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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
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
AN OLD CHINESE PROVERB STATES:
A DOLLAR EARNED, 99 CENTS SPENT EQUALS HAPPINESS
A DOLLAR EARNED, $1.01 SPENT EQUALS UNHAPPINESS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ECONOMY ; TERMINAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
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
OLDER THAN THE HILLS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE ; STALE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
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 |
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PROVERB
THE OLDER THE GOAT THE HARDER ARE HIS HORNS
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE ; ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
OLD FISHERMEN NEVER DIE, THEY JUST SMELL THAT WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
OLD MEN AND OLD WOMEN MAKE GOOD SOUP
Submitter comment: SAID IN REFERENCE TO CHAPERONES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE ; CANNIBALISM ; PUN--ON WORD "MAKE"
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
PROVERB
OLD GRAIN IS BETTER THAN NO GRAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE THEY JUST SLOWLY FADE AWAY
Submitter comment: HEARD IT ON TV ABOUT MCARTHUR
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): DISILLUSIONMENT ; MILITARY ; REFERRING TO GENERAL DOUGLAS MAC
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
POLISH SAYING
W STARYM PIECU DJABET PALI (POLISH)
LITERALLY: AN OLD STOVE THE DEVIL BURNS
IN OTHER WORDS, STILL WATER RUNS DEEP
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
James Callow comment: HARD TO FOLLOW--F. M. PAULSEN
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-24-1971
POLISH PROVERB
NIE MIATA BABA KIOPOTU I KUPITA SOBIE PROSIE (POLISH)
THE OLD WOMAN DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLES AND SHE
BOUGHT HERSELF A PIG
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A POPULAR SAYING WHEN SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING USELESS
I KNOW THIS FROM HOME
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; IRONY ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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
POLISH PROVERB
NA POCHYTE DRYUVO RAJDA ROZA WEJDZIE (POLISH)
ON A SLANTING TREE ANY GOAT CAN CLIMB
Submitter comment: MY FATHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
ONCE A PAUPER, ALWAYS A PAUPER
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS GREEK TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
James Callow Keyword(s): "NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS." ; CYNICISM ; POVERTY
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
PROVERB
ONCE BURNED, TWICE SHY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS
James Callow Keyword(s): CAUTION ; FIRE ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONCE BURNT, TWICE SHY
YOU AVOID AN UNFORTUNATE HAPPENING THE SECOND TIME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; NUMBERS
James Callow Keyword(s): CAUTION ; FIRE ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): CELESTIAL ; SELDOM
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
PROVERB
A PROVERB SUPPOSEDLY ORIGINATING IN ITALY
UNA MANO LAVA CON LARTRA (ITALIAN)
ONE HAND WASHES THE OTHER
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS ITALIAN TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
James Callow Keyword(s): COOPERATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-22-1968
LITHUANIAN PROVERB
RANKA RANKA MAZGOJA (LITHUANIAN)
ONE HAND WASHES THE OTHER
IF YOU DO SOMETHING BAD OR GOOD THE OTHER PERSON WILL
RECIPROCATE IN THE SAME MANNER
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS LITHUANIAN TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COOPERATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |