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Proverb
An idle mind is the Devil's workshop
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: Moran, Giorgene
Keyword(s): DEVIL ; LAZY ; Mind ; Weakness
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Ill Wind:
It is an ill wind that blows no good.
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Various grammatical corrections.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Plotts, Eleanor
Keyword(s): ETHNIC ; EVIL ; FATE ; Gaelic ; Good ; Ill ; Irish ; LUCK ; OMEN ; Wind
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Toast
Irish Drinking Toast:
May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you are dead.
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Where learned: Ward, Kathy
Keyword(s): DEVIL ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; HELL ; Irish ; Jest ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
May you be in Heaven a half an hour before the Devil knows your dead.
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Well Wish
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Called a Toast by others.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; Gibbons, Mary Clare
Keyword(s): DEATH ; DEVIL ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; Irish ; Social ; TIME ; TOAST ; Well Wish
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
Irish Toast:
Usually at weddings - "May you be in Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows your dead."
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Mooney, Paula
Keyword(s): Dead ; DEVIL ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; Irish ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
An Irish Toast:
may you be in Heaven a half hour b'fore th' Divil knows you're dead.
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Where learned: ILLINOIS ; Conroy, Mr M E ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): Dead ; DEVIL ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; Irish ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
May you be in heaven 1/2 an hour before the Devil discovers you've been dead and buried.
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Her mother told her. Popular in Ireland.
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Where learned: HOME ; Frost, Mrs
Keyword(s): Buried ; Dead ; DEVIL ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; Irish ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
May you get to heaven a half-hour before the devil knows you're dead.
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Original BN [W200] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: OHIO ; Brennan, Mike
Keyword(s): Dead ; DEVIL ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; Irish ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows you have died.
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; Moseley, Barbara A
Keyword(s): DEATH ; DEVIL ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; Irish ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
An Irish Toast:
May you be in heaven half an hour before the Devil knows your dead.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; McGartland, Bernard ; 19493 Biltmore
Keyword(s): DEATH ; DEVIL ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; HELL ; Irish ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
Here's to all that wish me well. All the rest can go to the Devil.
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Keyword(s): DEVIL ; DRINKING ; HELL ; Social ; TOAST ; Well
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
If you speak of someone who you see in the near future you say:
"Speak of the devil and the imp appears."
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Taunt?
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; DEVIL ; Imp ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; SPEECH ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Proverb
Blason Populaire:
Tell a woman she is beautiful and the devil will repeat it to her ten times.
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Original BN [V400] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK ; 9953 QUANDT ; Chimientie, Sandra
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BEAUTY ; DEVIL ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VANITY ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
GOD BLESS YOU,
MAY THE ANGELS KISS YOU,
AND MAY THE DEVIL MISS YOU.
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Updated by TRD 02-22-2011
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Angel ; Bless ; DEVIL ; FEMININE RHYME ; God ; KISS ; Miss ; WISH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
Proverb
Idleness is the Devil's workshop.
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Original BN [V400] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; Reichert, Thomas
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BOREDOM ; DEVIL ; Idle ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Workshop
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Idle hands are the devil's workshop.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Karle, Joseph
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DEVIL ; Idle ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Money is the root of all evil.
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Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; EVIL ; Maxim ; MONEY ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Money is the root of all evil.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Corruption ; EVIL ; GREED ; Maxim ; MONEY ; PROVERB ; Source ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Money is the root of all evil.
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Original BN [V600, V300] croosed out. Replaced wtih current classifications.
Where learned: Sister M Leonard
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Corruption ; EVIL ; Maxim ; MONEY ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |