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BLASON POPULAIRE
AN OPTIMIST LOOKS AT A DONUT AND SEES THE DONUT, A PESSIMIST
SEES THE HOLE.
Submitter comment: I WAS REMINDED OF THIS MANY TIMES AS A YOUNG GIRL.
Keyword(s): DEFINITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1951
PROVERB
DUTCH: DE MAD MIT DIKA BOKO:
DUTCH: DE MAD MIT DIKA BOKA HEN HARTSA WE DO WOKA.
TRANSLATION: GIRLS WITH FAT CHEEKS:
TRANSLATION: GIRLS WITH FAT CHEEKS HAVE HEARTS LIKE FLINT.
Submitter comment: WILHELMI, LUCY M. SR.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
Keyword(s): PERSONALITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
CHINESE PROVERB
A GOOD, DECENT CHINESE WILL NEVER JOIN THE ARMY.
Where learned: CHINA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00001920'S
UNINFORMED
A GREAT MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM, APPARENTLY,
FORGET TO LET THEIR FACES KNOW ABOUT IT.
Submitter comment: NO RECORD OF SOURCE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): PEOPLE WHO DON,T SMILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 09-22-1967
PROVERB
A GROCER'S DAUGHTER KNOWS HER ONIONS.
Submitter comment: SOURCE UNCERTAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
POLISH PROVERB
POLISH: CYGAN DZIE'CMI S'IVNACZY.
TRANSLATION: A GYPSY GIVES HIS CHILDREN AS WITNESSES.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED IN CASES OF PREJUDICE. MY FATHER KNOWS THIS SAYING AS
WELL AS HIS MOTHER DID.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-20-1967
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SUPERSTITION
ON HOLMES STREET IN HAMTRAMCK, MICHIGAN, IT IS BELIEVED BY A FAMILY
OF BAKERS THAT IF YOU FOUND A DEAD OVEN BIRD WHILE YOU WERE UNDER
THE AGE OF THIRTY, YOU WOULD DEFINITELY BECOME A BAKER IN LIFE.
Submitter comment:
IT IS STRANGE FOR I FOUND AN OVEN BIRD AND I HAVE NO INTENTION OF
BECOMING A BAKER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TROY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
IRISH TOAST
HEALTH AND LONG LIFE TO YOU
LAND WITHOUT RENT TO YOU
A CHILD EVERY YEAR TO YOU
AND MAY YOU DIE IN IRELAND.
Submitter comment: ATTITUDE: TRUSTING
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR ; TOLD AT HER HOME
Keyword(s): DRINKING BLESSING WISH
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; IDEAL BIRTHDAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 01-15-1972
POLISH PROVERB
IF IT'S MY IDEA YOU'RE EXPRESSING, YOU SPEAK WELL, JOHN
POLISH TEXT NOT KEYPUNCHED. SEE ORIGINAL 5X8 CARD
Submitter comment: MY FATHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND
Where learned: DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
PROVERB
IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARDED PIGS,
YOU'LL NEVER MAKE A GOOD PRIEST.
Submitter comment: (FROM THE TIMES WHEN PRIESTS WERE ALSO POLICE-MEN- LIKE.)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
MONEY AND WOMEN
IF YOU HAVE MONEY, SHARE IT WITH MEN
FOR WOMEN ARE UNGRATEFUL
Where learned: WEST AFRICA
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE, POSITIVE ; SEXISM ; WEALTH, GENEROSITY, GIVING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
IF YOU PUT ALL THE PEOPLE IN A BAG YOU WOULDN'T KNOW WHICH ONE TO
SHAKE TO THE TOP.
Submitter comment:
IN BELGIUM, THE FLEMISH HAVE A HUGE BAG OF POTATOES IN WHICH THEY
SHAKE THE BAG IN ORDER TO GET THE BAD POTATOES OUT. THIS PROVERB
IS SAID IN REFERENCE TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ALL UNDESIRABLE.
Data entry tech comment: PROFESSOR CALLOW HAS MADE NECESSARY SPELLING CHANGES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): VEGETABLES SEPARATION GOOD AND EVIL
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
AIN'T WORTH IT
IT AIN'T WORTH THE POWDER TO BLOW IT TO HELSINKI.
Data entry tech comment: KEYPUNCHER HAS ADDED THE APOSTROPHES
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): FINLAND ; WORTHLESSNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1956
PROVERB
HAVE WIFE, MUST TRAVEL.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS WRITTEN IN THE DUST ON THE BACK OF A TRUCK HEADING
WEST ON INTERSTATE 94 IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN. THE TRUCK
BELONGED TO A PLASTICS FIRM BASED IN WINDSOR, ONTARIO, CANADA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
AN INDUSTRIOUS WIFE IS THE BEST SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
Keyword(s): MARRIAGE ; OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): BANKING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
IN GOD WE TRUST, ALL OTHERS PAY CASH.
Submitter comment: BLASON POPULAIRE AGAINST CATHOLICS}
Data entry tech comment:
ALTHOUGH THIS IS IDENTIFIED BY THE COLLECTOR AS A BLASON POPULAIRE
AGAINST CATHOLICS, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE OBJECT OF THE PROVERB IS
MORE PROBABLY BELIEVERS IN GOD IN GENERAL, AND THEN ONLY IF "IN GOD
WE TRUST" IS SAID MOCKINGLY OR SARCASTICALLY.
Where learned: SARAH FISHER HOME FOR CHILDREN
Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; CREDIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 03-00-1970
HOW MANY CALIFORNIANS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB?
FOUR; ONE TO CHANGE IT, AND THREE TO EXPERIENCE IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
TROLLS
THE PEOPLE FROM THE UPPER PENINSULA,
WHERE I COME FROM CALL THE PEOPLE
IN THE LOWER PENINSULA TROLLS BECAUSE YOU ARE BELOW THE BRIDGE.
Submitter comment:
AS MARK SAID THAT, HE MADE A HAND GESTURE ON THE "BELOW" BY PUTTING HIS HAND BY HIS KNEE, PALM UP AND
SHAKING HIS HAND HORIZONTALLY TO
SHOW THAT BY BELOW HE DOESN'T MEAN UNDER. HE WAS ALSO LAUGHING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARQUETTE
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname Favorites SPEECH -- Gesture PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-00-1980