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NEW YEAR LUCK
AT MIDNIGHT ON NEW YEAR EAT HERRING TO ASSURE YOURSELF OF GOOD LUCK
IN THE YEAR TO COME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FISH
Date learned: 00001930S
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
PROVERB
AS WET AS A FISH--AS DRY AS A BONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; FISH
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
INDIAN EXPRESSION
A BAMBOO FISH TRAP
IN INDIA, A WORLDLY MAN WOULD BE COMPARED TO 'A BAMBOO FISH TRAP.'
Submitter comment:
THE IDEA IS THAT TO MAKE A BAMBOO FISH TRAP THE BAMBOO
MUST BE CARVED TO ADMIT
THE FISH AND PREVENT HIS ESCAPE. WHEN APPLIED TO A MAN,
THIS MEANS HE IS BENT TO THE WORLD AND ITS PLEASURES, RATHER THAN
STRAIGHT AND SEEKING THE INFINITE.
Data entry tech comment: BUDDHA WEEPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FISH ; HUMAN CREATION ; PLANT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
IRISH PROVERB
THE DAY OF THE WIND IS NOT THE DAY OF THE SCALLOP.
Submitter comment: SCALLOP REFERS TO TIGHTENING THE THATCH ON A ROOFTOP.
Where learned: GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): FISH?
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
DRINKING SAYING
TO SAY THAT ONE DRINKS LIKE A FISH IS A FALLACY BECAUSE FISH DRINK
VERY LITTLE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): FISH
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PARADOX
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THE CAT WHO CAN'T REACH THE FISH, SAYS THEY SMELL.
GREEK?
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM GREEK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): JEALOUSY ; OBSERVATION ; SOUR GRAPES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WELLERISM-- SWIFTIE
NO NO YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY OF MY LOBSTER, HE SAID SHELLFISHLY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ; SHELLFISH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
CUSTOM
CUSTOM TO CELEBRATE BOYS' DAY (NOW CALLED CHILDREN'S DAY), ON MAY
5TH. ON THIS DAY A COLORFUL CLOTH CARP IS FLOWN FROM THE FAMILY
POLE IN THE GARDEN, SINCE THE CARP SYMBOLIZES THE STRENGTH AND
PERSEVERANCE OF THE CARP AS IT STRUGGLES UP STREAM AGAINST THE
DOWNWARD CURRENT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LIVED IN JAPAN WHILE SHE WAS GROWING UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): FISH ; FLAG OR BANNER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 5 BELIEF -- Celestial Body |
LEGEND
IN THE FIJI ISLANDS THE WOMEN OF THE HOUSEHOLDS CATCH FISH
IN THEIR MOUTHS DURING THE PLENTIFUL SEASON. BEFORE THEY GO OUT TO
THE WATER, THEY GREASE THEIR FACES UP SO THEY
WON'T DISTRACT THE FISH.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): FISHING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business BELIEF -- Fish |
Date learned: 03-09-1972
FISHING FLEETS
IN VALENCIA, SPAIN, WHEN THE SHIPS ARE GOING OUT TO SEA ON THEIR
FISHING VOYAGES, THERE IS A TOWN CEREMONY WHERE THE PRIESTS OF THE
TOWN BLESS THE FLEETS JUST BEFORE DEPARTURE. THIS IS ALSO THE
TIME THAT THE WIVES AND SWEETHEARTS SEE THEIR MEN OFF, PERHAPS
FOR THE LAST TIME.
Where learned: MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FISHING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
MORAL PROVERB
HE DOESN'T EAT HIMSELF AND DOESN'T GIVE ANYBODY ELSE ANYTHING TO EAT
EITHER.
Submitter comment: A TRUE MISER, A SCROOGE, THIS IS A LITHUANIAN PROVERB.
Data entry tech comment: FOR LITHUANIAN PHRASE DENOTING MORAL PROVERB SEE ORIGINAL 5X8 CARD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE
Keyword(s): PARALLELISM MORALITY SELFISH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
DRENCHED
TUYMAKTY JAK SLEDZ.
HE'S DRENCHED LIKE A HERRING.
Submitter comment:
HERRING IS A POPULAR FOOD IN POLAND, SO IT'S EASILY USED AS A
COMPARISON. BEFORE IT IS PREPARED IT IS PUT IN WATER TO SOAK.
MY MOTHER REMEMBERS THIS PROVERB USED IN POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): WET FISH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-30-1967
WOMEN'S AILMENTS
JAPANESE BELIEVE THAT CERTAIN ANIMALS CAN BE CURES
FOR WOMEN'S AILMENTS.
CHARRED CARP IS EATEN FOR BREAST DISEASE
AND CHARRED MOLE IS EATEN FOR WOMEN'S DIZZINESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL INGESTION AS CURE ; CURE, FISH INGESTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
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JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
WHAT IS POLISH SURF AND TURF?
KEILBASA AND CARP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FISH FOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
RIDDLE QUESTION
WHAT KIND OF FISH HAS A RIGHT KNEE AND A LEFT KNEE?
A TUNEE FISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON TUNA FISH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-17-1979
RIDDLE
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GUITAR AND A TUNA FISH?
YOU CAN TUNE A GUITAR, BUT YOU CAN'T TUNE A FISH.
Where learned: HOME ; 3327 CANFIELD
Keyword(s): CONUNDRUM ; FISH: TUNA FISH
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-10-1971
THAI CHILDREN'S RECREATION
"ONE OF THE THINGS WE USED TO DO WAS GO TO THE FOREST AND FIND A
LONG STRAND OF SPIDER WEB. WE WOULD THEN STICK AN ANT TO THE END
OF THE WEB AND DROP IT INTO THE RIVER. WHEN WE FELT A TUG ON THE
END WE WOULD LIFT A TINY NEEDLE FISH OUT OF THE WATER. THE TINY
FISH WOULD SWALLOW THE ANT AND GET CAUGHT ON THE WEB."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): THAI FISHING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 02-00-1984
FISHY FISHY IN THE BROOK
COME AND BITE MY LITTLE HOOK
DAD WILL CATCH YOU
IF HE CAN
MOM WILL FRY YOU
IN A PAN
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT FIRST HEARD THIS FROM HER PARENTS WHILE ON
VACATION IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN. THEY WOULD SING IT WHEN
THEY WENT FISHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HOUGHTON LAKE
Keyword(s): FISHING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 00001930S
WEATHER RHYMES
MACKEREL SKY,
RAIN IS NIGH.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): FISH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-07-1969