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POLISH PROVERB
A BULL SOON FORGETS WHEN HE WAS A CALF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
A SIGN
A BURROWING MOLE IS A SIGN OF RAIN.
James Callow comment: NOT A PROVERB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; SUPERSTITION ; WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
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
SPANISH PROVERB
BY HIS SONG YOU KNOW THE BIRD.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER SPANISH TEACHER, MR. FARRELL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIRD
James Callow Keyword(s): CLANISHNESS? ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
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
PROVERB
JAKA LATKA TAKA MATKA. (POLISH)
LIKE THE MENDING, SO THE MOTHER. (TRANSLATION)
THAT IS,
BY THEIR WORKS YOU SHALL KNOW THEM.
Data entry tech comment: TRANSLATION BY MRS. K.J. UNIECHOWSKI
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; RHYME (IN ORIGINAL)
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
THE CAMEL NEVER SEES HIS OWN HUMP. (TRANSLATION)
EL JAMEL MA SHOOFS HURR DUPTOO. (LEBANESE)
Where learned: PHONE
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): FAULTS CRITICISM ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
(TRANSLATION)
THE CAMEL NEVER SEES HIS OWN HUMP, BUT HE SEES THE DUST IN
SOMEONE ELSE'S EYE.
(TRANSLATION)
IL JAMMED MU SHOOS HEL DUBTA, BUS BE SHOOF IL USHE BE
AYND GUYROO. (LEBANESE ASSUMED)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): FAULTS CRITICISM ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
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
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
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
A CHAIN IS ONLY AS STRONG AS ITS WEAKEST LINK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATIONS
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Metal Stone Bone Iron ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Finished Product PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-24-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A CHAIR HAS A BACK BUT IT DOESN'T WEAR A COAT.
Submitter comment:
MEANING HERE THAT MOST THINGS THAT DO HAVE A BACK ARE ABLE TO
WEAR A COAT. IT'S AN ATTEMPT AT PERSONIFICATION.
THIS WAS TOLD TO ME AT A DINNER I ATTENDED. I HEARD THIS USED AS A
RETORT RATHER THAN A RIDDLE, I.E. THAT'S LIKE THE ONE OF THE CHAIR
THAT HAS A BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CLOTHING ; FUNCTION ; HUMAN CREATION
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-05-1971
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
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
SILLY PROVERB
CHASTE MAKES WASTE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): SEMANTICS
James Callow Keyword(s): HASTE MAKES WASTE--PARODY ; OBSERVATION ; PUN PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-03-1971