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MODEST: ONE WHO WEARS THE LATEST FASHIONS.
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; HUMOR ; PUN ON "MOD"--FOR THE LATEST, THE MOST MODERN.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-29-1970
COINCIDE: WHAT YOU DO WHEN IT STARTS RAINING.
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; HUMOR ; PUN FOR GO INSIDE.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-29-1970
DEBATE: IT LURES DE FISH.
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; HUMOR ; PUN FOR THE BAIT.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-29-1970
KNOB: A THING TO ADORE.
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; HUMOR ; PUN FOR A DOOR.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-29-1970
MORBID: A COMMON PHRASE USED BY AN AUCTIONEER.
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; HUMOR ; PUN ON MORE BID.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-29-1970
THIS END UP {ARROW POINTING DOWN}
Submitter comment: DONE AS A JOKE, SAYS COLLECTOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
S(E)X=F(U)N
James Callow comment: THE X AND THE N ARE WRITTEN AS SUPERSCRIPTS ON THE ; ORIGINAL CARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-29-1969
YOU CAN'T SWIM IN A POOLROOM.
James Callow comment: LIKE YOU CAN'T BOUNCE A MEATBALL, SAYS COLLECTOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LEXINGTON
James Callow Keyword(s): AMBITION? ; JOKE? ; WORK?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-14-1969
CANADIAN PROVERB
LET YOUR LIFE BE LIKE ARITHMETIC: JOYS ADDED, SORROWS
SUBTRACTED, FRIENDS MULTIPLIED, AND LOVE UNDIVIDED.
Keyword(s): ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLICATION, DIVISION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
SAILING UNDER FALSE COLORS
Keyword(s): TRICKERY DECEIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
SELF-PRAISE STINKS.
Submitter comment: {HEARD IN} CHILDHOOD
Keyword(s): VANITY CONCEIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
A SMILE OF WELCOME IS LIKE A BEACON LIGHTING THE
DARKEST NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): HOSPITALITY KINDNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V700 |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
UKRANIAN PROVERB
{YOU CAN} TALK TO A MOUNTAIN
BUT A MOUNTAIN STAYS A MOUNTAIN.
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL
Keyword(s): {ORIGINAL UKRANIAN PROVIDED ON CARD... I CANNOT TYPE IT.}
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1965
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
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM MAXIM
THERE'S A FOOL BORN EVERY MINUTE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 2154 DICKERSON ; 48215 ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): STUPIDITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
THERE'S A SCREW LOOSE IN THE UPPER STORY.
Submitter comment: LAME BRAIN
Where learned: SCHOOL
Keyword(s): INSANITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
THIMK
Keyword(s): STUPIDITY FOLLY ERROR ABSURDITY THOUGHT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
THREE DON'T DRINK OUT OF THE SAME CUP.
Submitter comment:
(INFORMANT USED TO LIVE BY IT WHEN HE WAS A CHILD,
HE WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING THREE TIMES IN A ROW)
Where learned: RATHSKELLER
Keyword(s): SUPERSTITION AIDS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-19-1968
THROW IN THE TOWEL
Keyword(s): QUIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
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