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PROVERBIAL SAYING

IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE PEACHES, GET OUT OF THE ORCHARD.

Submitter comment: NONE

Data entry tech comment: IF YOU DON'T LIKE A SITUATION OR PLACE, GET OUT OF THERE AS
FAST AS YOU CAN TO AVOID PROBLEMS.

Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME

Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- V 20

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NONE

IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY PEACHES, DON'T SHAKE MY TREE.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-00-1968

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PROVERB

IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM, JOIN THEM.

Data entry tech comment: IF YOU CAN'T BE A WINNER, THEN JOIN THE GROUP.

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00-00-1956

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NONE

IF YOU CAN'T BE GOOD, BE CAREFUL.

Where learned: NOT LISTED

Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 09-00-1968

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PROVERB

EINEM GESCHENKTEN GAUL SIEHT MAN NICHT INS MAUL.
IF YOU HAVE A HORSE GIVEN TO YOU, DO NOT LOOK HIM IN THE MOUTH. TRAN
IN THE SENSE THAT YOU CAN NOT BE TOO
CRITICAL OF WHAT YOU GET FOR NOTHING.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE

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

Date learned: 11-24-1967

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PROVERB

IF THE BOOT FITS, WEAR IT

Where learned: WORK ; TOLD AT

James Callow Keyword(s): ACCEPTANCE ; ADVICE POSITIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 09-29-1968

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IF YOU HAVEN'T PUT SOMETHING DOWN, DON'T LOOK FOR IT}

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): TAKING NOTES

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 09-23-1971

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SCOTTISH PROVERB

IF YOU KEN ME, COME AND LIVE WE ME.

Submitter comment: THIS MEANS IF YOU LIKE ME, COME AND LIVE WITH ME AND IS AN OLD
SCOTTISH PROVERB WHICH MRS. CAMPBELL STILL USES.

Where learned: 167 FAIRGROVE

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; KEN=KNOW ; SCOTTISH DIALECT ; WE=WI'

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 02-17-1970

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JAMAICAN PROVERB

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IF YOU YERRIE BUCKRA TOO MUCH, YOU GO DA COURTHOUSE.

Submitter comment:

IT MEANS IF YOU LISTEN TO WHITE MEN TOO MUCH YOU WILL GO TO JAIL.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): PREJUDICE RACIAL

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION PREDICTION ; RACISM

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 09-00-1972

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RUSSIAN PROVERB

IF YOU LIVE WITH WOLVES LEARN TO HOWL LIKE A WOLF.

Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW

Keyword(s): ANIMALS TEMPER

James Callow Keyword(s): ADAPTABILITY ; ADVICE: POSITIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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BED

IF YOU MAKE YOUR BED HARD, LAY IN IT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): PERSONAL ADVICE FURNITURE

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 03-12-1972

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MARINE PROVERB

IF YOU MUST RAISE HELL, DO IT AT LEAST A MILE AWAY FROM THE FLAGPOLE

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; TO RAISE HELL: SLANG FOR CAUSING A DISTURBANCE OR TROUBLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-24-1965

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CORN

IF YOU PLANT CORN IN THE OLD OF THE MOON, IT WILL EAR OUT BETTER.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE FARMING NATURE

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE IMPLIED ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Moon
BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 02-09-1968

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IF YOU REALLY WANT TO FIND TROUBLE, COMPLAIN FOR NOTHING AND THAT
WILL MAKE TROUBLE AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT

Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER, NELLY CARPE SAID THIS WHEN INFORMANT WAS A CHILD
INFORMANT CLAIMED HER GRANDMOTHER ALSO SAID THIS TO HER MOTHER,
NELLY CARPE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 2810 ADLAKE DR ; PONTIAC

Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE

James Callow Keyword(s): CIRCULAR REASONING

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 10-02-1971

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IF YOU'RE GOING TO DRINK AND DRIVE, DON'T FORGET YOUR CAR.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 20016 BEECH

Keyword(s): ALCOHOL POOR ADVICE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: NO DATE RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

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IF YOU'RE GONNA RIDE HIGH ON THE HOG, YOU BETTER TAKE SOME SPARE RIB
ON THE WAY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ANATOMY ANIMALS PORK

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; LIVING LAVISHLY, EXTRAVAGANTLY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1969

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IF YOUR HEAD IS WAX DON'T WALK IN THE SUN.

Where learned: HOME

Keyword(s): HUMOR

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; STAY OUT OF DANGER IF YOU'RE VULNERABLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-01-1968

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WHISKEY BEFORE BEER HAVE NO FEAR.
BUT BEER BEFORE WHISKEY MIGHTY RISKY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE ; WARNING

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Food Drink C855.447
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb
Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00001950S

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IN GOD WE TRUST, ALL OTHERS PAY CASH.

Submitter comment: BLASON POPULAIRE AGAINST CATHOLICS}

Data entry tech comment: ALTHOUGH THIS IS IDENTIFIED BY THE COLLECTOR AS A BLASON POPULAIRE
AGAINST CATHOLICS, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE OBJECT OF THE PROVERB IS
MORE PROBABLY BELIEVERS IN GOD IN GENERAL, AND THEN ONLY IF "IN GOD
WE TRUST" IS SAID MOCKINGLY OR SARCASTICALLY.

Where learned: SARAH FISHER HOME FOR CHILDREN

Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; CREDIT

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Blason Populaire

Date learned: 03-00-1970

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CLOSED MOUTH

IN A CLOSED MOUTH ENTERS NO FLIES.

Submitter comment: LEARNED: THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE THROUGH INDIRECTION ; SILENCE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-05-1967

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