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POLISH PROVERB
"MA,DRAJ GTOEVIE DOS,C, DIVIE STOEVIE."
TRANSLATION: FOR A WISE HEAD, TWO WORDS ARE ENOUGH.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDFATHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND.
Where learned: 7315 EMANON
Keyword(s): METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
PROVERB
FOUR ARMS ARE BETTER THAN TWO.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
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
PROVERB
FRIENDS ARE LIKE DIAMONDS
PRECIOUS AND RARE
FALSE ONES LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES
FOUND EVERYWHERE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
"A FULL PURSE NEVER LACKS FRIENDS."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
Keyword(s): METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-21-1970
PROVERB
A GENIUS IS OFTEN REGARDED AS A CRACKPOT UNTIL HE HITS THE JACKPOT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THIS WAS A FAVORITE SAYING OF A TEACHER AT MILLER HIG
IN DETROIT, ABOUT 1941, WHO WAS A FRUSTRATED INVENTOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 13438 BONITA
Keyword(s): FEMININE RHYME ; RECOGNITION OF GENIUS ; SUCCESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
PROVERB
GOD BLESS YOU,
MAY THE ANGELS KISS YOU,
AND MAY THE DEVIL MISS YOU.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD 02-22-2011
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Angel ; Bless ; DEVIL ; FEMININE RHYME ; God ; KISS ; Miss ; WISH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
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
THE CAUSE IS THE MAN
A GOOD CAUSE MAKES A STOUT HEART AND A STRONG MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-01-1968
PROVERB
A GOOD OFFENSE IS THE BEST DEFENSE.
Where learned: NOT ENTERED
Keyword(s): RHYME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
PROVERB
A GROCER'S DAUGHTER KNOWS HER ONIONS.
Submitter comment: SOURCE UNCERTAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
THE $200 CORVET.
AS THE STORY GOES, THERE IS A CORVET FOR SALE FOR ONLY $200
THAT A MAN DIED IN, AND WAS NOT FOUND FOR TWO WEEKS. AFTER THE
BODY WAS REMOVED, THE SMELL COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE CAR NO
MATTER WHAT WAS DONE TO THE CAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): DEATH CAR ; DECAYED SMELL.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
PLANT LEGEND
THERE IS A TREE IN THE JUNGLES OF PANAMA
WHICH WHIPS PEOPLE IF THEY DO NOT SAY
" I HAVE SEEN YOU" IN SPANISH.
Submitter comment:
(MISS ZITZEWITZ STATED THAT THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO HER
FATHER WHEN HE FIRST MET HER MOTHER IN PANAMA.)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUNISHMENT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-02-1963
AUTOGRAPH BOOK RHYME
WHEN YOU ARE MARRIED AND SETTLE DOWN,
SEND ME A PIECE OF YOUR WEDDING GOWN.
Submitter comment: FROM INFORMANT'S JUNIOR HIGH AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1929-1933
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): ADVICE:POSITIVE ; MARRIAGE ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.345 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED
AND HAVE TWINS,
DON'T COME TO ME
FOR SAFETY PINS
Submitter comment: FROM INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK 1935
Data entry tech comment: LINES DIVIDED BY KEYPUNCHER
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): MARRIAGE ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.342 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1935
AN AUTOGRAPH SAYING
I WISH YOU LUCK, I WISH YOU JOY
I WISH YOU FIRST A BABY BOY
AND WHEN HIS HAIR BEGINS TO CURL
I WISH YOU THEN A BABY GIRL
AND WHEN HER HAIR IS UP IN PINS
I WISH YOU THEN A SET OF TWINS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): IAMBIC TETRAMETER ; INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: AABBCC ; WISH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.342 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 10-15-1969
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
REMEMBER A
REMEMBER B
BUT C THAT U
REMEMBER ME.
Submitter comment: FOUND IN INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVICE:POSITIVE ; FRIENDSHIP ; IAMBIC DIMETER ; RHYME: ABCB ; TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 10-08-1965
AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION
ON THE SHORES OF GICHIGOMI,
COME ON BY AND SOCK-IT-TO-ME.
U R A Q T
I N V U
Submitter comment:
UNDATED ENTRY IN KATHY CRACCHIOLO'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK
KEPT IN ST. CLAIR SHORES MICH. IN 1968
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): PARODY OF HIAWATHA ; TROCHAIC TETRAMETER ; TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 02-27-1971 ; 00-00-1968
AUTOGRAPH- VERSE
REMEMBER M
REMEMBER E
PUT THEM TOGETHER , REMEMBER ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVICE:POSITIVE ; FRIENDSHIP ; RHYME: ABCB ; TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 10-05-1971
AUTOGRAPH BOOK RHYME
ROSES MAY WITHER.
ROSES MAY DIE.
FRIENDS MAY DECEIVE YOU,
BUT NEVER WILL I.
Submitter comment: FROM INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK, JUNIOR HIGH 1929-1933
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; PARODY OF " ROSES ARE RED..." ; PROMISE OF FAITHFULNESS ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
Date learned: 10-02-1971