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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
AN APPLE
AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A SAYING THAT SHE ALWAYS SAYS. SHE HEARD IT WHEN SHE WAS
YOUNG FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
PARODY OF A PROVERB
AN APPLE A DAY IS A PENNY SAVED.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR? ; NONSEQUITUR? ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
AN APPLE A DAY WILL KEEP THE DOCTOR AWAY.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
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
APPLE PIE WITHOUT THE CHEESE
IS LIKE A KISS WITHOUT A SQUEEZE!
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM AN ASHTRAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CUSTOM ; DEFINITION ; FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; GO-TOGETHERS MATES ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
COMPARISON
APPLE PIE WITHOUT SOME CHEESE
IS LIKE A KISS WITHOUT A SQUEEZE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; DEFINITION ; FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; DEFINITION ; GO-TOGETHERS MATES ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700 PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
PROVERB
APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLANTS ; WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; RHYME
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
PROVERB PHRASE
AS BIG AS ALL OUTDOORS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): COSMOS
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
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
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS COLD AS A WITCH'S TIT.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NEW ROCHELLE
Keyword(s): CLIMATE ; DEFINITION ; SUPERNATURAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
SMASHED
AS FLAT AS A PANCAKE
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): SHAPE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
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 |
OLD JEWISH SAYING
ASK FOR A WOMAN'S ADVICE AND DO THE OPPOSITE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTIFEMINISM
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY ; PARADOX ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU; ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR
YOUR COUNTRY.
Submitter comment: HEARD IT FROM JOHN F. KENNEDY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS
James Callow Keyword(s): PARALLELISM ; PATRIOTISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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