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FLEMISH PROVERB
AS THE CLOCK TICKS AT HOME, IT TICKS NOWHERE ELSE. ZOOALS HET KLOKJE THUIS TIKT, TIKT HET NERGENS. (FLEMISH)
Submitter comment: THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN HE WAS VISITING DETROIT, MICH. FROM BELGIUM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATIONS ; ONOMATOPEIA
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; OBSERVATION ; TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
OAK
AS THE TWIG IS BENT, SO IS THE OAK INCLINED.
Submitter comment:
REFERS TO CHILD RAISING, THE TWIG BEING THE CHILD, THE OAK, THE
ADULT.
Where learned: SENT BY LETTER
Keyword(s): PLANT
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; ENVIRONMENT ; EXAMPLE ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-06-1970
PROVERB
AS THE TWIG IS BENT SO IS THE TREE INCLINED.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLANT
James Callow Keyword(s): EXAMPLE ; OBSERVATION COMPARISON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
POLISH PROVERB
AS THE WORK IS DONE, SO ONE IS PAYED. (PAID.)
JAKA PRACA, TAKA PTACA. (POLISH)
Submitter comment: I KNOW THIS FROM HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700 PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
AS YOU SOW, SO SHALL YOU REAP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLANTS
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; HOMEOPHONE: SOW SO ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
AT THE END OF A ROD GROWS A DEEP LOVE.
Submitter comment:
PARENTS SPANK THEIR CHILDREN, TEACHERS WHIP THEIR PUPILS, AND
HUSBANDS SLAP THEIR WIVES IN LOVE. THE LOVED ONES KISS THE ROD AND
RETURN MORE LOVE WITH THANKS. (SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD.)
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATION
James Callow Keyword(s): DISCIPLINE ; OBSERVATION ; PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BLASON POPULAIRE
AN ATTORNEY WHO HAS HIMSELF FOR A CLIENT, HAS A FOOL FOR A CLIENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
PROVERB
THE AXLE THAT SQUEAKS THE LOUDEST GETS THE GREASE.
Data entry tech comment: END OF A SECTION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ATTITUDE ; COMPLAINERS ; OBSERVATION ; PERSISTENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-06-1971
PROVERB
SCHLECHT GFARE IS BESSER AS GUT GELOFE. (GERMAN)
A BAD RIDE IS BETTER THAN WALKING. (TRANSLATION)
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; CULINARY ARTS PRESS ; PAGE 60
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A BARKING DOG NEVER BITES.
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; THREATS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-04-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE.
Submitter comment: PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE MOST NOISE NEVER DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; THREATS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
PROVERB
HUND AS GAUTZE BEISSE NET.
A BARKING DOG SELDOM BITES. (TRANSLATION)
Data entry tech comment: TRANS INACCURATE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; READING
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; THREATS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
PROVERB
BEAUTY IS IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY ; SENSES
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-09-1964
PROVERB
BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-20-1969
PROVERB
THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT THE TRUTH IS THAT IS DOESN'T KILL
IT ONLY HURTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
PROVERB
BEGGARS CAN'T BE CHOOSERS.
Submitter comment: GIVEN TO HER BY DIFFERENT ASSOCIATES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
PROVERB
BEGGARS CAN'T BE CHOOSY.
Submitter comment: AS SAID BY MY HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
FRIENDS
LAUGH, THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOU,
WEEP, AND YOU WEEP ALONE.
BE GLAD, AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE MANY,
BE SAD, AND YOU LOSE THEM ALL.
Where learned: ALMANAC
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; NOBODY LIKES A CRYBABY! ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN THERE IS A WOMAN.
Submitter comment: COLLECTED FROM MRS. VARIEUR WHO USES IT TO KID HER HUSBAND.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SEX
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
WORDS OF WISDOM
CONSTANT OCCUPATION PREVENTS TEMPTATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RHYME
James Callow Keyword(s): IDLE HANDS ARE THE DEVIL'S ; INTERNAL RHYME ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-20-1968