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APOTHEGM
ANGER IS NEVER WITHOUT A REASON BUT SELDOM WITH A GOOD ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERBIAL PHRASE (CN:S TITLE)
ANGER IS SELDOM WITHOUT REASON, BUT SELDOM A GOOD ONE.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
GERMAN PROVERB
ANGOTTES SEGEN IST ALLES GELEGEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER DOLLAR
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ELLIPSIS ; PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
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JEWISH JOKE
ANOTHER NAME FOR A (SIC) ADDING MACHINE IS A JEWISH TYPEWRITER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTI-SEMITISM ; MONEY-MINDED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 10-06-1968
UGLY
UGLY AS SIN
ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING THAT A PERSON IS UGLY IS TO SAY THAT HE OR
SHE IS 'UGLY AS SIN'
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): DEROGATORY ; INSULT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERB
ANYBODY CAN BE FOOLED ONCE, BUT ONLY A FOOL CAN BE FOOLED TWICE.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; OBSERVATION ; REPETITION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-09-1969
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ANYBODY CAN LOVE THE NICE AND GOOD PEOPLE; IT IS HARD TO LOVE THE
PETTY. (PARAPHRASED FROM MR. BLUE BY MYLES CONNOLY.)
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-26-1971
SMOKING
ANYONE CAN QUIT SMOKING, BUT IT TAKES A MAN TO FACE CANCER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CUSTOM
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; FUNCTION ; IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
PROVERB
ANYONE WHO GOES TO A PSYCHIATRIST SHOULD HAVE HIS HEAD EXAMINED.
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ASCRIBED TO SAM ; CIRCULAR REASONING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-30-1970
PROVERB
ANYONE WHO HAS IVY GROWING IN THEIR HOMES, HARBORS THE EVIL SPIRIT.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN OLD IRISH SAYING.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; TORONTO
Keyword(s): PLANT ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
ANY PORT IN A STORM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ELLIPSIS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 12-05-1967
SARCASTIC PROVERB
ANYTHING WORTH DOING IS WORTH DOING HALF-ASSED.
Submitter comment:
THIS SAYING IS USUALLY APPLIED TO SOMEONE ABOUT TO UNDERTAKE A
PROJECT FOR WHICH THERE IS LITTLE ENTHUSIASM, I.E., A SOCIAL SERVICE
PROJECT, SCHOOL PROJECT, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-10-1970
AN APPLE
AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A SAYING THAT SHE ALWAYS SAYS. SHE HEARD IT WHEN SHE WAS
YOUNG FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
PARODY OF A PROVERB
AN APPLE A DAY IS A PENNY SAVED.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR? ; NONSEQUITUR? ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
AN APPLE A DAY WILL KEEP THE DOCTOR AWAY.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
PROVERB
THE APPLE DOESN'T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE.
Submitter comment:
FROM HIS FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; Williams, James
James Callow Keyword(s): HEREDITY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
AN APPLE NEVER FALLS FAR FROM THE TREE.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT HONORS HOUSE
James Callow Keyword(s): HEREDITY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1971
PROVERB
APPLE PIE WITHOUT THE CHEESE
IS LIKE A KISS WITHOUT A SQUEEZE!
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM AN ASHTRAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CUSTOM ; DEFINITION ; FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; GO-TOGETHERS MATES ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
Religious Verse
Men's book with heaps of chaff are stored
God's book doth "golden grains" afford.
Then leave the chaff and spend thy pains
In gathering up thy golden grains.
Submitter comment:
Found in an autograph book from 1880's
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Chaff ; God ; Golden ; Grain ; Language ; Man ; RELIGION ; RHYME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |