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OLD SAYING
THE WAY YOU RAISE 'EM, THAT'S THE WAY YOU GET 'EM.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S FATHER TOLD HIM THIS AND HIS GRANDFATHER TOLD
HIS FATHER THIS. IT'S AN OLD SAYING THAT'S BEEN PASSED
DOWN IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 20254 MACKAY
Keyword(s): CHILDREN PARENTS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
THE TRUTH IS IN THE WINE.
Submitter comment: ITALIAN: IN VINO VERITAS
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16721 GLENMORE
Keyword(s): ALCOHOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
WHAT IS HOPE?
TROUBLE CAUSES ENDURANCE: INDURANCE CAUSES CHARACTER AND
CHARACTER RESULTS IN HOPE.
Submitter comment: THE VICAR HANDSCHIN USED THIS SAYING IN A CHURCH SERMON ONCE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18069 BILTMORE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-28-1970
TO HAVE FIFTEEN FITS AND WALK IN EACH ONE OF THEM.
Submitter comment: WHICH MEANS TO BE VERY ANGRY.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 7792 DAYTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM MAXIM
THE SMILE THAT YOU SEND OUT RETURNS TO YOU.
SMILE AND USUALLY SOMEONE WILL SMILE IN RETURN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 2154 DICKERSON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
GOOD FRIDAY
IN OUR HOUSE ON GOOD FRIDAY, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK OR
PLAY OR GO OUTSIDE, EXCEPT TO CHURCH. WE SPEND OUR TIME READING
QUIETLY, RESTING, OR AT CHURCH SERVICES FROM 12--3 P.M.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 21505 NORMANDALE, ASSUMED ; BIRMINGHAM ; 48010
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
IF A PERSON LEAVES HIS FAMILY ON A JOURNEY OF ANY LENGTH, HE IS
GIVEN A FROG SO IT WILL INSURE HIS RETURN TO HIS HOME.
Submitter comment: THIS IS DONE IN JAPAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Date learned: CA00001935
IF YOU EAT A LOT OF CARROTS YOU WILL DEVELOP A DARK
COMPLEXION. IF YOU DON'T EVER EAT CARROTS YOU WILL BURN
WHEN YOU GO OUT IN THE SUN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Plant |
IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WE HAD A HUGE SEWER PIPE
ON THE PLAYGROUND THAT WAS PAINTED RED. WE HAD A CUSTOM
THAT IF YOU WANTED TO GO WITH A GIRL YOU HAD TO WALK THROUGH
THE PIPE WITH THE GIRL WHILE HOLDING HANDS. SOMETIMES THE
TWO PARTICIPANTS EVEN KISSED UPON EXITING BUT THIS WAS
PRETTY RARE. TO BREAK UP WITH THE GIRL YOU HAD TO WALK
BACKWARDS THROUGH THE PIPE ONE AT A TIME, WITH THE BOY
NORMALLY GOING THROUGH FIRST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 01-01-1976
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CHILDREN'S RIME
EENIE, MEENIE, MINEE, ME, CATCH A NIGGER BY THE TEE.
IF HE HOLLERS LET HIM GO.
EENIE, MEENIE, MINEE, ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS ; 48225
Keyword(s): NONSENSE WORD ; TOE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
WHEN A PERSON PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL THAT PERSON WILL DIE
WITHIN THE YEAR.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER HEARD THIS FROM HER MOTHER WHO FOUND THIS TO HAPPEN IN
SOME INSTANCES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS ; 48225
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-16-1971
RIDDLE
LONDONBERRY, CORK AND KERRY. SPELL ME THAT WITHOUT A "K"?
"T-H-A-T." "THAT"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
RIDDLE
RAILROAD CROSSING, LOOKOUT FOR CARS. CAN YOU SPELL THAT WITHOUT ANY
R'S?
T-H-A-T; THAT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
ITALIAN PROVERB
WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU FATTENS YOU.
Submitter comment:
"SE NON AMMALATO S'INGROSSO."
{{ IS LITERAL TRANS. THE MEANING IS, ACCORDING TO THIS
CARD:} COURAGE, DON'T FEAR TAKING A CHANCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-01-1968
VIRTUE ERASES SINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
COMMON EXPRESSION
TO PUT SOMEONE DOWN
Submitter comment:
THE EXPRESSION "TO PUT SOMEONE DOWN" IS COMMON. IT MEANS
"TO DO OR SAY ANYTHING DEROGATORY ABOUT SOMEONE. SHE SAYS,
"IT'S COMMON TO HEAR IT ANYWHERE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-08-1967
TO BED TO BED SAYS SLEEPY HEAD, LET'S WAIT AWHILE SAYS
SLOW, LET'S EAT A LITTLE BIT SAYS GREEDY GUT AND THEN
WE WILL ALL GO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 01-19-1971
IRISH SAYING
'TIS BETTER TO BE FIGHTING THAN LONELY,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
TIME IS LIKE A SWORD. IF YOU DON'T CUT IT, IT WILL CUT YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
THEY ASKED THE PEOPLE TO DO VIRTUOUS DEEDS,
AND THEY FORGOT TO DO THEMSELVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |