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PROVERB

LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP.

Submitter comment: SOURCE UNCERTAIN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1964

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PROVERB

LOVE ME, LOVE MY DOG

Submitter comment: ORIGIN UNCERTAIN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00-00-1964

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TAKE THE BITTER WITH THE SWEET.

Submitter comment: FROM - UNCERTAIN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00001964SUMMER

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THAT'S AS EASY AS TAKING CANDY FROM A BABY.

Submitter comment: FROM-UNCERTAIN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Keyword(s): STEALING

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 00001964SUMMER

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THERE'S A POT OF GOLD AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW.

Submitter comment: FROM - UNCERTAIN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00001964SUMMER

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THERE'S NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD FOOL.

Submitter comment: FROM - UNCERTAIN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb

Date learned: 00001964SUMMER

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THERE MAY BE SNOW ON THE ROOF, BUT THERE IS STILL FIRE
IN THE FURNACE.

Submitter comment: FROM - UNCERTAIN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00001964SUMMER

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TIME WAITS FOR NO MAN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00001964SUMMER

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VIRTUE IS ITS OWN REWARD.

Submitter comment: FROM - UNCERTAIN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Keyword(s): JUSITCE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00001964 (SUMMER)

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PROVERB

WHERE THERE'S A WILL,
THERE'S A RELATIVE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

WHICH CAME FIRST, THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG?

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 06-00-1964

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PROVERB

WHY STATE THE OBVIOUS? THE TRUTH COMES OUT IN THE END.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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PROVERB

WISE AS AN OWL.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 01-00-1964

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PROVERB

YOU CAN'T FIT A ROUND PEG IN A SQUARE HOLE.

Submitter comment: ORIGIN UNCERTAIN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1964

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PROVERB

YOU CAN'T TELL THE DEPTH OF THE WELL BY THE HANDLE OF
THE PUMP.

Submitter comment: ORIGIN UNCERTAIN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1964

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PEOPLE USED TO SHAKE HANDS SO THAT THEY COULD ASCERTAIN
WHETHER THE OTHER PERSON WAS CONCEALING A WEAPON IN
HIS HAND.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

James Callow Keyword(s): HISTORY

Subject headings: 602 Body Parts
SPEECH -- Body parts involved
SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations

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YOU--POINT TO PERSON
DRIVE--PUT HANDS ON IMAGINARY STEERING WHEEL AND TURN.
ME--POINT TO YOURSELF
CRAZY--TURN FINGER NEAR TEMPLE AREA OF YOUR HEAD.
YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Foolishness Stupidity Insanity

Date learned: 02-04-1972

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TO LEARN HOW TO SPELL "ARITHMETIC", THE NUNS USED TO SAY THINK OF
THIS SAYING- A RAT IN THE HOUSE MAY EAT THE ICE CREAM. TAKE THE
FIRST LETTER FROM EACH WORD AND YOU HAVE "ARITHMETIC".

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Keyword(s): SCHOOL

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

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MOON BELIEF

WHEN THE MOON IS FULL, A PERSON'S HAIR WILL GROW MUCH FASTER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak
BELIEF -- Moon

Date learned: 04-26-1972

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ECLIPSE BELIEF

A WOMAN WHO KISSES THE FIRST BOY SHE SEES AFTER AN ECLIPSE
WILL GET A NEW DRESS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Subject headings: 46O
686 686.1
BELIEF -- P87O
SPEECH -- S6OO

Date learned: 03-06-1972

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