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PROVERB

DER ALT BULL BLAERRT FAERT BIS IN DI EWICHKEIT
THE OLD BULL BELLOWS ON FOREVER

Submitter comment: TRADITION OF PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH

Where learned: CULINARY ARTS PRESS ; PAGE 23

James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; CONVERSATION ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-00-1965

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PROVERB

OLD CHINESE PROVERB IS THERE IS GOLD IN BOOKS

Submitter comment: TOLD DURING A LECTURE

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS, ASSUMED

James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR ; EDUCATION ; SYMBOL ; WEALTH

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-28-1971

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PROVERB

AN OLD DOG WILL LEARN NO NEW TRICKS

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM

James Callow Keyword(s): AGE ; ANIMAL ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 11-10-1967

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PROVERB

THE OLDER THE FIDDLE THE SWEETER THE TUNE

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS

James Callow Keyword(s): AGE ; MUSIC ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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PROVERB

I'M ON THE WAGON

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

James Callow Keyword(s): MEANING: I'M NOT DRINKING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ; WATER WAGON

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: 00-00-1964

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

ONE LARK MAY MAKE A FALL
BUT ONE ROBIN DOES NOT MAKE A SPRING

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB

James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually.
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- V800

Date learned: 00-00-1969

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

ONE SWALLOW DOESN'T MAKE A SUMMER

Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Keyword(s): WEATHER

James Callow Keyword(s): BIRD ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually.
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00001964 ( SUMMER )

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WEATHER PROVERB

ONION'S SKIN VERY THIN
MILD WINTER COMING IN
ONION'S SKIN THICK AND TOUGH
COMING WINTER COLD AND ROUGH

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS

Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB

James Callow Keyword(s): PREDICTION ; SYMBOL ; VEGETABLE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb
BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

OLD JEWISH SAYING TRANSLATED
ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT ALL I FEAR IS THAT THEY MIGHT SAY,
IF YOU HAVE
LEARNED AND GATHERED WISDOM WHERE IS ITS CROP?

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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PROVERB IN VERSE

ON YOUR WEDDING DAY YOU SHOULD WEAR SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW,
SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE, AND A PENNY IN YOUR
SHOE FOR GOOD LUCK

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): CLOTHING ; COLOR ; MONEY

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.400
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Wear something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue

Date learned: 03-20-1967

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BLASON POPULAIRE

AN OPTIMIST LOOKS AT A DONUT AND SEES THE DONUT, A PESSIMIST
SEES THE HOLE.

Submitter comment: I WAS REMINDED OF THIS MANY TIMES AS A YOUNG GIRL.

Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO

Keyword(s): DEFINITION

James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Blason Populaire

Date learned: 00-00-1951

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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM

THE OTHER TEAM CAN'T SCORE WHILE YOU'VE GOT THE BALL

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION ; GAMES ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00-00-1965

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES SOMETIMES COME GEMS.
YOUNG CHILDREN WILL SAY TRUTHFUL THINGS WHERE OLDER PEOPLE
WILL AVOID IT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): HONESTY ; INHIBITIONS ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-07-1971

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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM

ITALIAN PROVERB
OUT OF THE MOUTH OF A DRUNKEN MAN YOU GET THE TRUTH

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOL ELIMINATES ONE'S INHIBITIONS ; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 10-26-1969

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PROVERB IN VERSE

PALE MOON DOTH RAIN
RED MOON DOTH BLOW
WHITE MOON DOTH NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW

Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; SAGINAW

Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB

James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR SYMBOL

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb
BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 09-07-1969

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PEACE IS A TREE OF WHICH LOVE IS THE FRUIT

Submitter comment: THIS IS AN OLD JEWISH SAYING

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT VEGETATION ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 12-00-1968

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM ONE OF HER FRIENDS

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; CRITICSM ; FUNCTION ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 03-01-1971

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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM

A PERFECT WIFE IS ONE WHO DOESN'T EXPECT A PERFECT HUSBAND

Submitter comment: HEARD THIS IN A RESTAURANT

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY

James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; TOLERANCE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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A PERSON ENTERS A BAR OPTIMISTICALLY AND LEAVES MISTY OPTICALLY

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM

Keyword(s): PUN ; SEMANTICS

James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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BLASON POPULAIRE

PHI KAPPS NEVER GET DRUNK, IF THEY DO THEY NEVER STAGGER,
IF THEY STAGGER THEY NEVER FALL. IF THEY FALL THEY FALL ON THEIR
FACES, SO THEIR PINS NEVER SHOW.

Submitter comment: SPOKEN WHILE DRINKING AT THE 20'S WITH SOME FRATERNITY BROTHERS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): RESEMBLES A CHAIN TALE.

James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ; ITERATION ; WORD PLAY

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale
PROVERB -- Blason Populaire

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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