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Proverb

Omen:

There are old pilots / And there are bold pilots / But there are never old, bold, pilots.

Submitter comment:

This is taught to pilots early in their training - beware of being too confident - never step out of the realm of your experience.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Original BN [P870] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.

Keyword(s): AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bold ; Maxim ; Old ; OMEN ; Pilot ; PROVERB ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

No fool like an old fool

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Keyword(s): AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Fool ; Maxim ; Old ; PROVERB ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

No fool like an old fool.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

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

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Karle, Janet Young

Keyword(s): AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Fool ; Maxim ; Old ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WISDOM ; YOUTH

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

We grow old too soon and smart too late.

Submitter comment:

Informant was told this by his father in the year 1929.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; Pierson, Elwood

Keyword(s): AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; Old ; PROVERB ; TIME ; VERSE ; WISDOM ; Wise ; Young

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

He is wise beyond his years.

Submitter comment:

Informant heard this remark in school in the year 1927.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; Pierson, Martha

Keyword(s): AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WISDOM

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Superstition: Wedding

IF YOU PUT A WEDDING CAKE UNDER YOUR PILLOW, YOU WILL GET
MARRIED SOON.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD - 02-22-2011

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): Cake ; MARRIAGE ; Pillow ; SLEEP ; SUPERSTITION ; WEDDING

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Marriage Dream about future husband

Date learned: 04-01-1970

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Legend

DURING THE REVOLUTION, THERE WAS A DESERTER WHO LIVED IN A SHACK
WITH A WOMAN THAT HE KIDNAPPED, AND FROM THIS WOMAN HE HAD A SON
WHO LATER DID THE SAME THING AS HIS FATHER AND IT HAS GONE ON LIKE
THIS FOR GENERATIONS. IT IS RUMORED THAT THE MAN IS STILL
LOOKING FOR HIS WIFE BUT HAS NOT FOUND HER YET.
 

Submitter comment:

LEROY SAW THE CABIN AND SAYS HE GOT THE LEGEND FROM THIS
EXPERIENCE.

Data entry tech comment:

Updated on 02-22-2011 by TRD

Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): ABDUCTION ; Common Law ; DESERTER ; ILLEGITIMACY ; MARRIAGE ; MILITARY ; REVOLUTIONARY WAR ; Shack

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Supernatural Being

Date learned: 09-25-1967

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Proverb

There is no fool like an old fool.

Submitter comment:

Proverbial Apothegm

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Keyword(s): AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Fool ; Maxim ; Old ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Wise ; Young

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

Good cookin' lasts, kissin' don't.

Submitter comment:

Pennsylvania Dutch Saying

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; Schwartz, Valentine M ; MAUCH CHUNK

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; COOK ; COOKING ; DUTCH ; ETHNIC ; KISS ; KISSING ; MARRIAGE ; Maxim ; PENNSYLVANIA ; PROVERB ; REGIONAL ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

Too soon old, too late smart.

Submitter comment:

A favorite saying of informant's German grandfather.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RATHSKELLER ; Graham, Russell

Keyword(s): AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Fool ; Late ; Maxim ; Old ; PROVERB ; Smart ; Soon ; Stupid ; VERSE ; Wise ; Young

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

Too soon old, Too late smart.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

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

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Bottoms, Charlotte

Keyword(s): AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Late ; Old ; Proverb' Maxim ; Smart ; Soon ; VERSE ; Young

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Language: Rhyme

REMEMBER ME, WHEN THIS YOU SEE
AND ALWAYS BEAR IN MIND
THAT YOUR MOTHER WILL BE A FRIEND TO YOU WHEN OTHERS
ARE UNKIND.

Submitter comment:

AUTOGRAPH BOOK NOW AT INFORMANT'S HOME IN ST. CLAIR
SHORES, MICHIGAN. BOOK BELONGS TO GERTRUDE CARROLL
NOW, CAROLINE SLINEY'S DAUGHTER.

