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AN OLD ADAGE THIS INDIVIDUAL LEARNED WAS "BE A BRIDE THRICE AND YOU
WILL NEVER BE A BRIDE."

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; BRIDESMAID? ; NUMBERS

Subject headings: 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple
BELIEF -- Marriage
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 10-00-1975

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PROVERB

DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF.

Submitter comment: THIS WAS MY FATHER'S PHILOSOPHY ON LIFE

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1974

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KINDNESS

IF YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT A PERSON, DON'T SAY ANYTHING
AT ALL

Submitter comment: NONE

Data entry tech comment: THIS IS JUST A WAY OF COMMON DECENCY.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 02-20-1968

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IF YOU BUILD YOUR HOUSE OF TOOTHPICKS, DON'T SMOKE.

Submitter comment: NONE

Data entry tech comment: REMINDS ME OF " PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES, SHOULDN'T
THROW STONES.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL

Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-12-1965

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NONE

IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY PEACHES, DON'T SHAKE MY TREE.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-00-1968

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PROVERB

EINEM GESCHENKTEN GAUL SIEHT MAN NICHT INS MAUL.
IF YOU HAVE A HORSE GIVEN TO YOU, DO NOT LOOK HIM IN THE MOUTH. TRAN
IN THE SENSE THAT YOU CAN NOT BE TOO
CRITICAL OF WHAT YOU GET FOR NOTHING.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE

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

Date learned: 11-24-1967

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IF YOU HAVEN'T PUT SOMETHING DOWN, DON'T LOOK FOR IT}

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): TAKING NOTES

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 09-23-1971

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IF YOUR HEAD IS WAX DON'T WALK IN THE SUN.

Where learned: HOME

Keyword(s): HUMOR

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; STAY OUT OF DANGER IF YOU'RE VULNERABLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-01-1968

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SALT

AN IRISH SUPERSTITION: WHEN EATING AT A TABLE AND SOMEONE ASKS FOR THE SALT, YOU MUST FIRST SET IT DOWN NEXT TO THE PERSON AND LET HIM PICK IT UP. IF YOU SHOULD PASS IT TO HIM, IT IS SAID THAT THE TWO WILL GET INTO A FIGHT.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname.

 

Where learned: informant's home

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

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Flavoring
BELIEF -- Mineral
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222.

Date learned: 10-05-1972

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ARABIAN MAXIM

Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.

DON'T BUY A SLAVE UNLESS YOU BUY THE STICK WITH HIM.

Submitter comment:

THIS CAN BE EXPLAINED BY THE NOTION THAT NEWLY BOUGHT SLAVES ARE
HARD TO MANAGE.

Data entry tech comment:

SLAVE STICKING IS THE NATIONAL SPORT OF ARABIA

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; OBSERVATION ; OBSERVATION ; OBSERVATION ; OBSERVATION ; RACISM

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 09-00-1967

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PROVERBS

YOU CAN'T THROW THE BALL BEFORE YOU CATCH IT.

Submitter comment: I DON'T REMEMBER

Where learned: NEW YORK ; HAMBURG

Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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MEDICAL BELIEF

SLEEPING IN THE MOONLIGHT WILL MAKE YOU GO CRAZY.

Submitter comment:

MY MOTHER LEARNED THIS FROM SOME IRISH FRIENDS WHEN SHE WAS A
CHILD IN DETROIT. HER FRIENDS BELIEVED THIS SO STRONGLY THAT THEY
ALWAYS CHECKED THAT NO LIGHT COULD COME IN AROUND THE SHADES BEFORE
GOING TO BED.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant is collector's mother.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; 17965 Kirkshire

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

Subject headings: Favorites
BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed
BELIEF -- Moon
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 11-22-1970

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