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SAYING

BORN OF THE GUN; DIES OF THE GUN.

Submitter comment: CORRUPTION OF BORN OF THE SWORD, DIES OF THE SWORD.

Data entry tech comment: SON OF A GUN.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Keyword(s): ANIMATED NATURE

James Callow Keyword(s): CAUSE AND EFFECT ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; MEDIAL ITERATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 09-00-1967

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SAYING

BORN OF THE SWORD; DIES OF THE SWORD.

Submitter comment: TRADITIONAL

Data entry tech comment: CORRUPTION OF BORN OF THE GUN..

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Keyword(s): ANIMATED NATURE

James Callow Keyword(s): CAUSE AND EFFECT ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; MEDIAL ITERATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 09-00-1967

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PROVERB

BOYS AND BOOKS DON'T MIX.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION

James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; DATING ; EDUCATION ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: Favorites
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 10-00-1968

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IRISH SAYING

CAN'T THE CAT LOOK AT THE QUEEN?

Submitter comment: MEANING: HAVE I NO RIGHTS AT ALL?

Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL

James Callow Keyword(s): JUSTICE?

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero
SPEECH -- Formula
PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

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PROVERB

AS CHARMS ARE NONSENSE, NONSENSE IS A CHARM.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Keyword(s): CHIASMUS

James Callow Keyword(s): ITERATION ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 11-00-1968

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PROVERB

CHEATERS NEVER PROSPER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; RHYME

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

CHILDREN AND FOOLS TELL THE TRUTH.

Submitter comment: (LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.)

Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; PARALLELISM

James Callow Keyword(s): INHIBITIONS ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 12-02-1967

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PLANTING BELIEF

POLISH FARMERS BELIEVE THAT IF YOU PLANT WHEN THERE IS A NEW MOON
THE WHEAT SHAFTS WILL NOT BE FULL, ALSO THE PLANTS WILL BLOOM
AND BLOOM BUT WILL NOT BEAR.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Moon
BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming

Date learned: 02-07-1971

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PROVERB

EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE
MAKES A MAN HEALTHY, WEALTHY, AND WISE.

Where learned: DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; OBSERVATION ; RHYME: ABCB

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

Date learned: 10-01-1967

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PROVERB

EARLY TO BED,
EARLY TO RISE,
HELP ME KEEP
MY FIGURE AND SIZE.

Data entry tech comment: PARODY

Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; JACKSON

James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; OBSERVATION ; PARODY ; SLIMNESS

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

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PROVERB

EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE. WORK LIKE HELL AND ADVERTISE.

Data entry tech comment: PARODY

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

James Callow Keyword(s): BUSINESS ; INDUSTRY ; INITIAL ITERATION ; OBSERVATION ; PARODY

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

Date learned: 09-20-1972

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PROVERB

EARTHQUAKE, THUNDER, FIRE AND FATHER.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LIVES IN JAPAN.

Data entry tech comment: OR, PERHAPS, FATHER IS LIKE THESE THREE CHARACTERISTICS.

James Callow comment: I THINK THE MEANING IS THAT THESE THREE CATASTROPHIES
SEND YOU TO YOUR "MAKER."--F. M. PAULSEN

Where learned: LETTER ; JAPAN

James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CATASTROPHE ; TRANSLATION?

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 07-28-1964

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PROVERB

EASY COME, EASY GO.
(GERMAN) WIE GEWONNEN, SO ZERONNEN.

Submitter comment: IN THE SENSE THAT WHAT ONE HAS GIVEN TO HIM, HE FINDS IT EASY TO
GIVE AWAY. OR IN THE SENSE THAT WHAT WE STRUGGLE FOR, WE HOLD MORE
TENACIOUSLY.
INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE

Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS

James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION

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

Date learned: 12-04-1967

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PROVERB

ECONOMICAL IN THE INEXPENSIVE, AND EXTRAVEGANT IN THE EXPENSIVE.

Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL GREEK TEXT CAN BE SEEN ON 5X8 CARD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ELLIPSIS ; EXTRAVAGANCE ; PARALLELISM

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ITERATION ; TOLERANCE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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A WORTHWHILE THOUGHT

EVER READY, EVER PRESENT,
NEVER READY, NEVER PLEASANT.

Submitter comment: A FAVORITE SAYING OF MRS. HYATT'S FATHER THAT SHE REMEMBERS FROM
HER CHILDHOOD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; INITIAL ITERATION ; PARALLELISM ; RHYME

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

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RUSSIAN PROVERB

EVERY BIRD BRAGS ABOUT ITS OWN SWAMP.

Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW

Keyword(s): ANIMAL

James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; EGOTISM ; SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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PROVERB

EVERY BEAN HAS ITS BLACK.

Submitter comment: FROM HIS MOTHER.

Where learned: HOME

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; COLOR ; FOOD

James Callow Keyword(s): FAULTS ; OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-26-1967

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CHINESE PROVERB

EVERYTHING IN THE PAST DIED YESTERDAY;
EVERYTHING IN THE FUTURE WAS BORN TODAY.

Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA

Keyword(s): CONTRAST

James Callow Keyword(s): IDEALISM ; INITIAL ITERATION ; OPTIMISM ; WISHFUL THINKING

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-00-1969

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PROVERB

THE EYES THAT YOU SEE, WILL DO WHAT YOUR MIND SEES.

Where learned: DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): PREJUDICE? ; TERMINAL ITERATION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 10-12-1965

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