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IT'S BETTER TO GLOW
THAN TO KNOW;
IT'S BETTER TO DRINK
THAN TO THINK.
Keyword(s): ALCOHOL IGNORANCE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
MAILMEN NEVER DIE, THEY JUST GET CANCER OF DE-LIVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARE: SOLDIERS NEVER DIE ; DELIVER FOR THE LIVER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
WHEN HE DONATES BLOOD TO THE RED CROSS, THERE'S SO
MUCH ALCOHOL IN IT, THEY USE IT TO STERILIZE THE
INSTRUMENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLISM ; DRINKING ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE PRETZELS, HE'D BE ENTIRELY ON A
LIQUID DIET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLISM ; BEER ; DRINKING ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SHE CAN RAISE ENOUGH HELL FOR TEN PEOPLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
Keyword(s): VIOLENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
TEN ACRES OF SAND AND A RED-HEADED WIFE
IS UAUALLY {SIC} THE END OF A PINHEAD'S LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): THINKS, PINHEAD MEANS DULL-WITTED.} ; {MEANING? COLLECTOR DOESN'T KNOW. PROBABLY, SHE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
THERE'S MORE OLD DRUNKARDS, THAN OLD DOCTORS.
Submitter comment:
COLLECTED FROM MRS. M. L. WITTEY IN CONVERSATION
ABOUT FOLK SAYINGS. IMPLIES THAT THE GAY, EASY LIFE
IS MORE HEALTHFUL THAN THE HIGH TENSION LIFE OF A
DOCTOR
Keyword(s): ALCOHOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
THIMK
Keyword(s): STUPIDITY FOLLY ERROR ABSURDITY THOUGHT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERBS OF A MATH TEACHER
THIS STUFF DOESN'T COME FROM THE HEAD OF ZEUS.
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): MYTHOLOGY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 12-04-1968
THOUSANDS DRINK THEMSELVES TO DEATH BEFORE ONE DIES OF THIRST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
Keyword(s): ALCOHOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
TIE THE DONKEY WHERE HIS MASTER SAYS.
OCBOT IL HANAE FEIN IGHEIDLU SIDU {MALTESE}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16721 GLENMORE ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): {MEANING? YOU SHOULD OBEY AUTHORITY, SAYS COLLECTOR}
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
TOMMY, FREEDOM IS IN YOUR HOME.
Submitter comment:
POLISH: WOLNOSC TOMKU
W SWOJEM DOMKU.
THE NAME TOMMY IS USED IN THIS PROVERB BECAUSE IT RHYMES
WITH HOME. TOMMY REPRESENTS ANYONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5678 TARNOW ST ; 48210
Keyword(s): POLISH EQUIVALENT OF "A MAN'S HOME IS HIS CASTLE." ; THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS PROVERB, WHICH IS THE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
THE TRUTH IS IN THE WINE.
Submitter comment: ITALIAN: IN VINO VERITAS
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16721 GLENMORE
Keyword(s): ALCOHOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
TOM SWIFTIE
"WE'RE OUT OF BOOZE," SAID TOM, SOBERLY.
"WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY WATER," HE ADDED, DRILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALCOHOL DRINK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
WHEN WRITING OR PRINTING, IF YOU CIRCLE YOUR "I'S"
IT MEANS SOME SORT OF AFFECTION, USUALLY "I LOVE YOU."
IF YOU PUT A STAMP UPSIDE DOWN ON AN ENVELOPE,
IT MEANS, "I LOVE YOU."
Where learned: SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
COLLETE CHEER
TODAY IS HOWARD'S BIRTHDAY AND A LISTENER TO WJR-RADIO CALLED
IN WHILE J. P. MCCARTHY WAS HOSTING THE SHOW. J. P. ASKED
THE CALLER WHAT WAS A CHEER HE HAD USED WHILE ATTENDING
HARVARD UNIVERSITY. THE CALLER ANSWERED: "PREVAIL,
MAGNIFICENT CRIMSON." INFORMANT ACTUALLY WENT TO HARVARD
UNIVERSITY. BUT NOW LIVES IN DETROIT ABOUT 10 YEARS AFTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; PHONE CONVERSATION
Keyword(s): COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-28-1971
WHEN PEOPLE SAY THE SAME THING AT THE SAME TIME,
THEY USED TO DO SOME GESTURE OR SOMETHING
TOGETHER AND MAKE A WISH. NOWADAYS, WHEN THIS HAPPENS,
YOUNG CHILDREN SAY "COKE" AND WHOEVER SAYS IT FIRST
GETS TREATED TO A COKE BY THE OTHER ONE.
COLLEGE STUDENTS USUALLY SAY "BEER."
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): COKE=COCA COLA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
STROKING YOUR CHIN (OR BEARD) IS A SIGN OF THOUGHTFULNESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.16 SPEECH -- Thinking Remembering Forgetting |
Date learned: 11-16-1967
SNAPPING YOUR FINGERS IS A SIGN THAT YOU HAVE JUST
REMEMBERED SOMETHING THAT YOU HAD FORGOTTEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Thinking Remembering Forgetting |
Date learned: 11-16-1967
EXPRESSION FOR GESTURE
COMMENT (USUALLY BY PARENT) WHEN SOMEONE REACHES ACROSS
THE DINNER TABLE:
"THAT'S THE BOARDING-HOUSE REACH!"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
Keyword(s): IMPOLITE
James Callow Keyword(s): TABLE MANNERS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Eating |
Date learned: 02-10-1970