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PROVERB
ANYBODY CAN BE FOOLED ONCE, BUT ONLY A FOOL CAN BE FOOLED TWICE.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; OBSERVATION ; REPETITION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-09-1969
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ANYBODY CAN LOVE THE NICE AND GOOD PEOPLE; IT IS HARD TO LOVE THE
PETTY. (PARAPHRASED FROM MR. BLUE BY MYLES CONNOLY.)
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-26-1971
PROVERB
ANYONE WHO GOES TO A PSYCHIATRIST SHOULD HAVE HIS HEAD EXAMINED.
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ASCRIBED TO SAM ; CIRCULAR REASONING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-30-1970
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
ANY PORT IN A STORM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ELLIPSIS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 12-05-1967
SARCASTIC PROVERB
ANYTHING WORTH DOING IS WORTH DOING HALF-ASSED.
Submitter comment:
THIS SAYING IS USUALLY APPLIED TO SOMEONE ABOUT TO UNDERTAKE A
PROJECT FOR WHICH THERE IS LITTLE ENTHUSIASM, I.E., A SOCIAL SERVICE
PROJECT, SCHOOL PROJECT, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-10-1970
PROVERB
THE APPLE DOESN'T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE.
Submitter comment:
FROM HIS FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; Williams, James
James Callow Keyword(s): HEREDITY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
AN APPLE NEVER FALLS FAR FROM THE TREE.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT HONORS HOUSE
James Callow Keyword(s): HEREDITY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1971
PROVERB
I FRYKO MEDALEKO BTTADE BID IFRINKO (RUSSIAN)
THIS MEANS:
AN APPLE WON'T FALL FAR FROM ITS TREE, AND IS SIMILAR
TO THE AMERICAN 'LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.'
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION FROM RELATIVES IN UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
PROVERB
APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLANTS ; WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; RHYME
PROVERB
AN ARM HOLDING A CUP CANNOT STRETCH OUTWARDS.
Submitter comment:
A MAN FEELS A DEEPER LOVE TOWARDS HIS INTIMATES THAN TOWARDS OTHER
PEOPLE; BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER.
Data entry tech comment: KOREAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; KOREA ; SEOUL
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WEATHER PROVERB
ARTHRITIC PAIN, SURE TO BRING RAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Human condition and activities PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BROAD SHOULDERS
AS BROAD BETWEEN THE SHOULDERS AS A HERRING IS BETWEEN THE EYES.
(DESCRIBING A GUY WITH SLENDER SHOULDERS.)
Submitter comment:
MAUREEN'S INFORMANT WAS HER 82 YEAR OLD GRANDMOTHER EVA HARMON
OF FRENCH DESCENT CURRENTLY RESIDING IN ALGONAC, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; FISH ; HUMAN BODY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
MORAL PROVERB
AS DELICIOUS AS NINE HONEYS.
PRIEZ ADSIAI (LITHUANIAN)
Submitter comment:
ONE HONEY IS DELICIOUS BY ITSELF BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE NINE OF THEM?
TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
Data entry tech comment: CATHERINE, YOU'RE A HONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD ; INSECT ; NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
DEVIL'S NECESSITY
ASHES TO ASHES
DUST TO DUST
IF THE LORD WON'T TAKE YOU
THE DEVIL MUST
Submitter comment: INFORMANT COULD REMEMBER HEARING THIS ITEM IN GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGION
James Callow Keyword(s): BURIAL ; INITIAL REPETITION ; PARODY ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Creator BELIEF -- Devil Demon PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS IRISH AS PADDY'S PIG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL ; DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): NAME: PADDY ; NATIONALISM ; PERSONAL PROVERB
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
PROVERB
AS LIFE, SO DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; IRONY
James Callow Keyword(s): INEVITABILITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS ODD AS KATE CARNEY'S CAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL ; ANIMATED NATURE ; PROPER NAME
James Callow Keyword(s): ECCENTRICITY ; PERSONAL PROVERB
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
PROVERB
AS ONE TENDS HIS FENCE HE ALSO TENDS HIS FARM.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATIONS
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
NOT TOO QUICK
AS SLOW AS MOLLASSES IN JANUARY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; FOOD ; WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January BELIEF -- Measure of time Month PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
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