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PROVERB

CHEATERS NEVER PROSPER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; RHYME

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

CHEATERS NEVER WIN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB IN VERSE

CHEW, CHEW, CHEW YOUR FOOD
GENTLY THROUGH THE MEAL,
THE MORE YOU CHEW,
THE LESS YOU EAT,
THE BETTER YOU WILL FEEL.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CHARLOTTE

Keyword(s): FOOD

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; DIET ; PARODY ON ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

'THE CHICKENS HAVE COME HOME TO ROOST.'

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): BIRDS

James Callow Keyword(s): CONSEQUENCES ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-24-1968

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PROVERB

'THE CHILDS THE MAN'

Submitter comment: CHILDHOOD SHOWS THE MAN AS MORNING SHOWS THE DAY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): COMPARISON

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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PROVERB

A CHILD IS INNOCENT, UNTIL HE BECOMES OLDER.

Submitter comment: TRANSLATION FROM GREEK

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: UNKNOWN

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

CHILDREN AND FOOLS TELL THE TRUTH.

Submitter comment: (LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.)

Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; PARALLELISM

James Callow Keyword(s): INHIBITIONS ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 12-02-1967

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PROVERB

CHILDREN LIKE WATCHES MUST NOT BE CONSTANTLY WOUND UP- YOU
MUST LET THEM RUN.

Where learned: GARDEN CITY

Keyword(s): FUNCTION (EXPLICIT)

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

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 11-25-1971

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PROVERB

CHILDREN SHOULD BE SEEN AND NOT HEARD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRENTON

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

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

Date learned: UNKNOWN

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PROVERB

CHILDREN WERE GIVEN TWO EARS AND ONE MOUTH SO THEY WOULD HEAR
TWICE AS MUCH AS THEY WOULD SAY.

Submitter comment: (CONVERSATION)

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): NUMBERS

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

Subject headings: 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually.
686 Seconds / Twice / Two
BELIEF -- Body part Senses
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00-00-1959

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PROVERB

A CHILD SAVED IS A SOUL SAVED PLUS A LIFE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): BIBLICAL (RELIGIOUS)

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00-00-1950

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A POLISH PROVERB

CHOOSE A WIFE BY HER EARS, NOT HER EYES. (TRANSLATION)

Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND.

Data entry tech comment: POLISH TEXT GIVEN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY

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

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face
BELIEF -- Marriage
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-27-1967

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RUSSIAN PROVERB

THE CHURCH IS CLOSE
BUT IT'S COLD OUTSIDE.
ILL STAY HOME.
THE TAVERN'S FAR
BUT IT'S COLD OUTSIDE.
ILL WALK FAST.

Submitter comment: TOLD IN HIS HIGH SCHOOL RUSSIAN CLASS
HENRY FORD H.S., DETROIT

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; CONTRAST ; IRONY

James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ; IRONY ; PRIORITIES

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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PROVERB

CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS.

Submitter comment: FROM - UNCERTAIN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Keyword(s): COMPARISON

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00001964 (SUMMER)

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PROVERB

CLEAR AS MUD.

Where learned: UNKNOWN

Keyword(s): COMPARISON

James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula
PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 00-00-1950

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WEATHER SAYINGS

CLEAR MOON,
FROST SOON.

Where learned: UNKNOWN

Keyword(s): RHYME ; WEATHER PROVERB

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION

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

Date learned: 09-07-1969

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PROVERB

CLIMB THOUGH THE ROCKS BE RUGGED.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: UNKNOWN

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A POLISH PROVERB

ZEGAR NIE JE, NIE PYE, A JEDNAK BYE. (POLISH)
TRANSLATION: A CLOCK NEITHER EATS, NOR DRINKS, AND YET HE GOES
ON TICKING.

Where learned: DEARBORN

Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM ; HUMAN CREATIONS ; ONOMATOPEIA

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-21-1967

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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM

CLOSE DOESNT COUNT, EXCEPT IN HORSESHOES AND DANCING.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): VARIANT

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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PROVERB

A CLOSED MOUTH CATCHES NO FLIES.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY ; INSECT

James Callow Keyword(s): GOSSIP ; OBSERVATION ; PUN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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