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PROVERB
A WORD FLIES OUT LIKE A BIRD, RETURNS LIKE A STEER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-01-1971
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PROVERB: WOMEN
A WOMAN IS LIKE AN EGG: THE MORE SHE'S BEATEN, THE BETTER SHE
BECOMES.
Submitter comment:
NEIL'S INFORMANT WAS HIS GRANDMOTHER, AMELIA DUTTON, OF HAITIAN
DESCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 12-07-1972
VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC
IF I WERE A BUNNY,
WITH A TAIL OF FLUFF
I'D JUMP UPON YOUR DRESSER
AND BE YOUR POWDER PUFF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; RESIDENCE HALLS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.322 |
Date learned: 00001950S AND 00001960S
PROVERB
WITHOUT SQUEEZING AND CARESSING, DO NOT EXPECT ANY LOVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-01-1971
UKRANIAN PROVERB
WHEN THE OLD LADY GETS OFF THE WAGON, IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR THE
HORSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB: THE CAT (EL GATO)
WHEN THE CAT GOES TO PRAY, THE MOUSE GOES TO PLAY.
CUANDO EL GATO VA A SUS DEVOCIONES, BAILAN LOS RATONES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-31-1970
WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER
Submitter comment: SOMETHING WILL BE DONE WHEN TIME EQUALS INFINITY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-03-1971
BLACK AS THE ACE OF SPADES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
SHE SMOKES LIKE A STACK.
Submitter comment: REFERENCE TO SOMEONE WHO SMOKES CIGARETTES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
ENDLESS TALE
YOU REMIND ME OF A MAN.
WHAT MAN?
A MAN OF POWER.
WHAT POWER?
POWER OF WHO DO.
WHO DO?
YOU DO, REMIND ME OF A MAN.
WHAT MAN?
A MAN OF POWER...
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; RESIDENCE HALLS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 00001950S AND 00001960S
WET BIRDS DON'T FLY AT NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC
FIVE LITTLE SQUIRRELS SITTING IN A TREE.
FIRST ONE SAYS, "WHAT DO I SEE?"
SECOND ONE SAYS, "I SEE A GUN."
THIRD ONE SAYS, "OH LET'S RUN."
FOURTH ONE SAYS, "LET'S HIDE UNDER A TREE."
FIFTH ONE SAYS, "I'M NOT AFRAID."
POP WITH A GUN, OH YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE SQUIRRELS RUN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; RESIDENCE HALLS
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 00001950S AND 00001960S
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU SAY, BUT {WHAT} YOU DON'T SAY THAT COUNTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
FLYING HIGHER THAN A KITE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
HE GOES LIKE THE WIND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPEED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
BREAD CAST ON TO THE WATER RARELY RETURNS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
IT TAKES TWO TO TANGLE {TANGO}.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC
SCHOOL'S OUT, SCHOOL'S OUT
TEACHER'S LET THE FOOLS OUT.
NO MORE PENCILS,
NO MORE BOOKS,
NO MORE TEACHER'S DIRTY LOOKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; RESIDENCE HALLS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00001950S AND 00001960S
COUNTING OUT RHYME
ENGINE ENGINE NUMBER 9
GOING DOWN CHICAGO LINE
IF THE ENGINE JUMPS THE TRACK,
DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?
ONE, TWO, THREE,... AND OUT YOU GO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; RESIDENCE HALLS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001950S AND 00001960S
LEGEND
IN ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MARYLAND, ON A WINDING ROAD DURING WORLD WAR
II, THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH A CAR, GOING OVER A BRIDGE,
CRASHED. IN THIS ACCIDENT, A BABY WAS KILLED INSTANTLY AND THE
MOTHER DIED LATER IN THE HOSPITAL. IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF YOU
DRIVE OVER THIS BRIDGE AT NIGHT, YOU CAN HEAR THE BABY CRYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Bridge BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-13-1969