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FLEMISH PROVERB

AS THE CLOCK TICKS AT HOME, IT TICKS NOWHERE ELSE. ZOOALS HET KLOKJE THUIS TIKT, TIKT HET NERGENS. (FLEMISH)

Submitter comment: THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN HE WAS VISITING DETROIT, MICH. FROM BELGIUM.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATIONS ; ONOMATOPEIA

James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; OBSERVATION ; TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-00-1967

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OAK

AS THE TWIG IS BENT, SO IS THE OAK INCLINED.

Submitter comment: REFERS TO CHILD RAISING, THE TWIG BEING THE CHILD, THE OAK, THE
ADULT.

Where learned: SENT BY LETTER

Keyword(s): PLANT

James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; ENVIRONMENT ; EXAMPLE ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-06-1970

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PROVERB

AS THE TWIG IS BENT SO IS THE TREE INCLINED.

Data entry tech comment: VARIANT

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): PLANT

James Callow Keyword(s): EXAMPLE ; OBSERVATION COMPARISON

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 09-00-1968

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POLISH PROVERB

AS THE WORK IS DONE, SO ONE IS PAYED. (PAID.)
JAKA PRACA, TAKA PTACA. (POLISH)

Submitter comment: I KNOW THIS FROM HOME.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ECONOMICS

James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700
PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

AS YOU SOW, SO SHALL YOU REAP.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): PLANTS

James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; HOMEOPHONE: SOW SO ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

AT THE END OF A ROD GROWS A DEEP LOVE.

Submitter comment: PARENTS SPANK THEIR CHILDREN, TEACHERS WHIP THEIR PUPILS, AND
HUSBANDS SLAP THEIR WIVES IN LOVE. THE LOVED ONES KISS THE ROD AND
RETURN MORE LOVE WITH THANKS. (SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD.)

Where learned: KOREA ; SEOUL

Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATION

James Callow Keyword(s): DISCIPLINE ; OBSERVATION ; PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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BLASON POPULAIRE

AN ATTORNEY WHO HAS HIMSELF FOR A CLIENT, HAS A FOOL FOR A CLIENT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Blason Populaire

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PROVERB

THE AXLE THAT SQUEAKS THE LOUDEST GETS THE GREASE.

Data entry tech comment: END OF A SECTION

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

James Callow Keyword(s): ATTITUDE ; COMPLAINERS ; OBSERVATION ; PERSISTENCE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 04-06-1971

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PROVERB

SCHLECHT GFARE IS BESSER AS GUT GELOFE. (GERMAN)
A BAD RIDE IS BETTER THAN WALKING. (TRANSLATION)

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; CULINARY ARTS PRESS ; PAGE 60

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00-00-1965

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

A BARKING DOG NEVER BITES.

Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; THREATS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-04-1968

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE.

Submitter comment: PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE MOST NOISE NEVER DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; THREATS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-06-1971

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PROVERB

HUND AS GAUTZE BEISSE NET.
A BARKING DOG SELDOM BITES. (TRANSLATION)

Data entry tech comment: TRANS INACCURATE.

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; READING

Keyword(s): ANIMAL

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; THREATS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1964

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PROVERB

BEAUTY IS IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY ; SENSES

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 08-09-1964

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PROVERB

BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 09-20-1969

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PROVERB

THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT THE TRUTH IS THAT IS DOESN'T KILL
IT ONLY HURTS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 09-00-1968

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PROVERB

BEGGARS CAN'T BE CHOOSERS.

Submitter comment: GIVEN TO HER BY DIFFERENT ASSOCIATES.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ECONOMICS

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-00-1965

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PROVERB

BEGGARS CAN'T BE CHOOSY.

Submitter comment: AS SAID BY MY HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS.

Data entry tech comment: VARIANT

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ECONOMICS

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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FRIENDS

LAUGH, THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOU,
WEEP, AND YOU WEEP ALONE.
BE GLAD, AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE MANY,
BE SAD, AND YOU LOSE THEM ALL.

Where learned: ALMANAC

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; NOBODY LIKES A CRYBABY! ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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PROVERB

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN THERE IS A WOMAN.

Submitter comment: COLLECTED FROM MRS. VARIEUR WHO USES IT TO KID HER HUSBAND.

Data entry tech comment: VARIANT

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): SEX

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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WORDS OF WISDOM

CONSTANT OCCUPATION PREVENTS TEMPTATION.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): RHYME

James Callow Keyword(s): IDLE HANDS ARE THE DEVIL'S ; INTERNAL RHYME ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 01-20-1968

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