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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 |
SPANISH PROVERB
TELL ME WITH WHOM YOU WALK, I'LL TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE.
DIME CON QUIEN ANDA TE DIRE QUIEN ERES. {LITERAL TRANSLATION}
Submitter comment: AMERICAN EQUIVALENT: BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
SAYING
THE SWAN'S SON IS A SWIMMER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL BIRD WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
SOME PEOPLE FEEL LUCKY BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR
FIRST DOLLAR. THE LUCKY ARE THOSE WHO STILL
HAVE THEIR FIRST FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
SLOWLY, SLOWLY, YOU'LL GO FAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
IT IS BETTER TO HAVE A BIRD IN YOUR HAND THAN 100 FLYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
IT IS SAID IN ITALY THAT IT TAKES TWO PEOPLE THE SAME
AMOUNT OF TIME TO KNOW EACH OTHER WELL AS IT DOES FOR
ONE TO EAT A TWENTY-FIVE POUND BAG OF SALT.
Submitter comment: (GRANDMOTHER)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | {NONE |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
I WON'T FATTEN FROG FOR SNAKE.
Submitter comment: (MEANING: I WON'T DRESS YOU UP SO OTHERS CAN ADMIRE YOU)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMALS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
WHEN YOU GET OLD, AND THINK YOU'RE SWEET,
TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES, AND SMELL YOUR FEET.
Where learned: MISSOURI
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 11-30-1967
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SMELLS LIKE A FRENCH WHORE
Submitter comment:
SAID OF PERSON, ESPECIALLY A MAN WHO HAS TOO MUCH COLOGNE
OR A NOTICEABLE PERFUMING THAT IS TOO SWEET, EFFEMINATE, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
HEADACHE
ONE TABLESPOON OF HONEY CURES A MIGRAINE HEADACHE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19626 CONCORD ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
APPLES AND BANANAS
THIS IS A SONG THAT I LEARNED IN CONFIRMATION CAMP. THERE IS ONLY
ONE VERSE, BUT IT IS CHANGED EACH TIME IT IS SUNG BY SUBSTITUTING
ONE VOWEL SOUND FOR ALL OF THE OTHERS. THE TEXT IS AS FOLLOWS:
I LIKE TO EAT,
I LIKE TO EAT,
I LIKE TO EAT,
APPLES AND BANANAS.
THE NEXT TIME IT IS SUNG A LONG "A" SOUND REPLACES ALL OF THE VOWELS.
IT SOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:
A LAKE TA ATE,
A LAKE TA ATE,
A LAKE TA ATE,
APPLES AND BANANAS.
AND SO ON TO:
E LEKE TE EAT,
E LEKE TE EAT,
E LEKE TE EAT,
EEPLES END BENENES. MM
I LIKE TO ITE,
I LIKE TO ITE,
I LIKE TO ITE,
IPPLES IND BININIS. MM
O LOKE TO OKE,
O LOKE TO OKE,
O LOKE TO OKE,
OPPLES AND BONONOS. MM
U LUTE TU UTE,
U LUTE TU UTE,
U LUTE TU UTE,
UPPLES UND BUNUNUS. MM
THE SONG IS USUALLY SUNG FAST, ATTEMPTING TO GO FASTER WITH EACH
VERSE. THE MUSIC ITSELF IS FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD, THE VOWELS
DICTATE THE SOUNDS.
Submitter comment:
IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT ALL OF THE VARIATIONS OF THE FIRST
VERSE CONTAIN ONLY LONG VOWELS. THE MEDIUM THAT I HAVE TO REPRESENT
THE SOUNDS DOES NOT SHOW THAT VERY WELL.
Where learned: NORTHERN MICHIGAN ; CAMP MICH-I-LU-CA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 07-00-1983