FRIENDS AND NOW USED BY HER.THE BUG INVOLVED RUNS AROUND IN
FIRST ONE DIRECTION, THEN ANOTHER, WITHOUT SEEMING TO KNOW WHERE
ITS GOING. THIS PHRASE IS APPLIED TO PEOPLE WHO DO FOOLISH OR CRAZY
THINGS. USUALLY HE OR SHE IS CRAZIER THAN A BESS BUG.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): INSECT
James Callow Keyword(s): BETSY BUG? BED BUG?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-21-1969
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
CRAZY LIKE A FOX.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
CROOKED AS A DOG'S HIND LEG.
Submitter comment: SAID OF A LINE OR A PICTURE OR WHATEVER IS HANGING CROOKED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): BALANCE?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MORAL PROVERB
CRYING AS IF THEIR MOTHER HAD DIED.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
DEAD AS A DOORNAIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DRINKING SAYING
TO SAY THAT ONE DRINKS LIKE A FISH IS A FALLACY BECAUSE FISH DRINK
VERY LITTLE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): FISH
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PARADOX
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
DRUNK AS AN OWL.
Submitter comment: PICKED UP BY THE INFORMANT FROM SOUTHERN KENTUCKY FRIENDS.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BIRD
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; WIDE-EYED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-21-1969
PRETTY BORING
DULL AS A HOE
Where learned: LETTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
DUMB AS A DOORKNOB
Submitter comment:
USED WHEN POINTING OUT HOW IGNORANT A PERSON OR ANIMAL IS IN A
GIVEN SITUATION. INFORMANT USES THIS SOMETIMES WHEN HE WAS ANGRY.
HE HAS HEARD IT USED BY MANY OTHERS AT WORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; STUPIDITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-05-1971
PROVERB
DUMBER THAN A BOX OF ROCKS.
IN INDIANAPOLIS, IN ORDER TO INDICATE THAT SOMEONE ISNT VERY
BRIGHT, WE SAY THAT HE IS : DUMBER THAN A BOX OF ROCKS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): STUPIDITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
DUMBER THAN YOU LOOK
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): STUPIDITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
SHREWD CHARACTER
DUMB LIKE A FOX
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
ROLY-POLY
BIG AS A BARREL.
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
James Callow Keyword(s): SIZE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
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PROVERB
BLACK AS THE ACE OF SPADES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): RACISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
BUSY AS A ONE ARM PAPER HANGER.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED TO CONVEY MUCH ACTIVITY. A PAPER HANGER IS A PERSON
WHO IN THE OLD DAYS HUNG WALLPAPER. A PERSON WHO HANGS WALL PAPER
WITH ONE ARM IS AN EXTREMELY BUSY PERSON. INFORMANT USES THIS TO
CONVEY A BUSY SITUATION. HE FOUND THIS QUITE AMUSING AND FIRST
HEARD IT AT WORK.
Data entry tech comment: GOOD GRIEF
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-15-1971