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A PERSON ENTERS A BAR OPTIMISTICALLY AND LEAVES MISTY OPTICALLY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERBIAL SAYING
A PERSON WHO PRAISES HIMSELF IS NO DARN GOOD.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM THE POLISH
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; EGOTISM ; OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
BLASON POPULAIRE
A PERSON WHO GETS ALL WRAPPED UP IN HIMSELF MAKES A
VERY SMALL PACKAGE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER YOUTH
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; EGOTISM ; OBSERVATION ; PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
BLASON POPULAIRE
THE PERSON WHO THINKS TOO LITTLE USUALLY TALKS TOO MUCH.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; GARULOUSNESS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
PROVERB
A PER'SON WHO WANTS TO DO ANOTHERS TRADE IS LIKE SOMEONE
WHO PUTS SOUP INTO A BASKET.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS THIS IN ITALIAN. SHE LEARNED IT FROM A FRIEND
IN ITALY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD ; STICK TO WHAT YOU KNOW ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
PERUSE AND LAMENT
PERUSE AND LAMENT, USED BY CRAP SHOOTERS, IT'S SIMILAR TO
READ 'EM AND WEEP.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): GAMBLING ; SEMANTICS
James Callow Keyword(s): DICE ; ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
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
A PHILOSOPHER IS A BLIND MAN IN A DARK ROOM LOOKING FOR A BLACK
CAT... THAT ISN'T THERE.
Submitter comment: HEARD ON RADIO.
Where learned: OHIO
Keyword(s): DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; COLOR ; INSULT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
TOM SWIFTIE
PICK OUT A NICE PIECE OF MEAT, MOTHER SAID TENDERLY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 03-26-1971
PROVERB
A PICTURE IS A MUTE POEM.
Submitter comment: DOES NOT REMEMBER
Where learned: HOME ; BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; DEFINITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-15-1967
PROVERB
A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AMISH PROVERB (HEX SIGN) (?)
THE PIE IS ALL BUT THE CAKE IS YET.
Submitter comment:
THIS PROVERB WAS LEARNED ON A RECENT
TRIP THROUGH THE AMISH COUNTRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
PIGS IS PIGS.
Submitter comment:
I REMEMBER CERTAIN PEOPLE FROM MY HIGH SCHOOL DAYS
IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK, USING THE FOLLOWING PROVERB TO INDICATE THE
FACT THAT WHATEVER WAS BEING DISCUSSED WAS OBVIOUS OR SELF EVIDENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A PIG STINKS ON THE FARM, BUT NOT ON THE TABLE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; CONTRAST ; FOOD ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
WEATHER FORECAST
PINK IN THE MORNING SAILORS' WARNING.
PINK AT NIGHT, THAT'S SAILORS' DELIGHT.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO ME AT A BOY SCOUT TRAINING SESSION
AT HOWELL SCOUT CAMP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Howell
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
PINT
A PINT IS A POUND THE WORLD AROUND.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COSMOS ; ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; QUANTITY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A POLISH PROVERB
TRANSLATION: THE PITCHER WILL CARRY WATER ONLY TO A CERTAIN TIME.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT NOTHING LASTS FOREVER.
MY FATHER REMEMBERS THIS FROM POLAND.
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-15-1967
A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): DISCIPLINE ; INITIAL AND TERMINAL ITERATION ; INTERNAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
THIS IS MY OWN PHILOSOPHY ON GETTING THINGS ACCOMPLISHED.
PLAN YOUR WORK, AND WORK YOUR PLAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS
James Callow Keyword(s): DISCIPLINE ; INITIAL AND TERMINAL ITERATION ; INTERNAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
PLAYING BOTH ENDS AGAINST THE MIDDLE IS A FAT MAN
TRYING TO BUCKLE HIS BELT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): CLOTHING ; FUTILITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-00-1968