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FRIENDS

LAUGH, THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOU,
WEEP, AND YOU WEEP ALONE.
BE GLAD, AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE MANY,
BE SAD, AND YOU LOSE THEM ALL.

Where learned: ALMANAC

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; NOBODY LIKES A CRYBABY! ; OBSERVATION

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

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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PROVERB

BEHIND EVERY MAN THERE IS A WOMAN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): SEX

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN THERE IS A WOMAN.

Submitter comment: COLLECTED FROM MRS. VARIEUR WHO USES IT TO KID HER HUSBAND.

Data entry tech comment: VARIANT

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): SEX

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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PROVERB

BEHIND MOST SUCCESSFUL MEN IS AN AGGRESSIVE WIFE AND A SURPRISED
MOTHER-IN-LAW.

Data entry tech comment: VARIANT

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): SEX

James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 11-14-1968

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PROVERB

BE HONEST, MAKE FRIENDS AND HELP PEOPLE.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THIS WAS THE PHILOSOPHY OF A MAN HE WORKED FOR.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 10-12-1972

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PROVERB

BELIEVE HALF OF WHAT YOU READ AND NONE OF WHAT YOU ARE TOLD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): NUMBERS

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number P686.00
BELIEF -- Number P686.05
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

THE BELL CALLS OTHERS TO CHURCH BUT ITSELF NEVER MINDS THE SERMON.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Keyword(s): ANIMATED NATURE ; HUMAN CREATIONS ; RELIGION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-00-1968

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PROVERB

A BELLY FULL IS A BELLY FULL.

Where learned: WRITTEN DOWN

Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY ; REPETITION

James Callow Keyword(s): BE SATISFIED? ; REPETITION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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PROVERB

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CONFUCIUS SAY: MAN SHOULD ALWAYS FEEL LOW BY-CRACKY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): SEX

James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY OF CONFUCIAN SAYING ; PUN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
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Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

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CONFUCIUS SAY: MAN WHO LAYS GIRL IN FIELD GET PIECE ON EARTH.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Keyword(s): SEX

James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ; PUN ; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE=LAY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
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PROVERB

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CONFUCIUS SAY: MAN WHO LAY GIRL ON HILL, NOT ON LEVEL.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Keyword(s): SEX

James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE=LAY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
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PROVERB

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CONFUCIUS SAY: MAN WHO LOSE KEY TO GIRLFRIENDS PLACE GET NO NEW
KEY.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Keyword(s): SEX

James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ; PUN--NEW KEY (NOOKY) ; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

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CONFUCIUS SAY: MAN WHO SCREW GIRL IN CAR HAVE HOT ROD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): SEX

James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ; PUN ; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
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Date learned: 00-00-1960

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PROVERB

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CONFUCIUS SAY: PRODIGAL SON COME HOME EMPTYHANDED--PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
COME HOME WITH ARMLOAD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): SEX

James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1967

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PROVERB

CONFUCIUS SAY: SHE WHO THROW CLOCK AT BOY-FRIEND LOSE TIME.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): PUN

James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1967

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PROVERB

CONFUCIUS SAY: SHE WHO WEAR STRAPLESS GOWN WORRY NOT ABOUT COST
BUT UPKEEP.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ; PUN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1967

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PROVERB

CONFUCIUS SAY: SORRY IS HE WHO ASK UNDERTAKER FOR SAMPLE OF HIS
WORK.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): MORTICIAN ; PARODY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1967

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PROVERB

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CONFUCIUS SAY: WIFE WHO PUT MAN IN DOG HOUSE, MAY FIND HIM IN CAT
HOUSE.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Keyword(s): SEX

James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ; PUN ; WHOREHOUSE PROSTITUTION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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CONFUCIUS SAY

CONFUCIUS SAY: WOMAN WHO COOKS CARROTS AND PEAS IN THE SAME POT
IS UNSANITARY.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): FOOD

James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ; PUN ; URINE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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PROVERB

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CONFUCIUS SAY: WOMAN WHO SLIDE DOWN BANNISTER HAVE MONKEY SHINE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): SEX

James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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