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IF YOU'RE GONNA RIDE HIGH ON THE HOG, YOU BETTER TAKE SOME SPARE RIB
ON THE WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANATOMY ANIMALS PORK
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; LIVING LAVISHLY, EXTRAVAGANTLY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A FIGHT.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH ZDROJESKI WHEN
HE WAS GROWING UP. ELIZABETH HEARD IT FROM HER MOTHER, MRS. RICE,
AROUND 1910.
Where learned: NEW JERSEY ; 221 GRIFFITH ST ; JERSEY CITY
Keyword(s): HUMANS SENSUAL EXPERIENCES SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams P841.72 PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: CA00001968 ; 00-00-1910
THREADS
INVISIBLE TIES ARE THE STRONGEST TIES.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP
James Callow Keyword(s): PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001920S
PROVERB
IN WHOM WISDOM IS, IN HIM IS EVERYTHING; IN WHOM IT IS NOT, WHAT HAS
HE? HE WHO HAS ACQUIRED IT, WHAT DOES HE LACK? IN WHOM IT IS NOT,
WHAT HAS HE ACQUIRED?
Submitter comment: ORIGIN: THINKS FROM HER FATHER AS A SMALL GIRL.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PARK RIDGE
Keyword(s): WISDOM, CONTRAST, REPITITION
James Callow Keyword(s): PERIODIC SENTENCE ; RHETORICAL QUESTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
JEST ANECDOTE
I ONCE KNEW A MAN SO OLD HE WAS OLDER THAN HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HYPERBOLE
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
AS FUNNY AS
IS AS FUNNY AS A RUBBER CRUTCH IN A POLIO WARD.
Data entry tech comment: IS PRECEDED ON 5 X 8 CARD BY ( BLANK-- WHATEVER THE OBJECT IS )
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): METAPHOR HUMOR
James Callow Keyword(s): DISEASE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
BLIND MAN WELLERISM
"I SEE", SAID THE BLIND MAN AS HE PICKED UP HIS HAMMER AND SAW.
Submitter comment:
I THINK THAT THIS WELLERISM IS PERHAPS THE MOST POPULAR. I HAVE
HEARD THIS SAID IN MANY DIFFERENT PLACES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRADICTION ; PUN ; TOOLS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
I SINK LIKE A STONE WHEN I SWIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): METAPHOR, ALLITERATION, SWIMMING, OBSERVATION, CONTRADICTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
I SLEEP LIKE A LOG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): METAPHOR, SLEEP, OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): SIMILE ; WOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
IT ALWAYS RAINS ON MY GENERATION.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): METAPHOR, OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
NO MONEY PROVERB.
"LACK OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL."
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16860 FREELAND
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
SAYING
LAND'S SO RICH THAT WHEN YOU PLANT CORN, YOU HAVE TO JUMP BACK SO IT
WON'T HIT YOU IN THE EYE.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD MY 5TH COUSIN SAY THIS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. IT WAS IN THE
SAN JOAQUIN DELTAS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. HE WAS DESCRIBING A
MUDFLAT THAT HE HAD LEASED.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; SAN JOAQUIN DELTA
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; FERTILITY ; HYPERBOLE ; LAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-08-1968
PROVERB
LAUGH AND THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOU, CRY AND YOU CRY ALONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION ; SYMPATHY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM MAXIM
LAUGH BEFORE BREAKFAST; CRY BEFORE BEDTIME.
Submitter comment: SCOTTISH.
Where learned: INFORMANTS PLACE OF OCCUPATION - DETROIT BOARD OF
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; PARALLEL STRUCTURE.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
PROVERB - - OMEN - - BELIEF
LAUGH BEFORE BREAKFAST, CRY BEFORE SLEEP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1970
PROVERBIAL SAYING
LAY DOWN WITH THE DOGS AND GET UP WITH THE FLEAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): ANIMAL COMPARISON ; COMPANIONS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
IF THE SHOE FITS, WEAR IT.
Submitter comment: NONE
Data entry tech comment: PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
RUSSIAN PROVERB
IF THE WOLVES ARE FULL THE FLOCK OF SHEEP WILL REMAIN WHOLE.
Submitter comment: NONE
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): PARALLEL STRUCTURE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V242 |
IF WE WERE BROUGHT TO TRIAL FOR THE CRIMES WE HAVE COMMITTED
AGAINST OURSELVES, FEW WOULD ESCAPE THE GALLOWS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
IF WISHES WERE HORSES, BEGGARS WOULD RIDE
Submitter comment: I PICKED THIS SAYING UP IN ST. LOUIS WHEN I WAS ABOUT 11 OR 12.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR