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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ALMOST COUNTS ONLY IN HORSESHOES AND HAND-GRENADES.
Submitter comment: FINE FELLOW
Where learned: FLORIDA ; PANAMA CITY
James Callow Keyword(s): CAN ; I SUPPOSE THE MEANING OF THIS IS THAT A HAND GRENADE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
PAR FOR THE COURSE
BE YOURSELF...IF YOU CANT DO ANY BETTER.
Where learned: LETTER
James Callow Keyword(s): OF ; PAR IS A GOLF TERM MEANING "AVERAGE" OR USUAL NUMBER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NEGLIGENCE IS A GREAT ENEMY
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LIVES IN JAPAN. ITEM IS FROM A LETTER
James Callow comment:
I ASSUME THE INFORMANT IS TRANSLATING FROM JAPANESE--
F. M. PAULSEN
Where learned: JAPAN
James Callow Keyword(s): MEANING: WHAT WILL YOU HAVE, REGARDING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1964
PROVERB
I'M ON THE WAGON
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): MEANING: I'M NOT DRINKING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ; WATER WAGON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
AUTHORS AND TITLES
THE YELLOW RIVER BY I. P. DALEY
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): PUN ; PUNS ; WORDPLAY
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON PEE, MEANING URINATE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: CA00001968
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WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF A DOPE RING IN POLAND? SIX
POLLOCKS STANDING AROUND IN A CORNER!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN: DOPE MEANING NUMSKULL AND NARCOTICS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
IF YOU DREAM OF A DEATH, WEDDING IN THE FAMILY;
IF YOU DREAM OF A WEDDING, DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: Arkansas ; RUSSELLVILLE ; Chesnut, Laurelyn
Keyword(s): DEATH ; Dream ; FAMILY ; Meaning ; Opposite ; SIGN ; SYMBOL ; WEDDING
James Callow Keyword(s): CHIASMUS ; CONTRAST ; ITERATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about weddings, funerals, and other crucial moments of life |
Date learned: 10-20-1973
TEN ACRES OF SAND AND A RED-HEADED WIFE
IS UAUALLY {SIC} THE END OF A PINHEAD'S LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): THINKS, PINHEAD MEANS DULL-WITTED.} ; {MEANING? COLLECTOR DOESN'T KNOW. PROBABLY, SHE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
TIE THE DONKEY WHERE HIS MASTER SAYS.
OCBOT IL HANAE FEIN IGHEIDLU SIDU {MALTESE}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16721 GLENMORE ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): {MEANING? YOU SHOULD OBEY AUTHORITY, SAYS COLLECTOR}
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
RIDDLE
MR GREEN IS A BUTCHER. HE IS SIX FEET TALL AND WEARS A
SIZE TEN SHOE. WHAT DOES HE WEIGH?
-- MEAT
Keyword(s): TRANSATIVE AND INTRANSATIVE MEANING OF VERB "TO WEIGH."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-00-1965
RIDDLE
WHAT DO ALL SHIPS WEIGH, REGARDLESS OF SIZE?
-- ANCHORS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): TRANSATIVE AND INTRANSATIVE MEANING OF VERB "WEIGH."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
THERE IS A GIRL IN A BUTCHER SHOP IN CINCINNATI WHO IS
6 FEET 8 INCHES TALL, HAS A 42 INCH WAIST, AND WEARS
NUMBER 12 SHOES. WHAT DOES SHE WEIGH?
-- SHE WEIGHS MEAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): TRANSATIVE AND INTRANSATIVE VERB MEANING "TO WEIGH."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE QUESTION
THERE WAS A BUTCHER IN CHICAGO THAT WAS 5 FEET 10 INCHES
TALL. HE HAD BROWN HAIR AND BROWN EYES. HE WORE A SIZE
16 SHIRT AND A SIZE 10 SHOE. WHAT DID HE WEIGHT?
-- MEAT - HE WAS THE BUTCHER.
Keyword(s): TRANSATIVE AND INTRANSATIVE VERB MEANING "TO WEIGH."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
RIDDLE
IF A BUTCHER IS 5 FEET 7 INCHES TALL AND WEARS A SIZE
10 SHOE, AND IS 34 INCHES AROUND THE WAIST, WHAT DOES
HE WEIGH?
-- MEAT
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): TRANSATIVE AND INTRANSATIVE VERB MEANING "TO WEIGH."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-00-1968