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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
"FINE AS FROG, HAIR."
USED WHEN TRYING TO DENOTE THE MINUTENESS OF AN OBJECT OR SITUATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5855 MINOCK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-04-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
SWEET AS SUGAR.
Submitter comment:
USED IN DESCRIBING SOMETHING OR SOMEONE WHO IS OF
VERY PLEASANT NATURE.
INFORMANT USES THIS IN SPEAKING TO HIS WIFE. HE
DOESN'T REMEMBER WHEN HE FIRST HEARD IT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5855 MINOCK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-23-1971
Belief: Weather
Weather Belief / Rain:
Rain before seven, clear before eleven.
This is a saying used to indicate when the weather will clear.
Submitter comment:
Informant used this saying many times, claiming it to be true. He first heard it in the Navy.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P800, P890] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
DUP. of WPP
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5855 MINOCK ; Kuszynski, Robert L
Keyword(s): PREDICTING WEATHER ; PREDICTION ; Rain ; RHYME ; Sky ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |