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PROVERB
A DROWNING MAN CLUTCHES AT STRAWS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DESPERATION ; HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL ; OBSERVATION
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
RUSSIAN PROVERB
EVEN THE COLDEST WIND CANNOT EXTINGUISH THE SUN.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): COSMOS
James Callow Keyword(s): HOPEFULNESS ; OPTIMISM ; SYMBOL
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1905
PRAY FOR SUNSHINE. ALWAYS BE PREPARED FOR RAIN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN NORWALK, OHIO.
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION ; HOPE FOR THE BEST, BUT EXPECT THE
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
POLISH
ON A BABY'S FIRST BIRTHDAY, PLACE A WINE GLASS, A
PRAYER BOOK, AND SOME COINS. WHATEVER HE REACHES
FOR FIRST WILL INDICATE THE TYPE OF CAREER HE
CHOOSES. THE INW GLASS INDICATES THAT HE WILL
BE A DRUNK; THE PRAYER BOOK, A PRIEST; AND THE
COINS, A BUSINESSMAN.
Submitter comment:
WE TRIED THIS AT THE FIRST BIRTHDAY OF MY CURRENTLY
SEVEN YEAR OLD COUSIN. ONLY TROUBLE WAS THAT HE
KNOCKED ALL THREE OBJECTS OFF THE HIGH CHAIR
TRAY AT ONCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): IN A HIGH CHAIR. ; SEVEN MONTH OLD COUSIN I HOPE, SINCE HE STILL IS
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of object for determining future of young |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
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Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
NEGROES WERE TAUGHT THE FOLLOWING:
1. DON'T LOOK AT A WHITE WOMAN BECAUSE THEY WILL HANG YOU. (MAN)
2. DON'T TOUCH ANY ARTICLE WHEN YOU ENTER A STORE OR THEY'LL
THINK YOU ARE SHOPLIFTING.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Black ; Inter-racial ; Men ; RACISM ; Relationships ; SEXISM ; Shoplifting ; SHOPPING ; White ; WOMEN
James Callow Keyword(s): RACISM ; SEXISM ; SHOPPING
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
"THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EX-COLORED MAN" IN "THREE NEGRO CLASSICS"
I HAVE ALREADY STATED THAT IN THE BASEMENT OF THE HOUSE THERE
WAS A CHINESE RESTAURANT. THE CHINAMAN WHO KEPT IT DID
AN EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD BUSINESS; FOR SHOP-SUEY WAS A
FAVOURITE DISH AMONG THE FREQUENTERS OF THE PLACE. IT IS A FOOD
THAT, SOMEHOW, HAS THE POWER OF ABSORBING ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS
THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO THE STOMACH. I HAVE HEARD MEN CLAIM
THAT THEY COULD SOBER UP ON SHOP-SUEY.
Where learned: AVON BOOKS, N.P., DISCUSS BOOKS, P. 449
Keyword(s): CHOP SUEY
Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
YELLOW FINGER
ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A CASTLE THAT WAS GUARDED BY
A HUGE YELLOW FINGER, WHO WOULDN'T LET ANYONE PASS
THE KING FROM A RIVALING CASTLE SENT ONE OF HIS BRAVEST
KNIGHTS TO GET BY THE FINGER, BUT THE FINGER KILLED HIM.
SO THE KING SENT A DUKE, BUT HE, TOO, WAS KILLED. THEN
THE KING SENT ONE OF HIS PAGES. HE JUST WALKED RIGHT
THROUGH.
MORAL: LET YOUR PAGES DO THE WALKING THROUGH THE YELLOW
FINGER.
Submitter comment:
IT SEEMS TO ME THERE WAS SLIGHTLY MORE BUILD-UP ON THIS
STORY, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Subject headings: | 6677 Formula Tale |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
YELLOW FINGERS
ONCE THERE WAS A KING WHO WANTED TO GET A MESSAGE THROUGH
TO A NEIGHBORING KINGDOM. BUT IN ORDER TO GET THROUGH,
THE MESSANGER WOULD HAVE TO PASS THE MONSTROUS YELLOW
FINGERS. FIRST A KNIGHT WAS SENT, BUT THE YELLOW FINGERS
PINCHED HIM TO DEATH. THEN A SQUIRE TRIED, BUT MET WITH
THE SAME FATE. FINALLY, A PAGE WAS SENT AND MADE IT
THROUGH.
THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS: LET YOUR PAGES DO THE WALKING
THROUGH THE YELLOW FINGERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Subject headings: | 6677 Formula Tale |
Date learned: 10-15-1969
Expression
Proverbial Comparison:
Like a bull in a china shop
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: HOME ; Wright, Mark
Keyword(s): Bull ; China ; Clumsy ; Expression ; Graceful ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; Shop ; SIMILE ; Store ; VERSE
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERB
LITTLE STROKES FELL GREAT OAKS.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
Keyword(s): Chop ; Cut ; Oak ; PATIENCE ; PERSEVERANCE ; Tree
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-21-1968
Proverb
Little strokes fell great oaks.
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James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): Chop ; Cut ; Oak ; PATIENCE ; PERSEVERANCE ; Tree
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
It is always darkest before the dawn.
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
The number 63 is written on the bottom left of the card.
Where learned: Henderson, Elmira
Keyword(s): CONSOLATION ; Dark ; Darkest ; Dawn ; Hope
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
It is always darkest before dawn.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
small grammatical corrections.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Freeman, William ; UTICA
Keyword(s): Dark ; Dawn ; Hope ; LIGHT ; METAPHOR ; NATURE ; Sky
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Idleness is the Devil's workshop.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
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
An idle mind is the Devil's workshop.
Data entry tech comment:
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DEVIL ; Idle ; INFLUENCE ; Maxim ; Mind ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Workshop
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Childrens' Rhyme
Everyday we go to shop
At the bakery, I like to stop
And point my finger and say "let's try it."
But my mother replies, "You're on a diet."
Oh, how happy I will be
When Mother no longer says to me:
"You can't eat this, You can't eat that,
Cause this and that will make you fat."
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Reichman, Sydney J
Keyword(s): Bakery ; CHILDREN ; Eat ; Fat ; Language ; MOTHER ; RHYME ; Shop ; SONG ; VERSE
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Riddle
WHAT'S WHITE ON THE OUTSIDE AND GREEN ON THE INSIDE AND
IT HOPS?
A FROG SANDWICH
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Landon, Rachel
Keyword(s): COLOR ; FROG ; Green ; Hop ; JOKE ; Jump ; RIDDLE ; Sandwich ; White
Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
IN ORDER TO EXPRESS HOPE, ONE CROSSES THE INDEX AND
MIDDLE FINGERS OF BOTH HANDS. TO GAIN ADDED
EMPHASIS, CROSS THE END TWO FINGERS ALSO.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Communication ; Cross ; Crossing ; CUSTOM ; Finger ; Fingers ; Hope ; LUCK ; SUPERSTITION
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications BELIEF -- Good luck P881.22 |
Date learned: 10-02-1967