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Maxim

All that Glitters is not gold.

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Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Original BN [O700, V3] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.

Dup. of WPP

Where learned: Gibson, Mrs J W

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; COLOR ; Gold ; Language ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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Belief: Weather

April showers bring May flowers.

Submitter comment:

Weather Belief (proverb)

From her mother as child

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The word APRIL is underlined.

Dup. of WPP

Where learned: Regan, Elsie

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; April ; FLOWERS ; May ; Month ; NATURE ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; PREDICTION ; Rain ; RHYME ; Sky ; TIME ; WEATHER

James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; May ; RHYME

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb

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Verse

The Wind:

When the wind is in the East,

'Tis good for neither man nor feast;

When the wind is in the North,

The skillful fisher goes not forth;

When the wind is in the South,

It blows the bait in the fishes' mouth;

When the wind is in the West,

Then 'tis at its very best.

Submitter comment:

Discovered in a paper placement, printed in Rhode Island. Paper then discovered at Audio's Pizzaria in Detroit.

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Dup. of WPP

Where learned: Rhode Island

Keyword(s): Bait ; DIRECTION ; East ; FISH ; Fisherman ; FOOD ; Formula ; North ; Ocean ; PREDICTION ; RHYME ; Sailor ; SEA ; Sky ; SONG ; South ; Sport ; VERSE ; WARNING ; West ; Wind

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.890

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Proverb

As dead as a doornail.

Submitter comment:

The number 335 is typed in the upper right hand corner.

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Original BN [V600] crossed out and replaced with current classifications.

The word As is underlined in red the first time it appears.

Dup of WPP.

The word (informant) has been written in red next to the name of Sophie Drouillard.

Where learned: Drouillard, Sophie

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Dead ; Doornail ; SIMILE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase
PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

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Proverb

Barking dogs never bite.

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James Callow comment:

Dup of WPP

The B in Barking is underlined in red.

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; 7733 CALHOUN ; Downes, JoAnn

Keyword(s): Bark ; Bite ; Dogs ; Maxim ; Misdirection ; PROVERB ; SIGN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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Proverb

Parallel Structure:

Give the world the best you can and the best will come back to you.

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James Callow comment:

Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ; Ichneble, Dan

Keyword(s): Ability ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Return

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb

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Proverbial Maxim

He who hesitates is lost.

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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.

Where learned: Abella, Joseph

Keyword(s): ACTION ; Hesitation ; PATIENCE ; PUNISHMENT ; Reward

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

A house without a woman and firelight is like a body without a soul or sprite.

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James Callow comment:

Original BN [V700] crossed out. Replaced with current classfication.

Located in a pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects

Where learned: Koch, Mr Paul

Keyword(s): BODY ; Domesticity ; Feminine ; FIRE ; Firelight ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Soul ; SPIRIT ; Warmth ; Woman

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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Proverb

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.

Keyword(s): Ability ; Fool ; JACK ; Labor ; Master ; Skill ; TRADE ; WISDOM ; WORK

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

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Proverb

Like water off a duck's back.

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James Callow comment:

Original BN [V600, V200] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.

Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; ; Leonard, Sister M

Keyword(s): ADAPTABILITY ; BIRD ; DUCK ; Resilience ; WATER ; Waterproof

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase
PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

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Proverb

Dead as a doornail

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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.

Where learned: Fritz, Andy

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Dead ; Doornail ; SIMILE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

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Proverb

Draft beer not students.

Submitter comment:

Sit-ins.

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James Callow comment:

[Common saying at sit-ins and picket lines.]

Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects

KW:5ZM

Where learned: Lucas, Jerry

Keyword(s): ALCOHOL ; BEER ; Beverages ; COLLEGE ; DRINK ; DRINKING ; Picket Line ; Protest ; Sit-In ; Students

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

Proverbial Metaphor:

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Submitter comment:

Don't be antagonistic to those who help you.

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James Callow comment:

Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 2154 DICKERSON ; Verheye, Mrs Robert

Keyword(s): ATTITUDE ; Bite ; GREED ; Hand ; METAPHOR

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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Proverb

Don't bite the hand that feeds you

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James Callow comment:

Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; ; Perkowski, Bonita

Keyword(s): ATTITUDE ; Bite ; GREED ; Hand ; METAPHOR

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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Proverb

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Submitter comment:

From - Uncertain

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Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.

Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; ; Whittlesey, Mary Ann

Keyword(s): ATTITUDE ; Bite ; GREED ; Hand ; METAPHOR

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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Proverb

Change Horses:

Don't change horses in the middle of a stream.

Submitter comment:

Read this in High School

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James Callow comment:

Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.

Keyword(s): Change ; DIRECTION ; HORSE ; Stream ; Switch

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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Proverb

The family that prays together stays together

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James Callow comment:

Original BN [V200] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.

The number 54 is written in the lower left hand corner of the submission card.

Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.

Where learned: Henderson, Elmira

Keyword(s): FAMILY ; Pray ; PRAYER ; RELIGION ; Unity

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

Many hands make light work

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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Gwizdala, Maureen

Keyword(s): Community ; FAMILY ; Hands ; Help ; Many ; Multiple ; WORK

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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Proverb

As goes Maine. so goes the nation.

Submitter comment:

This person clearly did not subscribe to this proverb as he followed up the comment by saying that there was never such a disproven one as this in political circles.

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Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Original BN [P800, V200] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.

Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.

Where learned: HOME ; Geboyls, Paul

Keyword(s): Maine ; Nation ; POLITICS ; STATE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim
PROVERB -- Blason Populaire

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Proverb

Necessity knows no law

Submitter comment:

Proverbial Phrase

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Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Original BN [ V600, V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification

Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects

Keyword(s): Law ; NECESSITY ; Need

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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