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Ethnic: Italian
IT IS AN OLD ITALIAN CUSTOM THAT DURING LENT NOTHING MADE FROM EGGS
ARE ( IS ) EATEN UNTIL HOLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
Submitter comment:
THIS CUSTOM WAS PASSED TO THE INFORMANT FROM HER MOTHER AND
ORIGINALLY CAME FROM SOUTHERN ITALY.
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Updated / 02-24-2011 / TRD
Where learned: NEW YORK ; 42 SANDS ST ; PORT CHESTER
Keyword(s): ABSTINENCE ; CUSTOM ; Eggs ; ETHNIC ; FOOD ; holiday ; Italian ; Lent ; RELIGIOUS ; SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Christian Chronology |
Date learned: 11-28-1970
Retort
What do you wnat? Eggs in your beer?
Submitter comment:
I heard this repeatedly when playing baseball in childhood days.
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Something besides this must come first?
Usually in Singular?
Keyword(s): BEER ; COMEBACK ; Eggs ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Myth
Easter Bunny:
The Easter Bunny - A big rabbit with a white tail who hides eggs around your house.
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Original BN [P429] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; HOME
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; Bunny ; CUSTOM ; Easter ; Eggs ; Hare ; holiday ; MYTH ; Rabbit
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Superstition: Animals
Don't count your chickens before they hatch
Submitter comment:
From Friends
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: HOME ; Beattie, Cathy
Keyword(s): assume ; assumption ; Chickens ; Eggs ; Hatch
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Retort
Q: So what?
Retort: Buttons on eggs, zippers on bananas.
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Where learned: Masica, Barbara
Keyword(s): Bananas ; BUTTONS ; COMEBACK ; Eggs ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Sew ; SEWING ; Wisecrack ; Zippers
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Proverb
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Chicken ; Eggs ; Hatch ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Submitter comment:
Learned in School
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Basket ; Eggs ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; Whyte, Mrs Wilfred ; 524 Rivera Terraces ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Basket ; Eggs ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Submitter comment:
Don't concentrate all your wealth in one area.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 2154 DICKERSON ; Verheye, Patricia
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; assumption ; Basket ; Egg ; Eggs ; Gamble ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
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From - Uncertain
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Steve
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Chickens ; Egg ; Eggs ; GREED ; Greedy ; Hatch ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Don't keep all your eggs in one basket.
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From - Uncertain
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Steve
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Basket ; Eggs ; Gamble ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Never count your chickens before they're hatched.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Chickens ; Eggs ; Expectation ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
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Keyword(s): Anticipate ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Basket ; Eggs ; Gamble ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Submitter comment:
My mother would always tell me this whenever I would plan on something before it happened.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Chickens ; Eggs ; Gamble ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Autograph Rhyme
Album Rhyme:
Yours, till airplanes lay eggs.
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Where learned: St Charles, Rosalee
Keyword(s): AIRPLANES ; Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; BIRDS ; Devotion ; Eggs ; HUMOR ; PUN ; Signature ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Food: Recipe
Wheat Griddle-Cake:
Sift Together:
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
Beat three eggs and add to 3 cups sweet milk and tablespoon of melted butter; mix all into smooth batter, as thick as will run in a stream from the lips of a pitcher.
Bake on a well grease, hot griddle, a light nice brown. Very good.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Dillon, Martha Joslin
Keyword(s): Baking Powder ; Eggs ; Flour ; FOOD ; Griddle ; Griddlecakes ; RECIPE ; Salt ; Wheat
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Process Food Drink -- Plant food Cereal |
IT IS BAD LUCK TO PLACE EGGS ON A FRESHLY MADE BED.
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Updated on 09-01-11
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI ; Terrell, Mattie ; 701 Central Ave
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; Bed ; Eggs ; LUCK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 11-22-1972
BELIEF
ALWAYS CRUSH EGG SHELLS COMPLETELY BEFORE THROWING THEM AWAY.
IF YOU DON'T THE SHELL HALVES WILL PROVIDE A SHELTER FOR
DANGEROUS SPIRITS.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD ; Kaichen, Lisa
Keyword(s): Eggs ; GHOST ; Shells ; SPIRIT ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
BELIEF
OLIVES AND EGGS ARE PASSION FRUITS.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Tatken, Jeri
Keyword(s): APHRODISIAC ; Consume ; Consumption ; Eat ; Eggs ; FOOD ; Olives ; Passion
James Callow Keyword(s): APHRODISIACS
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 10-01-1965