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Proverb
Disk Jockey's Credo:
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, and you can make a fool of yourself anytime.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Hayes, Jack
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Fool ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Bednarski, Helen
Keyword(s): Absence ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Fond ; HEART ; LOVE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
You can please some of the people some of the time but you can't please all the people all the time.
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Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replacedw tih current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Sr Dorothy Ann
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; People ; Please ; PROVERB ; TIME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Everyone complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.
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Original BN [V700] crossed out. replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Place, Joyce
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; HUMOR ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
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Heard during a television program.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Loss ; LOVE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
No fool like an old fool.
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Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Karle, Janet Young
Keyword(s): AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Fool ; Maxim ; Old ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WISDOM ; YOUTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
A fool and his money are soon parted
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17647 PATTON ; Penzel, Marjorie
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Fool ; Maxim ; MONEY ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Proverb
House guests and fish spoil on the third day.
Submitter comment:
Origin: Unknown
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Knoth, Mrs Dorothy ; 17335 Prairie
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; FISH ; Guest ; HOSPITALITY ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Spoil ; VERSE ; Welcome
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Proverb
From the Pennsylvania Dutch:
"The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get."
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V700] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Wisok, Eleanor
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DUTCH ; ETHNIC ; Maxim ; PENNSYLVANIA ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Proverb
Up the proverbial estuary without any means of locomotion.
Submitter comment:
When John was having car trouble and had to get to work the next day. This means "up the creek without a paddle."
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Original BN [S570] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Raimone, John
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Proverb
Early to bed and early to rise makes you healthy, wealthy and wise.
Submitter comment:
Informant was told this by her mother in the year 1920.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Rutkowski, Lucille
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Rise ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; WISDOM ; Wise
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
"Easy come, easy go."
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Informant received information from various relatives in Ukraine.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Fylypiw, Stephanie
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A whistling girl and a crowing hen, both come to a bad end.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300, C880.300] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Stack, Susan
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crow ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and crowing hens are sure to come to some bad end.
Submitter comment:
She heard this from her mother.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Van Hout, Mary Bernadette
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crow ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and clucking hens always come to no good ends.
Submitter comment:
Told to her by her grandmother in Tennessee.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17394 PARKSIDE ; Martz, Lou
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cluck ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Something old, Something new. Something borrowed, something blue.
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Meaning? C840.545? Collector says mother she was informant took this as applying to weddings. -dtc.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 1523 E Jefferson Ave ; Kenlen, Laurice
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Blue ; Borrowed ; Maxim ; New ; Old ; Prover ; RHYME ; VERSE ; WEDDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cup ; DRINKING ; Lip ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; SLIP ; TRUTH ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A stitch in time saves nine.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Kelly, Mary
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; Nine ; NUMBER ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Stitch ; TIME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and cackling hens always come to no good ends.
Submitter comment:
Informant was always reminded of this by ehr grandmother when she whisteld as a child in Detroit in the 1930's.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17394 PARKSIDE ; Martz, Carol
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cackle ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Happy is the bride the sun shines on.
Submitter comment:
My mother said this was a commonly repeated proverb in the country, when she was young.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Thompson, Betty J ; 18691 Ferguson
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bride ; fortune ; Happy ; Maxim ; OMEN ; PROVERB ; Sun ; VERSE ; WEDDING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |