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PROVERB
DO NOT BUY A PIG IN A POKE.
Submitter comment: MEANS, DO NOT BUY THINGS BLINDLY; WITHOUT SEEING THE MERCHANDICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND LEDGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
PROVERB
A CHAMPAGNE APPETITE AND A BEER SALARY.
Submitter comment:
A MEANING GIVEN BY THE INFORMANT WAS, THAT IT MEANT LIVING ABOVE
YOUR INCOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND LEDGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
PROVERB
A BARKING DOG NEVER BITES.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID IT MEANT THAT TALKING CAN PREVENT VIOLENCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND LEDGE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
WEATHER PREDICTION
IF THERE IS ENOUGH BLUE IN THE SKY TO MAKE AN OLD MAN A SHIRT, IT
WON'T RAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND LEDGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1930
WEATHER PREDICTION
RAIN BEFORE SEVEN, QUITS BEFORE ELEVEN.
Submitter comment:
USE OF RHYME WITH THE WORDS SEVEN AND ELEVEN AND REPETITION OF THE
WORD BEFORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND LEDGE
James Callow Keyword(s): PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.465 PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1930
PROVERB
LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID IT MEANT GREED IS THE CAUSE OF ALL EVIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND LEDGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
WEATHER PREDICTION
A LONG, HOT SUMMER WARNS OF A LONG, HARSH WINTER.
Submitter comment: REPETITION OF THE PHRASE, A LONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND LEDGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter BELIEF -- Measure of time Summer |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
WEATHER PREDICTION
ONION SKINS VERY THIN, MILDER WINTER COMING IN;
ONION SKINS VERY TOUGH, WINTER'S COMING COLD AND ROUGH.
Submitter comment: INTERNAL RHYME IN EACH LINE. USES AN AABB RHYME PATTERN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND LEDGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
WEATHER PREDICTION
A WHITE PARTRIDGE PERCHED HIGH IN A TREE INDICATES A HEAVY
SNOWSTORM IS COMING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND LEDGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P 68 BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00-00-1950