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THAI SAYING
THREE DAYS FROM " NOREE " THERE WILL BE
ANOTHER (IMPLICATION OF THE FICKLE NATURE OF WOMEN).
Where learned: THAILAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
EVIL-EYE
DON'T TICKLE CHILDREN AND MAKE THEM
LAUGH BECAUSE THEY'LL CRY LATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
BELIEF
IN CELTIC COUNTRIES PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IT IS GOOD LUCK
TO PUT NAILS IN THE CRIB OF A NEWBORN BABY. THIS PROTECTS
THEM FROM THE FAIRIES WHICH ACCORDING TO LEGEND CAME IN THE
NIGHT AND TOOK ALL BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN AND LEFT UGLY BABIES OR
"CHANGLINGS" IN THEIR PLACE. IF A MOTHER HAD A PARTICULARLY
UGLY CHILD SHE WOULD OFTEN SAY IT WAS A CHANGLING AND NOT HER
REAL CHILD. INCIDENTLY, PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT IRON WAS MAGICAL AND
SO IT IS NOT THE NAILS BUT THE IRON THAT THEY ARE MADE OUT OF
WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BRING THE GOOD LUCK.
Data entry tech comment: "YOU" IS PROFESSOR FRANK PAULSEN.
Where learned: CLASS DURING WHICH HE SUBSTITUTED FOR YOU
Keyword(s): CHANGELINGS
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
A WOMAN BORN WITH A V-SHAPED HAIR-LINE WILL BE A YOUNG
WIDOW, IF SHE MARRIES AND WILL ALSO REMARRY SOON AFTER.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): WIDOW'S PEAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
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THREE DRAGON SAILORS CROSSED THE RHINE,
THREE DRAGON SAILORS CROSSED THE RHINE, TABOO, TABOO,
THREE DRAGON SAILORS CROSSED THE RHINE, TABOO, TABOO,
THREE DRAGON SAILORS CROSSED THE RHINE,
TO FILL THEIR BELLIES FULL OF WINE,
TABOO, TABOO, TA-BOTTLE OF BOTTLE OF BOOZE.
THEY CAME UPON A WAYSIDE INN, TABOO, TABOO,
THEY CAME UPON A WAYSIDE INN, TABOO, TABOO,
THEY CAME UPON A WAYSIDE INN,
AND THEY DECIDED TO GO IN,
TABOO, TABOO, TA-BOTTLE OF BOTTLE OF BOOZE.
THE INNKEEPER HAD A DAUGHTER FAIR, TABOO, TABOO,
THE INNKEEPER HAD A DAUGHTER FAIR, TABOO, TABOO,
THE INNKEEPER HAD A DAUGHTER FAIR
WITH DARK AND WAVY LONG BROWN HAIR,
TABOO, TABOO, TA-BOTTLE OF BOTTLE OF BOOZE.
THEY LAID HER ON A FEATHER BED, TABOO, TABOO,
THEY LAID HER ON A FEATHER BED, TABOO, TABOO,
THEY LAID HER ON A FEATHER BED
PULLED THE BLANKETS ON OVER HER HEAD,
TABOO, TABOO, TA-BOTTLE OF BOTTLE OF BOOZE.
THREE DRAGON SAILORS WENT TO HELL, TABOO, TABOO,
THREE DRAGON SAILORS WENT TO HELL, TABOO, TABOO,
THREE DRAGON SAILORS WENT TO HELL,
WHERE THEY OOMPHED THE DEVIL'S WIFE AS WELL,
TABOO, TABOO, TA-BOTTLE OF BOTTLE OF BOOZE.
Submitter comment:
A COLLEGE TUNE SUNG TO THE TUNE OF:
"THE YANKS ARE MARCHING HOME AGAIN"
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM (OOMPHED) FOR OBSCENE WORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Emotion Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 11-20-1969
HABIT IS EVERYTHING-----EVEN IN LOVE.
Where learned: HOME ; DORM ROOM ; Massachusetts ; TOLD IN ; 63 ELEANOR RD ; SPRINGFIELD
Keyword(s): ASSONANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-23-1971
HAIR TODAY---BALD TOMORROW.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS YEARS BACK
PROBABLY AROUND THE LATE 1928S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; PARODY OF HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 10-05-1972
HALF A TRUTH IS OFTEN A GREAT LIE
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
A HALF-TRUTH IS A WHOLE LIE.
Submitter comment: ORIGIN: FA(FATHER? FROM?) WILL RYAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
MORAL PROVERB
THE HANDLE HAS LOST ITS AX.
Submitter comment:
(E.G., SOMEONE WHO IS SMART IN PHYSICS WHEN HE HAS
HIS BOOKS BUT IS DUMB WHEN HE DOESN'T HAVE
HIS PHYSICS BOOK HAS LOST HIS AX)
(TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN)
Data entry tech comment: LITHUANIAN PHRASE DENOTING MORAL PROVERB
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): TOOLS METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
THE HAND OF GOD IS NEARER THAN THE DOOR
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19749 WOODBINE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-18-1970
THE HAND OUTLASTS THE SWORD.
Submitter comment: THIS PROVERB IS ALSO A VARIANT OF THE GERMAN.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): SYMBOLS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY THE COLLECTOR
THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE RULES THE WORLD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; TOLD AT HIS HOME ; 32020 SHERIDAN DR
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; MOTHERHOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-21-1971
PROVERB: CAT
HAPPY AS A CAT IN A CREAMERY.
Submitter comment:
USED TO DENOTE EXTREME HAPPINESS OF A PERSON OR ANIMAL IN A GIVEN
CIRCUMSTANCE.
INFORMANT USED THIS WHEN HE SAW HIS SECRETARY WAS VERY HAPPY. HE
LEARNED WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; 170 CARLSON ; WESTLAND ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
NEXT MORNING
NOCHES ALEGRES, MANANAS TRISTES; HAPPY NIGHTS, SAD MORNINGS
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
THE HAPPY WIFE
HAPPY WIFE HAPPY HOME
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO INFORMANT BY A POLISH WOMAN.
THE WOMAN LEARNED IT IN SCHOOL.
Data entry tech comment: LINES HAVE BEEN DIVIDED BY THE KEY PUNCHER
Where learned: HENDRICKSONS PHARMACY ; DETROIT ; ; TOLD IN ; 15947 W 7 MILE
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ELLIPSIS ; WOMEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-25-1970
HARDER TO BEND A TREE WHEN THE TRUNK IS BIG AND OLD
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY INFORMANT
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; OLD AGE? ; PLANT METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
YIDDISH PROVERB
THE HARDEST WORK IS TO GO IDLE
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
Keyword(s): IDLENESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
HARD HEAD
A HARD HEAD MAKES A SOFT TAIL
Submitter comment: A SAYING BY INFORMANTS PARENTS
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16177 OHIO ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-10-1969
GERMAN PROVERB
EILE MIT WEILE ( TRANSLATED ) HASTE MAKES WASTE
Where learned: GERMANY ; REGENSBURG
Keyword(s): HASTE MAKES WASTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-29-1967