Data entry tech comment:

Updated / 02-24-2011 / TRD

James Callow comment:

NOT WRITTEN IN VERSE FORM

Where learned: Broemer, Caroline

Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; Friend ; Kind ; Language ; MOTHER ; RHYME ; Unkind ; VERSE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me

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Language: Rhyme

WHEN I AM DEAD AND IN MY GRAVE
AND ALL MY BONES ARE ROTTING,
THIS LITTLE BOOK WILL TELL MY NAME
WHEN I AM QUITE FORGOTTEN.
(SIGNED) EMMA THORNDIKE

Submitter comment:

UNDATED ENTRY IN CAROLINE SLINEY'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT
IN FRANKLIN, MICHIGAN IN ABOUT 1890.

Data entry tech comment:

Updated / TRD

Where learned: Broemer, Caroline

Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; BOOK ; Dead ; Forgotten ; Gone ; Language ; RHYME ; Signature

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me

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Proverb

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Lee, Andrew

Keyword(s): Adapt ; AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Change ; DOG ; Maxim ; New ; Old ; PROVERB ; TRICK ; Tricks ; VERSE ; Young

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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Language: Games

Q: I STAND ALONE UPON A ROCK/ THE ANGRY WAVES I DAILY MOCK/
THE SHIPS THAT PASS ME IN (THE) NIGHT/ ARE SAFELY GUIDED BY MY LIGHT
A: A LIGHTHOUSE.

Data entry tech comment:

Updated and Motifs / 02-28-2011 / TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 10410 BIRCHCREST

Keyword(s): BUILDING ; GAME ; Guide ; Language ; LIGHT ; Lighthouse ; Night ; RHYME ; RIDDLE ; Rock ; Ship ; TRANSPORTATION ; VERSE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle True Riddle

Date learned: 10-00-1967

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Language: Tongue Twister

Sally Sawl, sitting on her slippery sled, saw a seesaw in some scratchy sand Saturday standing by a stop sign.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Alondt, Jeffrey

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; tongue-twister ; VERSE

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

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Language: Tongue Twister

Wij willen Willem weg wouw Willem Wijzer worden wij willen Willem weer.

Submitter comment:

English translation: We want to do away with William, but if William wises up, we want William back again.

My father learned it when he was young and living in Belgium.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Not a good tongue-twister after being translated into English.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Van Hout, Louis J

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Belgium ; ETHNIC ; Language ; tongue-twister

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

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Language: Tongue Twister

"Rugglins wee roon rid lums reek briskley."

Translated: The cities of Rugglin's chimneys were smoking freely.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Original BN [C700] crossed out. Replaced  with current classification.

Not a tongue-twister when translated into English.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Devlin, Margaret

Keyword(s): Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

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Language: Tongue Twister

Shrewd Simon short sewed shoes, saved soles; Simon's shrewdish spouse, Sophie, sewed skirts, stitched sheets, stiffed sofas. Simon's seven stout sons sold several sundries. Sober sewell sold sodas, sorghum, sugar, spiars; Simple Sam sold studs, paddles, stirrups, Sagracious Stephen sold silver spoons, salves; Skeptical Saul sold silks, slacks, satins, shawls, stockings; Selfish Shelby sold shellfish, shells, shields. S:ender Silas sold sodas, salves, shoe-strings, soporifics; Sleepy SPencer sold sophists, stuffed sofas; Sophisticated Seth sold serums, screws, saws spikes, skates; Sister Sally scrawled signs, sang soprano songs.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Too Long.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Sokolowski, Kathleen

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Language ; REPETITION ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

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Language: Tongue Twister

Sarah, Sarah, sitting in a shoe shine shop.

Sarah, Sarah, sitting in a shoe shine shop.

All day long she sits and shines

All day long she shines and sits.

Sarah, Sarah, sitting in a shoe shine shop.

Submitter comment:

I actually heard informant recite this. It circulated among Phi Kappa Theta fraternity brothers at University of Detroit in 1958-63.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Almost same thing already typed as prose.

Original BN [S570] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Larabell, Thomas ; 16723 Vaughan

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Language ; REPETITION ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER

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

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