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Proverb
Early to bed, Early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
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Where learned: HOME ; ; Grewe, Eugene Jr
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Rise ; TIME ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; WISDOM ; Wise
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
"Oh! What tangled webs we weave when first we practice to deceive."
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Submission is a direct quote from Sir Walter Scott, a Scottish Novelist (1771-1832): Marmion, Canto vi, Stanza 17.
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Original BN [V300, V:C880.300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; Ward, Mary ; 1838 Rosemont ; BERKELEY
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Consequence ; Deceive ; Deception ; Lie ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Quote ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Web
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
"Easy come, easy go."
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Informant received information from various relatives in Ukraine.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Fylypiw, Stephanie
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A whistling girl and a crowing hen, both come to a bad end.
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Original BN [V300, C880.300] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Stack, Susan
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crow ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Good, Better, Best / Never let it take a rest / Till your good is better / And your better best.
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Original Bn [V700] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO ; Sister M Leonard
Keyword(s): Ability ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Best ; Better ; Good ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A daughter is a daughter for the rest of your life, but a son is only a son until he gets a wife.
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Where learned: Hickey, Thelma
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DAUGHTER ; Inequality ; Maxim ; Parent ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Son ; VERSE ; Wife
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and cackling hens always come to a bad end.
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I heard this as a child in Ferndale, MI
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Original Bn [C880.400] crossed out. Replacedw tih current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cackle ; Crow ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and crowing hens are sure to come to some bad end.
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She heard this from her mother.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Van Hout, Mary Bernadette
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crow ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A whistling girl and a crowing hen, will always come to some bad end.
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Original Bn [C760, C700] crossed out. Repalced with current classification.
In autograph book?
Where learned: HOME ; MacDonald, Agnes
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crow ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
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Where learned: INDIANA ; Arterburn, Laura ; 209 Mockingbird ; Jeffersonville
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Apple ; Day ; DOCTOR ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and clucking hens always come to no good ends.
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Told to her by her grandmother in Tennessee.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17394 PARKSIDE ; Martz, Lou
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cluck ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
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Original BN [V300] crossed uot. Replaced wtih current classification.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Mikula, Rose ; POUGHKEEPSIE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Rise ; TIME ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; WISDOM ; Wise
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
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My dad told me this when I was a little kid to get me to go to bed.
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Original BN [C880.200] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: 3487 Buckingham ; Dettloff, Joe
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Rise ; TIME ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; WISDOM ; Wise
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A whistling woman a cackling hen / will always come to a no good end.
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Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; Whyte, Mrs Wilfred ; 524 Rivera Terraces ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cackle ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle ; Woman
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Something old, Something new. Something borrowed, something blue.
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Meaning? C840.545? Collector says mother she was informant took this as applying to weddings. -dtc.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 1523 E Jefferson Ave ; Kenlen, Laurice
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Blue ; Borrowed ; Maxim ; New ; Old ; Prover ; RHYME ; VERSE ; WEDDING
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and cackling hens / Always come to some bad ends.
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Original BN [C800, V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; Allston, Mrs. John
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cackle ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A stitch in time saves nine.
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From - Uncertain
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; ; Whittlesey, Mary Ann
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; Nine ; NUMBER ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Save ; Stitch ; TIME ; VERSE
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Early to bed, early to rise / Will make a man helathy, wealthy, and wise.
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Have known it for a long time. Probably heard it from father, Horace.
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James Callow comment:
Original Bn [V300] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Rise ; TIME ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; WISDOM ; Wise
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cup ; DRINKING ; Lip ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; SLIP ; TRUTH ; VERSE
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |