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RUSSIAN PROVERB
MARRIAGE IS ONLY ONE 'YES' PRECEDED BY THOUSANDS OF 'NO'S'.
Where learned: WESTERN RUSSIA
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001898-1905
Custom
Wedding Custom:
When a woman in her family is engaged to be married, the aunts on her fahter's side give a shower gift to her which is a pure white negligee. This is a sign that the perspective groom has been accepted as a member of the family.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: HOME ; NEW YORK ; Sullivan, Virginia ; ROCHESTER
Keyword(s): Engagement ; FAMILY ; GIFT ; Shower ; WEDDING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
VERSE IN PROVERBS
LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND,
HATE MAKES THE WORLD GO SQUARE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; EASTOWN THEATER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-07-1970
RED AS A LOBSTER.
Where learned: WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-21-1968
PROVERB
THE GREAT AWAKENING FOLLOWS THE GREAT ASLEEPING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; EASTOWN THEATRE
Keyword(s): WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-07-1970
COUGH
FOR COUGH MEDICINE DAD WOULD MIX ONION JUICE WITH SUGAR, ALSO
HORHOUND DROPS OR GIVE US WARM MILK WITH GINGER.
MOM WOULD ALSO RUB OUR CHEST WITH CAMPHOR, WRAP A WOOL SOCK
AROUND OUR NECK, AND MAKE US WEAR A PNEUMONIA JACKET, WHICH WAS
A PIECE OF WOOL CLOTH THAT FIT AROUND THE CHEST WALL.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; 3017 ST PHILOMENA CT ; PEORIA
Keyword(s): HEAT REMEDY ; HOREHOUND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
IF AN EXPECTANT MOTHER EATS LOADS OF BANANAS, SHE'LL
HAVE A BOY.
Where learned: DEPARTMENT STORE ; HUDSONS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
REINCARNATION MEANS YOU'RE BORN AGAIN A FLOWER.
James Callow comment: TOLD AS A JOKE? A JOKING DEFINITION? ; COLLECTOR SAYS YES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; EASTOWN THEATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-07-1970
SEARCH FOR TRUTH AND YOU WILL HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF
TEACHERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; 23735 INDUSTRIAL HWY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-07-1970
RUSSIAN PROVERB
STEEL GLOWS RED IN A FIRE, LIKE A PERSON
IN HIS BATTLE FOR TRUTH.
Where learned: WESTERN RUSSIA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- V733 |
PROVERBIAL
...STRAIGHT AS A DIE AND STIFF AS A RAMROD.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY ; 49684 ; 240 WASHINGTON ST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
TAKING YOUR TROUBLES TO BED AT NIGHT IS LIKE SLEEPING
WITH A PACK ON YOUR BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT A&P FOOD STORE ; 14120 E 7 MILE RD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
HAUNTED HOUSE
ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO, IN WEST SALEM TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA, A YOUNG
MAN SOON TO BE MARRIED BUILT A HOUSE ON BARRY ROAD FOR HIS BRIDE.
HOWEVER, WHEN THE DAY OF THE WEDDING ARRIVED, THE YOUNG MAN CHANGED
HIS MIND AND STOOD UP HIS INTENDED BRIDE.
THE HOUSE WAS NEVER LIVED IN BY ANYONE AND IS BELIEVED BY
RESIDENTS OF THE AREA TO BE HAUNTED BY THE COUPLE.
Submitter comment:
MY AUNT, FROM WHOM I HEARD THIS STORY, LIVES IN THE AREA OF THE
SUPPOSEDLY HAUNTED HOUSE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE ; WEST SALEM TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Other Structure for Private Use BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-00-1964
TONGUE TWISTER
RUBBER BABY BUGGY BUMBERS
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT HE CAN REMEMBER THIS FROM HIS CHILDHOOD
WHEN HE AND HIS FRIENDS USED TO SHOW THEIR SKILL BY
SAYING IT RAPIDLY.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 20295 Westbrook ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-26-1971
NO GRASS ON THE GRAVE: TALE
THE GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF MY INFORMANT WAS ALLEGEDLY UNJUSTLY
ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS WIFE. HE SWORE HE WAS INNOCENT UP TILL
THE TIME OF HIS EXECUTION NEAR BOSTON.
UNTIL THIS DAY, NO GRASS GROWS ON THAT GRAVE, THOUGH IT HAS BEEN
RE-SODDED SEVERAL TIMES.
Where learned: BOSTON ; Massachusetts
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate PROSE NARRATIVE -- Plant BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
Ethnic Joke: Polish
DID YOU HEAR WHO WON THE POLISH BEAUTY CONTEST? NOBODY.
Data entry tech comment:
updated by TRD on 12-2010
Where learned: BOSTON ; Massachusetts
James Callow Keyword(s): UGLY UGLINESS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
THOSE WHO ARE PRONE TO TELL ALL THEY KNOW GENERALLY TELL
MORE THAN THEY KNOW.
Where learned: HOME ; WARREN ; DETROIT ; 24735 INDUSTRIAL HWY ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-07-1970
A THOUSAND MILE JOURNEY
BEGINS WITH THE FIRST STEP.
Where learned: PASTEUR SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-29-1968
HAUNTED HOUSE
ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO, IN WEST SALEM TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA, A YOUNG
MAN SOON TO BE MARRIED BUILT A HOUSE ON BARRY ROAD FOR HIS BRIDE.
HOWEVER, WHEN THE DAY OF THE WEDDING ARRIVED, THE YOUNG MAN CHANGED
HIS MIND AND STOOD UP HIS INTENDED BRIDE.
THE HOUSE WAS NEVER LIVED IN BY ANYONE AND IS BELIEVED BY
RESIDENTS OF THE AREA TO BE HAUNTED BY THE COUPLE.
Submitter comment:
MY AUNT, FROM WHOM I HEARD THIS STORY, LIVES IN THE AREA OF THE
SUPPOSEDLY HAUNTED HOUSE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE ; WEST SALEM TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Other Structure for Private Use BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-00-1964
TOMMY, FREEDOM IS IN YOUR HOME.
Submitter comment:
POLISH: WOLNOSC TOMKU
W SWOJEM DOMKU.
THE NAME TOMMY IS USED IN THIS PROVERB BECAUSE IT RHYMES
WITH HOME. TOMMY REPRESENTS ANYONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5678 TARNOW ST ; 48210
Keyword(s): POLISH EQUIVALENT OF "A MAN'S HOME IS HIS CASTLE." ; THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS PROVERB, WHICH IS THE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 02-07-1971