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PROVERB
EVERY GIRL CAN KEEP HOUSE LIKE HER MOTHER UNTIL SHE TRIES.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS WAS A FAVORITE EXPRESSION OF HER MOTHER.
SHE ALSO ADDED THAT IT HAS BECOME A FAVORITE OF HERS.
Data entry tech comment: IT IS A FAVORITE OF OURS.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CRITICISM IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-12-1971
PROVERB
EVERY MAN IS THE ARCHITECT OF HIS OWN FORTUNE.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; OBSERVATION ; RESPONSIBILITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-15-1965
A PECK OF DIRT IN YOUR LIFE
EVERY PERSON EATS A PECK OF DIRT IN HIS LIFETIME.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS FROM CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INEVITABILITY ; OBSERVATION ; UNCLEANLINESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
PROVERB
EVERYONE MUST EAT A BUSHEL OF DIRT BEFORE HE DIES.
Submitter comment:
SEE DORSON: BUYING THE WIND NO. 351
PAGE 138
EACH ONE MUST EAT SEVEN POUNDS OF DIRT AND A HANK OF TOW PER YEAR.
I HAVE HEARD THIS PROVERB FROM MY MOTHER AND OTHER PEOPLE SINCE
DHILDHOOD.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INEVITABILITY ; OBSERVATION ; UNCLEANLINESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
PROVERB
EVERYTHING IN MODERATION.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CHINESE PROVERB
EVERYTHING IN THE PAST DIED YESTERDAY;
EVERYTHING IN THE FUTURE WAS BORN TODAY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): IDEALISM ; INITIAL ITERATION ; OPTIMISM ; WISHFUL THINKING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
PROVERB
EVERY TIME AN AMERICAN COMES UP WITH A NEW INVENTION, THE RUSSIANS
INVENT IT A WEEK LATER AND A WEEK AFTER THAT, THE JAPANESE MAKE IT
CHEAPER.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CHAUVINISM ; IMITATION ; IRONY ; NATIONALISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
EXPECTATION IS BETTER THAN REALIZATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Highland
Keyword(s): DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): DISAPPOINTMENT ; IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
PROVERB
THE EYES FRIGHTEN YOU, BUT THE HANDS ARE THE WORKER.
Submitter comment:
THIS SEEMS TO NEED SOME EXPLANATION: JUST LOOKING AT A FIELD READY
FOR HARVEST MAY BE FRIGHTENING, HOWEVER WHEN YOU GET RIGHT DOWN TO
WORKING IT ISN'T SO BAD.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; INDUSTRIOUSNESS?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
THE EYES THAT YOU SEE, WILL DO WHAT YOUR MIND SEES.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PREJUDICE? ; TERMINAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
PROVERBIAL SIMILE
NERVOUS AS A LONG TAILED CAT IN A ROOM OF ROCKING CHAIRS
USED WHEN TRYING TO POINT OUT HOW NERVOUS A PERSON, YOURSELF
OR SOMEONE ELSE, CAN BECOME IN A GIVEN SITUATION
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS BEING USED DURING HIS CHILDHOOD
HE HAS USED IT AND HEARD OTHERS USE IT IN TIMES OF STRESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ANXIETY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-08-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NEVER LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH
APPRECIATE IT WHEN SOMEONE GIVES YOU SOMETHING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ANIMAL ; CURIOSITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NEVER SAY NEVER AND ALWAYS AVOID ALWAYS
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): SEMANTICS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; EXTREMITIES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NEVER WISH ANYONE BAD LUCK OR IT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU
Submitter comment: ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM THE POLISH
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; RETRIBUTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A NEW BROOM SWEEPS BETTER
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; POLITICS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; POLITICS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-06-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A NEW BROOM SWEEPS WELL BUT AN OLD ONE IS BEST FOR THE CORNERS
Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ; POLITICS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
NIP IT IN THE BUD
Data entry tech comment:
ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD DOES NOT CONTAIN LOCATION ITEM WAS COLLECTED OR
THE COLLECTOR'S ADDRESS
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; PRECAUTION ; SYMBOL ; VEGETATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NO GUTS, NO GLORY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; ELLIPSIS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; BRAVERY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NOT ALL IS GOLD THAT GLITTERS LIKE GOLD
Submitter comment: ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): HIPOCRISY ; ILLUSION ; QUALITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971