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PROVERB: THE LAZY AT THEIR BEST
WHEN THE SUN NEARS ITS WESTERN HORIZON IS WHEN THE LAZY ARE AT
THEIR BEST.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS AS A VERY OLD SWEDISH PROVERB ABOUT LAZY
MEN.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; ROUTE 1 ; STURGEON LAKE ; BOX 121
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-28-1970
FRITHIOF
FRITHIOF OF THE SAGA IS A WELL KNOWN LEGENDARY HERO OF MEDIEVAL
TIMES TO MANY SWEDISH PEOPLE. HE IS DESCRIBED AS A BRAVE AND
HANDSOME MAN; MANY LEGENDS AND VERSES ARE ATTRIBUTED TO HIM.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT REMEMBERS HER FATHER MENTIONING THE EXPLOITS OF THE
SWEDISH NATIONAL HERO.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; ROUTE 1 ; STURGEON LAKE ; BOX 121
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 03-28-1970
PROVERB: THINKING
WHEN YOU THINK, THINK RIGHT.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDFATHER REMEMBERS BEING TOLD THIS PROVERB BY HIS FATHER
MORE THAN SIXTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. IT WAS ONE OF HIS FAVORITES.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; ROUTE 1 ; STURGEON LAKE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
PROVERB
RED SKY TONIGHT, SAILOR'S DELIGHT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; ROUTE 1 ; FULTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB
STILL WATER RUNS DEEP.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; ROUTE 1 ; FULTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB
IT'S A LONG ROAD THAT HAS NO TURNING.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; ROUTE 1 ; FULTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB: MARRIAGE
MARRY IN RED, YOU'LL WISH YOU WERE DEAD.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; ROUTE 1 ; FULTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB
THAT WOULD MAKE A PREACHER CUSS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; ROUTE 1 ; FULTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB
YOU'D WORRY THE TAIL OFF OF A BRASS MONKEY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; ROUTE 1 ; FULTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB
RUNNING AROUND LIKE A CHICKEN WITH ITS HEAD CUT OFF.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; ROUTE 1 ; FULTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB
MARRIAGE IS MORE THAN FOUR BARE LEGS IN THE BED.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; ROUTE 1 ; FULTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB
SHE'S AS PRETTY AS A SPECKLED PUP.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; ROUTE 1 ; FULTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB
PRETTY IS AS PRETTY DOES.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; ROUTE 1 ; FULTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
HATE
THE MOST EXPENSIVE INDULGENCE IS HATE.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS WRITTEN IN A LETTER TO ME NOT LONG AGO BY MY GRANDFATHER.
Where learned: HOME ; MINNESOTA ; ROUTE 1 ; STURGEON LAKE ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
JULAFTON FOODS
SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS EVE FOODS AMONG THE MINNESOTA
SWEDES INCLUDED LUTFISK (BRINE FISH), SWEDISH POTATO SAUSAGE,
POTATIS KORV, SYLTA, FRUIT BREAD, JULKAKA (MEAT), COOKIES, AND
ROSETTES (FRIED BATTER).
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT REMEMBERS HER MOTHER AND RELATIVES PREPARING THE
JULAFTON FEAST WEEKS IN ADVANCE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; ROUTE 1 ; STURGEON LAKE ; BOX 121
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; holiday ; Swedish ; tradition
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas |
Date learned: 03-28-1970
WEAKNESS
THE THREE MICROBES OF WEAKNESS: REGRET, WORRY AND FEAR.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDFATHER FIRMLY BELIEVES IN NOT REGRETTING WHAT
IS ALREADY PAST.
Where learned: HOME ; MINNESOTA ; ROUTE 1 ; STURGEON LAKE ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
THIS DAY WE FASHION DESTINY.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS ONE OF MY GRANDFATHER'S FAVORITE PROVERBS, AND
REFLECTS HIS BASIC PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE.
Where learned: HOME ; MINNESOTA ; ROUTE 1 ; STURGEON LAKE ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
PROVERB
MAD AS AN OLD WET HEN.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; ROUTE 1 ; FULTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB
BEAUTY IS JUST SKIN DEEP.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; ROUTE 1 ; FULTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
LIFE
THE GREATEST PUZZLE IS LIFE ITSELF.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDFATHER IS FOND OF PHILOSOPHISING ON LIFE AND ITS MEANINGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROUTE 1 ; STURGEON LAKE ; LETTER TO INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-05-1970