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GOSSIP COMES HOME

A DAGO PROVERB IS NEVER RUN DOWN SOMEBODY ELSE'S DAUGHTER BECAUSE
IT WILL ALWAYS COME BACK TO YOUR OWN DOORSTEP

Submitter comment:

DAGO IS SLANG, DEROGATORY NAME, FOR ITALIAN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; GOSSIP ; SLANDER

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 07-00-1964

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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM

NEVER SAY NEVER AND ALWAYS AVOID ALWAYS

Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): SEMANTICS

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; EXTREMITIES

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

NEVER SPREAD STUPID RUMORS, LET OTHERS DO THIS.

Data entry tech comment: ON ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD THE LOCATION AT WHICH ITEM WAS COLLECTED
IS LISTED AS RUSSIA BUT DEARBORN HEIGHTS MICHIGAN SHOULD
PROBABLY BE ASSUMED

Where learned: WESTERN RUSSIA

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; GOSSIP

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00-00-1905

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THAI PROVERB

NEVER TRUST A COBRA, AN ELEPHANT IN HEAT, OR A LOVING WIFE

Where learned: THAILAND

Keyword(s): EPIGRAMS

James Callow Keyword(s): REPTILE ANIMALS ; SUSPICION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Mammal
BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00-00-1965

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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM

NEVER WISH ANYONE BAD LUCK OR IT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU

Submitter comment: ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM THE POLISH

Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): SUPERSTITION

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; RETRIBUTION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 10-00-1968

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

A NEW BROOM SWEEPS BETTER

Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; POLITICS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 02-17-1971

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

A NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; POLITICS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 04-06-1971

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

A NEW BROOM SWEEPS WELL BUT AN OLD ONE IS BEST FOR THE CORNERS

Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ; POLITICS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

A NICKEL A DAY KEEPS THE BUMBLEBEES AWAY

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL INSECT ; PARODY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): COSMOS ; PERSONIFICATION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number P686.1.1000
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-07-1971

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PROVERBIAL PHRASE

NIP IT IN THE BUD

Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD DOES NOT CONTAIN LOCATION ITEM WAS COLLECTED OR
THE COLLECTOR'S ADDRESS

Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; PRECAUTION ; SYMBOL ; VEGETATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM

NO GUTS, NO GLORY

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; ELLIPSIS

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; BRAVERY ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

NONE ARE SO BLIND AS THOSE WHO CAN'T SEE

James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY ; OBSERVATION ; PUN ; STUBBORNNESS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-00-1968

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WELLERISM-- SWIFTIE

NO NO YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY OF MY LOBSTER, HE SAID SHELLFISHLY

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ; SHELLFISH

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation

Date learned: 10-00-1968

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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM

NO SOONER SAID THAN DONE

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS

James Callow Keyword(s): PROMPTNESS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 12-00-1968

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

NOT ALL IS GOLD THAT GLITTERS LIKE GOLD

Submitter comment: ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

James Callow Keyword(s): HIPOCRISY ; ILLUSION ; QUALITY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 02-17-1971

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MONTANA LADIES

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NOT ALL SHEEP ARE MONTANA LADIES

Submitter comment:

INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S FATHER AND HE RECALLED THIS FROM
SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
PROBABLY A SLUR ON MONTANA LADIES

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE

Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; ANTHROPOMORPHISM

James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY ; SEXISM

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Blason Populaire

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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM-- FINNISH

NOT EVIL WITH EVIL BUT GOOD WITH EVIL
NOT EVIL FOR EVIL BUT GOOD FOR EVIL

Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD DOES NOT CONTAIN A LOCATION FOR THE ITEM
OR AN ADDRESS FOR THE COLLECTOR

Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED

James Callow Keyword(s): ITERATION ; TRANSLATION? ; WORD PLAY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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NOT TOO EXCITING

NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT

Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD STATES THAT INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED BY PHONE

Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED

James Callow Keyword(s): DISAPPOINTMENT ; QUALITY ; UNIMPRESSIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: 11-02-1969

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

NOTHING VENTURED NOTHING LOST

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM

Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS

James Callow Keyword(s): AMBITION ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-15-1967

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