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BLASON POPULAIRE
ON TURNPIKES THERE ARE LONG BUMPS ACROSS THE ROAD TO SLOW
MOTORISTS DOWN. THESE ARE CALLED CHINESE STOP SIGNS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
OLD JEWISH SAYING TRANSLATED
ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT ALL I FEAR IS THAT THEY MIGHT SAY IF YOU HAV
LEARNED AND GATHERED WISDOM WHERE IS ITS CROP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ONLY THE IGNORANT MAN BECOMES ANGRY, THE WISE MAN UNDERSTANDS.
IT TAKES LITTLE THOUGHT FOR A MAN TO LOSE HIS TEMPER, BUT IT
TAKES A WISE MAN TO COMPREHEND AND COPE WITH ANY SITUATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ONLY A MEDIOCRE PERSON IS ALWAYS AT HIS BEST
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
WELLERISM
ONLY A FOOL WOULD USE LSD SAID TOM ACIDLY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ONLY A FOOL MAKES POWERFUL ENEMIES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM- POLISH
KTO SIE LUBI TEN SIE CZUBI
THE ONE WHOM YOU LIKE THAT ONE IS PICKED ON OR TEASED
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM IN VERSE
ONE THING AT A TIME
AND THAT WELL DONE
IS A VERY GOOD RULE
AS MANY CAN TELL
Submitter comment: ORIGIN, HER GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 07-17-1964
PROVERB
ONES BACK IS WEAK, ANOTHERS MIND IS STRONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
PROVERB
ONE MAN, TWO WOMEN, ONE ROOF EQUAL TROUBLE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBERS ; PROPHESIES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
PROVERB
ONE MANS FEAST IS ANOTHERS FAMINE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-04-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONE LARK MAY MAKE A FALL
BUT ONE ROBIN DOES NOT MAKE A SPRING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
ONE FATHER
ONE FATHER CAN SUPPORT ONE HUNDRED CHILDREN
BUT ONE HUNDRED CHILDREN CANNOT SUPPORT ONE FATHER
STORY EXPLAINED
IN ONE GENERATION THE FATHER LIVED WITH HIS SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW.
THE FATHER BECAME A PROBLEM . HIS SON TOOK HIM TO THE TOP OF A
MOUNTAIN ONE DAY. HE PUSHED HIM OFF. THE MAN DIED. IN THE NEXT
GENERATION THE SAME SITUATION TOOK PLACE. THE FATHER AND SON WERE
AT THE MOUNTAIN TOP, THE SON TURNED TO THE FATHER, LOOKED HIM IN THE
EYE AND SAID COME HOME WITH ME. THE FATHER SAID WHY DONT YOU DO TO
ME WHAT I DID TO MY FATHER? THE SON ANSWERED, IN YEARS TO COME I WIL
WANT MY CHILDREN TO RESPECT ME. WHEN THEY CAME HOME THE SONS WIFE
SAID, WHY DID YOU BRING HIM BACK AGAIN? THE SON SLAPPED HIS
WIFES FACE AND SAID, YOU WILL RESPECT HIM AS YOU WILL WANT OUR
CHILDREN TO RESPECT US.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HIS FATHER IN ITALY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ONE ENLISTED MAN WORTH TEN PRESSED
THIS IS AN OLD PROVERB AMONG MILITARY MEN.
THAT DRAFTED MEN ARE WORTH ONLY ONE ENLISTED MAN AS SOLDIERS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 01-03-1970
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FLEMISH PROVERB
ONE DUTCHMAN IS MADE OF TWO JEWS.
JEWS ARE BAD BUT THE DUTCH ARE WORSE
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN HE WAS VISITING DETROIT MICHIGAN
FROM BELGIUM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
ONE HUNDRED NOTHINGS
ONE HUNDRED NOTHINGS KILLED THE JACK ASS
Submitter comment: STORY EXPLAINING PROVERB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
HEN IN THE BUSH
ONE HEN IN THE BUSH IS WORTH FIVE IN THE BROW ( BRIAR )
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-01-1972
LITHUANIAN PROVERB
RANKA RANKA MAZGOJA
ONE HAND WASHES THE OTHER
IF YOU DO SOMETHING BAD OR GOOD THE OTHER PERSON WILL
RECIPROCATE IN THE SAME MANNER
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS LITHUANIAN TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-18-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONCE BURNT TWICE SHY
YOU AVOID AN UNFORTUNATE HAPPENING THE SECOND TIME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
OLD MEN AND OLD WOMEN MAKE GOOD SOUP
Submitter comment: SAID IN REFERENCE TO CHAPERONES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 04-00-1968