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PROVERBIAL PHRASE
NIP IT IN THE BUD
Data entry tech comment:
ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD DOES NOT CONTAIN LOCATION ITEM WAS COLLECTED OR
THE COLLECTOR'S ADDRESS
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; PRECAUTION ; SYMBOL ; VEGETATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HEN IN THE BUSH
ONE HEN IN THE BUSH IS WORTH FIVE IN THE BROW (BRIAR)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; MAKE THE MOST OF WHAT YOU HAVE. ; VEGETATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Fifths PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-01-1972
PROVERB
ONE BIRD IN HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; MAKE THE MOST OF WHAT YOU HAVE ; VEGETATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-15-1967
PEACE IS A TREE OF WHICH LOVE IS THE FRUIT
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN OLD JEWISH SAYING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT VEGETATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 12-00-1968
IRISH PROVERB
PLOW DEEP WHILE THE SLUGGARDS SLEEP,
SHALL HAVE CORN TO SELL AND CORN TO KEEP.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ELLIPSIS ; INDUSTRIOUSNESS ; VEGETATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 04-15-1971
If you thank someone who gives you a plant, it will
not grow.
Submitter comment:
Elinor really believes this saying to be true, and states
that she is very careful to avoid thanking someone for a
plant.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRASER
Keyword(s): superstition, vegetation, curse
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- P535 BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: 00001950S