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IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY PEACHES, DON'T SHAKE MY TREE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERB
IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM, JOIN THEM.
Data entry tech comment: IF YOU CAN'T BE A WINNER, THEN JOIN THE GROUP.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1956
NONE
IF YOU CAN'T BE GOOD, BE CAREFUL.
Where learned: NOT LISTED
Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
PROVERB
EINEM GESCHENKTEN GAUL SIEHT MAN NICHT INS MAUL.
IF YOU HAVE A HORSE GIVEN TO YOU, DO NOT LOOK HIM IN THE MOUTH. TRAN
IN THE SENSE THAT YOU CAN NOT BE TOO
CRITICAL OF WHAT YOU GET FOR NOTHING.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
IF YOU HAVEN'T PUT SOMETHING DOWN, DON'T LOOK FOR IT}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TAKING NOTES
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
SCOTTISH PROVERB
IF YOU KEN ME, COME AND LIVE WE ME.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS IF YOU LIKE ME, COME AND LIVE WITH ME AND IS AN OLD
SCOTTISH PROVERB WHICH MRS. CAMPBELL STILL USES.
Where learned: 167 FAIRGROVE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; KEN=KNOW ; SCOTTISH DIALECT ; WE=WI'
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-17-1970
RUSSIAN PROVERB
IF YOU LIVE WITH WOLVES LEARN TO HOWL LIKE A WOLF.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): ANIMALS TEMPER
James Callow Keyword(s): ADAPTABILITY ; ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
BED
IF YOU MAKE YOUR BED HARD, LAY IN IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PERSONAL ADVICE FURNITURE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-12-1972
MARINE PROVERB
IF YOU MUST RAISE HELL, DO IT AT LEAST A MILE AWAY FROM THE FLAGPOLE
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; TO RAISE HELL: SLANG FOR CAUSING A DISTURBANCE OR TROUBLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-24-1965
CORN
IF YOU PLANT CORN IN THE OLD OF THE MOON, IT WILL EAR OUT BETTER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE FARMING NATURE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE IMPLIED ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-09-1968
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO FIND TROUBLE, COMPLAIN FOR NOTHING AND THAT
WILL MAKE TROUBLE AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER, NELLY CARPE SAID THIS WHEN INFORMANT WAS A CHILD
INFORMANT CLAIMED HER GRANDMOTHER ALSO SAID THIS TO HER MOTHER,
NELLY CARPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 2810 ADLAKE DR ; PONTIAC
Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
James Callow Keyword(s): CIRCULAR REASONING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
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 HEAD IS WAX DON'T WALK IN THE SUN.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): HUMOR
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; STAY OUT OF DANGER IF YOU'RE VULNERABLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
IN GOD WE TRUST, ALL OTHERS PAY CASH.
Submitter comment: BLASON POPULAIRE AGAINST CATHOLICS}
Data entry tech comment:
ALTHOUGH THIS IS IDENTIFIED BY THE COLLECTOR AS A BLASON POPULAIRE
AGAINST CATHOLICS, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE OBJECT OF THE PROVERB IS
MORE PROBABLY BELIEVERS IN GOD IN GENERAL, AND THEN ONLY IF "IN GOD
WE TRUST" IS SAID MOCKINGLY OR SARCASTICALLY.
Where learned: SARAH FISHER HOME FOR CHILDREN
Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; CREDIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 03-00-1970
SALT
AN IRISH SUPERSTITION: WHEN EATING AT A TABLE AND SOMEONE ASKS FOR THE SALT, YOU MUST FIRST SET IT DOWN NEXT TO THE PERSON AND LET HIM PICK IT UP. IF YOU SHOULD PASS IT TO HIM, IT IS SAID THAT THE TWO WILL GET INTO A FIGHT.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE
Date learned: 10-05-1972
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ARABIAN MAXIM
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
DON'T BUY A SLAVE UNLESS YOU BUY THE STICK WITH HIM.
Submitter comment:
THIS CAN BE EXPLAINED BY THE NOTION THAT NEWLY BOUGHT SLAVES ARE
HARD TO MANAGE.
Data entry tech comment:
SLAVE STICKING IS THE NATIONAL SPORT OF ARABIA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; OBSERVATION ; OBSERVATION ; OBSERVATION ; OBSERVATION ; RACISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
RUSSIAN PROVERB
MEASURE SEVEN TIMES TO CUT ONCE.
Where learned: WESTERN RUSSIA
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; CAUTION ; CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001898-1905
PROVERBS
YOU CAN'T THROW THE BALL BEFORE YOU CATCH IT.
Submitter comment: I DON'T REMEMBER
Where learned: NEW YORK ; HAMBURG
Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MEDICAL BELIEF
SLEEPING IN THE MOONLIGHT WILL MAKE YOU GO CRAZY.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER LEARNED THIS FROM SOME IRISH FRIENDS WHEN SHE WAS A
CHILD IN DETROIT. HER FRIENDS BELIEVED THIS SO STRONGLY THAT THEY
ALWAYS CHECKED THAT NO LIGHT COULD COME IN AROUND THE SHADES BEFORE
GOING TO BED.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant is collector's mother.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; 17965 Kirkshire
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; MADNESS
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
MOON BELIEF
IF YOU CUT YOUR HAIR ON A FULL MOON IT WILL GROW TWICE AS LONG.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SHAVED HER DAUGHTER'S HEAD WHEN SHE WAS VERY YOUNG
BECAUSE SHE HAD A SCALP DISEASE. NOW HER DAUGHTER HAS
SHOULDER LENGTH HAIR.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 12-07-1971