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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
BUSINESS IS BUSINESS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PRACTICALITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-02-1968
PROVERB
THE BUSINESS WHICH DOES NOT ADVERTISE IS PAYING FOR THE SPACE USED
BY ITS COMPETITOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PRACTICALITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A BROOM
BUY A BROOM IN MAY,
AND SWEEP THE FAMILY AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SUPERSTITION ; WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): CLEANLINESS ; IRONY (EXCEEDING CLEANLINESS CREATES ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May BELIEF -- Measure of time Month PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-01-1968
PROVERB
BY LOOKING AT THE BEHAVIOUR OF OTHERS, IMPROVE YOUR OWN BEHAVIOUR.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LIVES IN ASHIYA, JAPAN.
Where learned: JAPAN
Keyword(s): COMPARISON
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-28-1964
A SPADE
TO CALL A SPADE A SPADE
LLAMAR AL PAN, PAN, Y AL VINO, VINO. (SPANISH)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FRANKNESS ; REPETITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
DEFINITION
CANADIANS ARE NICKLE-PLATED AMERICANS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON
James Callow Keyword(s): CRITICISM ; NATIONALISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 09-19-1969
PROVERB
CANT HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO...UNLESS YOU HAVE TWO CAKES.'
Where learned: NEW JERSEY
Keyword(s): VARIANT
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBERS ; OBSERVATION ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
PROVERB
CAN'T SEE THE FOREST THROUGH THE TREES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): IRONY ; PLANTS ; SEMANTICS
James Callow Keyword(s): MINUTE DETAILS OBSCURE GOAL ; SHORTSIGHTEDNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
MAXIM
CAN'T WIN FOR LOSING.
Submitter comment: NOT ABSOLUTELY SURE BUT PROBABLY HEARD THIS FROM MY FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
SAYING
THE CARPENTER'S DOOR IS BROKEN.
Submitter comment: MEANING FIX UP YOUR OWN BUSINESS BEFORE TRYING TO FIX OTHERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATIONS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Occupation PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
CARRY YOUR OWN LOAD.
Submitter comment:
FROM UNCERTAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
THE CAT
A CAT HAS NINE LIVES.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; NUMBERS ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
THE CAT IN GLOVES CATCHES NO MICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ANTHROPOMORPHISM
James Callow Keyword(s): AGGRESIVENESS ; OBSERVATION ; RESTRAINTS ; RESTRICTIONS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-21-1968
PROVERB
THE CAT WHO CAN'T REACH THE FISH, SAYS THEY SMELL.
GREEK?
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM GREEK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): JEALOUSY ; OBSERVATION ; SOUR GRAPES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SHIP PROVERB
THE CAPTAIN ALWAYS GOES DOWN WITH HIS SHIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DISCIPLINE ; LOYALTY ; OBSERVATION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Occupation PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THE CAULIFLOWER IS A CABBAGE WITH A COLLEGE EDUCATION.
Submitter comment: DOES NOT REMEMBER
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; PLANT
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY?
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Plant PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-29-1967
PROVERB
CAUTION NEVER CREATES EMBARRASSMENT.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
PROVERB
CENSORSHIP IS LIKE AN APPENDIX. WHEN INERT IT IS USELESS, WHEN
ACTIVE IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
Where learned: RESIDENCE
Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; EPIGRAM
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; PARADOX
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
CHANGE THE NAME AND NOT THE LETTER, MARRY FOR WORSE AND NOT FOR
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; OBSERVATION ; RHYME ; USUALLY, IF YOU CHANGE. . . .
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb BELIEF -- Marriage PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. |
Date learned: 10-10-1965