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PROVERB
MANY HANDS LIFT A HEAVY LOAD.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
PROVERB
THE MAN WHO IS BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN HIS MOUTH,
SELDOM MAKES MUCH STIR.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS OUR FAMILY DOCTOR. HE ALWAYS TOLD THIS TO EVERY NEW
PARENT.
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR ; METAPHOR ; OBERSERVATION ; REPUTATION ; WEALTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
SAYING
MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY TODAY... EVEN IF IT'S YOURSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; CAR SIGN
James Callow Keyword(s): SONG TITLE: MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
AGRICULTURAL PROVERB
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES.
MAKE LOVE WHILE THE MOON SHINES.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS ; 2670 PANES RD
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE ; INCREMENTAL REPITITION ; ITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-09-1971
STATEMENT MADE DESCRIBING THE DEGREE OF ANGER
MAD AS TUCK WAS WHEN SUE DIED.
Submitter comment:
WHY WAS HE MAD? BECAUSE SHE DIED AND LEFT HIM ALL OF THE COTTON
TO PICK.
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONAL NAMES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
"WE BURY OTHERS, WHY NOT YOU;
EVENTUALLY, WHY NOT NOW."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVERTISEMENT ; FUNERAL HOME SLOGAN?
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
A SIGN IN FRONT OF A FUNERAL PARLOR READS:
"PLAN AHEAD--SIGN UP NOW FOR OUR LAY-A-WAY PLAN."
Submitter comment:
SORRY TO SAY, DON'T KNOW THE FUNERAL HOME, BUT
SOMWHERE IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVERTISEMENT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
ITALIAN PROVERB
SO MANY HEADS
SO MANY OPINIONS.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): DISAGREEMENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE UNKNOWN
TALK IS CHEAP
TALK IS CHEAP, BUT IT TAKES MONEY TO BUY A COW.
Submitter comment: CHILDHOOD
Keyword(s): {THIS IS WHY ALL FARMERS ARE MUTE.} {??!!}
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
TEN ACRES OF SAND AND A RED-HEADED WIFE
IS UAUALLY {SIC} THE END OF A PINHEAD'S LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): THINKS, PINHEAD MEANS DULL-WITTED.} ; {MEANING? COLLECTOR DOESN'T KNOW. PROBABLY, SHE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
WEATHER RHYMES
THUNDER IN THE MORNING, ALL THE DAY STORMING;
THUNDER AT NIGHT IS THE SAILOR'S DELIGHT.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): {METEOROGICALLY INCORRECT}
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-07-1969
TIE THE DONKEY WHERE HIS MASTER SAYS.
OCBOT IL HANAE FEIN IGHEIDLU SIDU {MALTESE}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16721 GLENMORE ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): {MEANING? YOU SHOULD OBEY AUTHORITY, SAYS COLLECTOR}
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
TIME IS AN HERB THAT CURES ALL DISEASES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MEDICINE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
TOMMY, FREEDOM IS IN YOUR HOME.
Submitter comment:
POLISH: WOLNOSC TOMKU
W SWOJEM DOMKU.
THE NAME TOMMY IS USED IN THIS PROVERB BECAUSE IT RHYMES
WITH HOME. TOMMY REPRESENTS ANYONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5678 TARNOW ST ; 48210
Keyword(s): POLISH EQUIVALENT OF "A MAN'S HOME IS HIS CASTLE." ; THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS PROVERB, WHICH IS THE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
TOMORROW I'LL REFORM THE FOOL DOES SAY
TODAY'S TOO LATE. THE WISE DID YESTERDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TIME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
TOMORROW
TOMORROW NEVER COMES
Submitter comment: THERE IS A SAYING THAT..........
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17647 PATTON
Keyword(s): TIME
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Group of Vowels and Consonants, and of Words PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-14-1968
TOMORROW
TOMORROW NEVER COMES
Submitter comment: THERE IS A SAYING THAT..........
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17647 PATTON
Keyword(s): TIME
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Group of Vowels and Consonants, and of Words PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-14-1968
"TOMORROW, TOMORROW, BUT NOT TODAY," EVERY LAZY MAN
WILL SAY.
Where learned: HUNGARY
Keyword(s): TIME PROCRASTINATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.400 |
Date learned: 00-00-1910
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
VICE KNOWS SHE IS UGLY, SO SHE PUTS ON HER MASK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SIN DECEIT COSTUME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-16-1967