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VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC
GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT,
DON'T LET THE MOSQUITOES BITE.
Where learned: OHIO ; YOUNGSTOWN
James Callow Keyword(s): VARIATION: BEDBUGS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 00001950S AND 00001960S
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
PROVERB
CRAZIER THAN A BESS BUG.
Submitter comment:
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON--HEARD BY THE INFORMANT FROM SOME SOUTHERN
KENTUCKY FRIENDS AND NOW USED BY HER.THE BUG INVOLVED RUNS AROUND IN
FIRST ONE DIRECTION, THEN ANOTHER, WITHOUT SEEMING TO KNOW WHERE
ITS GOING. THIS PHRASE IS APPLIED TO PEOPLE WHO DO FOOLISH OR CRAZY
THINGS. USUALLY HE OR SHE IS CRAZIER THAN A BESS BUG.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): INSECT
James Callow Keyword(s): BETSY BUG? BED BUG?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-21-1969
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONE WHO DOESN'T LISTEN TO HIS PARENTS LISTENS TO THE DOG SKIN
Submitter comment:
TRANSLATED FROM THE POLISH
DOG SKIN MEANS , LOWERS HIS OWN DIGNITY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; DISCIPLINE ; OBEDIENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
PROVERB IN VERSE
OURS IS NOT TO REASON WHY
OURS IS BUT TO DO OR DIE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MILITARY ; OBEDIENCE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
BLACK-AMERICAN BELIEF
IF YOU SAY YOUR PRAYERS AFTER YOU GO TO BED, YOU
SAY THEM TO THE DEVIL.
Submitter comment: MOTHER USED TO REMIND HIM OF THIS BEFORE BED-TIME.
Where learned: ALABAMA
James Callow Keyword(s): BEDTIME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Prayer |
SPIT ON TOE WHEN STUMPED.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): STUBBED?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
ORDINARY FOLKTALE
A GIRL WANTED TO GO TO A DANCE, BUT HER PARENTS REFUSED
TO LET HER GO. THAT NIGHT SHE SNEAKED OUT HER WINDOW
AND WENT ANYWAY. AT THE DANCE SHE WAS DANCING WITH A
HANDSOME YOUNG MAN WHEN SHE HAPPENED TO GLANCE DOWN AT
HIS FEET. THEY WERE CLOVEN HOOVES!!
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER. DEVIL HAS CLOVEN HOOVES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEVIL SATAN DISOBEDIENCE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ordinary Tale |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
Proverb
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V400] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: McBride, Pam
Keyword(s): Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Rise ; WEALTH ; Wise
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Early to bed and early to rise makes you healthy, wealthy and wise.
Submitter comment:
Informant was told this by her mother in the year 1920.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Rutkowski, Lucille
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Rise ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; WISDOM ; Wise
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Early to bed, Early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: HOME ; ; Grewe, Eugene Jr
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Rise ; TIME ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; WISDOM ; Wise
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed uot. Replaced wtih current classification.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Mikula, Rose ; POUGHKEEPSIE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Rise ; TIME ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; WISDOM ; Wise
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Submitter comment:
My dad told me this when I was a little kid to get me to go to bed.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [C880.200] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: 3487 Buckingham ; Dettloff, Joe
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Rise ; TIME ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; WISDOM ; Wise
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Early to bed, early to rise / Will make a man helathy, wealthy, and wise.
Submitter comment:
Have known it for a long time. Probably heard it from father, Horace.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original Bn [V300] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Rise ; TIME ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; WISDOM ; Wise
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: Henkson, Eleanor
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Rest ; RHYME ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; WISDOM ; Wise
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Rise ; VERSE ; WAKE ; WEALTH ; WISDOM ; Wise
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Man ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Rise ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; WISDOM ; Wise
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Submitter comment:
Comment on a friends class schedule.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original Bn [V400] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: Heibein, Al
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Healthy ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Rise ; VERSE ; WAKE ; WEALTH ; Wealthy ; WISDOM ; Wise
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
How you make your bed, so you will sleep.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Bednarski, Thaddeus
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; SLEEP ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Autograph Verse
Album Rhyme:
Remember One
Remember Two
Remember me
And I'll remember you.
If my grave shall be my bed,
Remember me, when I am dead.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: St Charles, Rosalee
Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; Bed ; DEATH ; poem ; Remember ; REMEMBRANCE ; RHYME ; Signature ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |