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PROVERB
DON'T CROSS THE BRIDGE BEFORE YOU COME TO IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATIONS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ANTICIPATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
DON'T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING BECAUSE NOTHING'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: OHIO
Keyword(s): SEMANTICS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; IRONY ; PARADOX ; PESSIMISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
PROVERB
DRAFT BEER, NOT BOYS
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTI-WAR ; PUN ; REFERRING TO SELECTIVE SERVICE--DRAFT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POLISH PROVERB
BETTER ARE BEANS AND CABBAGE AT HOME THAN A FAT DUCK ON THE BATTLE-
FIELD.
(TRANSLATION)
LEPSZA EV DOMU GROCH, KAPUSTA NIZ NA EVAJNIE KUNA TLUSTA. (POLISH)
Submitter comment: MY GRANDFATHER REMEMBERS THIS FROM POLAND.
Data entry tech comment: SEE 5X8 CARD FOR POLISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTI-WAR ; CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION ; RELATIVITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-15-1967
POLISH PROVERB
BETTER PEA SOUP AND SAUERKRAUT IN PEACETIME THAN A FAT CHICKEN
IN WARTIME.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTI-WAR ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
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PROVERB
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
BIG CATS ARE DANGEROUS, BUT A LITTLE PUSSY NEVER HURT ANYONE.
Submitter comment:
PUSSY IS A SLANG EXPRESSION FOR THE ACT OF LOVE-MAKING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; SEMANTICS ; SEX
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; OBSERVATION ; PUN ; REFERENCE TO SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
PROVERB
CAN'T SEE THE FOREST THROUGH THE TREES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): IRONY ; PLANTS ; SEMANTICS
James Callow Keyword(s): MINUTE DETAILS OBSCURE GOAL ; SHORTSIGHTEDNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
SILLY PROVERB
CHASTE MAKES WASTE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): SEMANTICS
James Callow Keyword(s): HASTE MAKES WASTE--PARODY ; OBSERVATION ; PUN PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
MOON BELIEF
IF THE MOON IS FULL THE CROPS GROW TALL.
THIS WAS NOT GOOD FOR POTATOES BECAUSE THEY WERE ON THE GROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANTING BELIEF
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 02-07-1972
WEATHER BELIEF, IN REGARD TO JEWISH HOLIDAY
IT IS A COMMON BELIEF THAT ON ANY JEWISH HOLIDAY IT IS GOING
TO RAIN, EVEN IF THE DAY STARTS OUT AS SUNNY AND BRIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTI-SEMITISM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- NOT SURE CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 11-15-1969
MYSTERY SPOT-GRAVITY
THIS IS A SPOT AT ST. IGNACE MICHIGAN IN THE U.P. WHERE BECAUSE
OF A GHOST HAUNTING THE PARK, THE GRAVITY IS EXTRA-STRONG, AND
YOU CAN STAND ON THE WALL OF A CABIN AND NOT FALL BECAUSE OF THIS
GRAVITY ABNORMAL FORCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTI-GRAVITY ; UPPER PENINSULA=U.P.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Universe BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Earth |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
HILL LEGEND
THERE IS A CERTAIN HILL AROUND WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA
WHERE A CAR WILL ROLL
UPHILL WITH THE DRIVER'S FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTI-GRAVITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Universe BELIEF -- Formation |
Date learned: 04-00-1970
THE HILL
THERE IS A HILL IN THE ROSEDALE PARK CEMETERY. WHENEVER ANYONE
PARKED THEIR CAR IN FRONT OF THE HILL, THE CAR WOULD BEGIN
ROLLING UP THE HILL.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS A STORY WHICH CIRCULATED AROUND MY HIGH SCHOOL. I HAD
HEARD IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO SOMEONE, BUT I DID NOT KNOW
ANYONE WHO HAD ACTAULLY EXPERIENCED IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTI-GRAVITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Formation |
Date learned: 00001960S LATE
WELL BELIEF
IN NORTH CAROLINA THERE IS A CERTAIN WELL WHERE AFTER THROWING
A ROCK DOWN INTO IT, IT WILL FLOAT BACK UP.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18054 PELKEY ; TOLD AT COLLECTOR'S HOME
Keyword(s): Float ; GRAVITY ; Legend ; North Carolina ; Well
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTI-GRAVITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Still water Man made container. |
Date learned: 04-00-1970
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
NOT HOW LITTLE FOR HOW MUCH BUT HOW MUCH FOR HOW LITTLE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUGALITY ; QUANTITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
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FLEMISH PROVERB
ONE DUTCHMAN IS MADE OF TWO JEWS.
JEWS ARE BAD BUT THE DUTCH ARE WORSE
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN HE WAS VISITING DETROIT, MICHIGAN
FROM BELGIUM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTISEMITISM ; INSULT
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 686 686.1.2 PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
AN OUNCE OF PRECAUTION IS WORTH A BUSHEL OF LEARNING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; OBSERVATION ; OBSERVATION ; QUANTITY ; WEIGHT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT. SOME ARE VERY APPEALING-
OTHERS VERY APPALLING.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT WHEN SHE FEELS UPSET SHE REMEMBERS
THIS. INFORMANT ADDED THAT SHE FEELS THAT EVERYONE SHOULD
REMEMBER THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; FUNCTION ; SEMANTICS
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
A PERSON ENTERS A BAR OPTIMISTICALLY AND LEAVES MISTY OPTICALLY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |