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RUSSIAN PROVERB
EVERY BIRD BRAGS ABOUT ITS OWN SWAMP.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; EGOTISM ; SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
EVERY BEAN HAS ITS BLACK.
Submitter comment: FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; COLOR ; FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): FAULTS ; OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-26-1967
CHINESE PROVERB
EVERYTHING IN THE PAST DIED YESTERDAY;
EVERYTHING IN THE FUTURE WAS BORN TODAY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): IDEALISM ; INITIAL ITERATION ; OPTIMISM ; WISHFUL THINKING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
PROVERB
EVERYTHING IS GOOD, ANYTHING IN EXCESS IS POISON.
Submitter comment:
MR. VIANCI IS FROM INDIA AND IS IN LAPEER, MICHIGAN,
WORKING AS AN ACCOUNTANT.
HE SAYS THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROVERB THERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LAPEER
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; MODERATION ; OPTIMISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE BOUGHT WITH PAIN TEACHES.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): RATIONALIZATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-18-1968
EYES THAT SEE ALL THINGS SEE NOT THEMSELVES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): CONCENTRATION ; INNER SIGHT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THE EYES THAT SEE EVERYTHING, SEE NOTHING.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONCENTRATION ; INNER SIGHT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-09-1965
PROVERB
THE EYES THAT YOU SEE, WILL DO WHAT YOUR MIND SEES.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PREJUDICE? ; TERMINAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
PROVERBIAL SIMILE
NERVOUS AS A LONG TAILED CAT IN A ROOM OF ROCKING CHAIRS
USED WHEN TRYING TO POINT OUT HOW NERVOUS A PERSON, YOURSELF
OR SOMEONE ELSE, CAN BECOME IN A GIVEN SITUATION
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS BEING USED DURING HIS CHILDHOOD
HE HAS USED IT AND HEARD OTHERS USE IT IN TIMES OF STRESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ANXIETY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-08-1971
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 |
PROVERBIAL SIMILE
NOTHING IS MORE WICKED THAN A SERPENT'S TOOTH
EXCEPT AN UNGRATEFUL CHILD.
Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; INGRATITUDE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00001964 ( SUMMER )
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH SAYING
NOT SO PRETTY FOR NICE BUT AWFUL STOUT FOR STRONG
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-13-1965
PROVERB
OF ALL THE SAYINGS IN THE WORLD
THE ONE TO SEE YOU THROUGH
IS NEVER TROUBLE TROUBLE
'TILL TROUBLE TROUBLES YOU
Submitter comment: RELATED ON 07171964 BUT LEARNED WHEN INFORMANT WAS A CHILD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INQUISITIVENESS ; INTERNAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 07-17-1964
IRISH PROVERB
OLD AGE NEVER COMES ALONE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
James Callow Keyword(s): OPTIMISM ; PESSIMISM ; RATIONALIZATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-17-1971
BASEBALL TALES
OLD BASEBALL PLAYERS NEVER TELL TALES BUT ONLY LIES
Where learned: NBC TELEVISION
James Callow Keyword(s): DISTORTION ; EXAGGERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
AN OLD CHINESE PROVERB STATES:
A DOLLAR EARNED, 99 CENTS SPENT EQUALS HAPPINESS
A DOLLAR EARNED, $1.01 SPENT EQUALS UNHAPPINESS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ECONOMY ; TERMINAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
PROVERB
A PROVERB SUPPOSEDLY ORIGINATING IN ITALY
UNA MANO LAVA CON LARTRA (ITALIAN)
ONE HAND WASHES THE OTHER
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS ITALIAN TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
James Callow Keyword(s): COOPERATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-22-1968
LITHUANIAN PROVERB
RANKA RANKA MAZGOJA (LITHUANIAN)
ONE HAND WASHES THE OTHER
IF YOU DO SOMETHING BAD OR GOOD THE OTHER PERSON WILL
RECIPROCATE IN THE SAME MANNER
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS LITHUANIAN TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COOPERATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
POLISH PROVERB
ZJESZ Z RINAS BECZKI SOLI ZANIM POZNASZ CO GO BOLI (POLISH)
ONE HAS TO EAT WITH SOMEONE A WHOLE BARREL OF SALT BEFORE ONE KNOWS WHAT HURTS THE OTHER
Submitter comment:
THIS SAYING IMPLIES THAT IT TAKES A LONG TIME BEFORE
ONE REALLY KNOWS ANOTHER.
MY GRANDFATHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): CONSIDERATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
POLISH PROVERB
KTO NIE MA NIE TROCI (POLISH)
THE ONE THAT HAS NOTHING LOSES NOTHING
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; RATIONALIZATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-21-1967