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WHEN FISH BITE BEST = A FIESTA
WHEN FISH BITE LEAST = A SIESTA
Where learned: TOLD AT HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 02-10-1970
WHEN HE HAS MORE THAN HE CAN EAT,
TO FEED A STRANGER'S NOT A FEAT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN NORWALK, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
WHEN IN WORRY WHEN IN DOUBT RUN IN CIRCLES, SCREAM AND SHOUT.
Submitter comment:
SAID BY MEMBERS OF OUR FAMILY WHEN THINGS SEEM TO BE A LITTLE
TOO MUCH TO TAKE.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
LITHUANIAN PROVERB
WHEN THERE IS NO ONE TO HELP, YOU HAVE TO DO IT YOURSELF.
KAD NERA KAM, REIK DIRBTI PACIAM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 03-08-1968
GERMAN PROVERB
WHERE YOU FIND NICE SONGS
THERE YOU FIND NICE PEOPLE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN MUNICH, GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
PROVERB: NEVER A QUARREL
WHERE SISTERS DWELL AND BROTHERS MEET, QUARREL SHOULD NEVER COME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
PROVERBIAL SAYING
A WHISTLING WOMAN AND A BLEATING SHEEP ARE THE TWO BEST THINGS A
FARMER CAN KEEP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
POLISH PROVERB
WHOEVER GETS UP EARLY,
GOD GIVES HIM THE MOST.
KTO RANO STAJE,
TEMU PAN BOG DAJE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT STRONGLY BELIEVES IN THIS PROVERB.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
PROVERB: THE FOOL SUCCEEDS
THE WISE MAN SAID IT COULD NOT BE DONE, BUT THE FOOL DID IT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT REMEMBERED THIS FROM HER YOUTH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GERMAN PROVERB
WITHOUT AMBITION, YOU WON'T SUCCEED.
OHNE FLEISS, KEIN PREIS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
LITHUANIAN PROVERB
WITH WHOMEVER YOU GO, SO WILL YOU BE.
SU KUO SUTAPSI, TUO IR PATS PATAPSI.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 03-08-1968
Maxim
Early to Bed:
Early to Bed, early to rise,
makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Submitter comment:
Heard this when I was a child.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Keyword(s): Awake ; HEALTH ; Lifestyle ; Maxim ; SLEEP ; WEALTH ; WISDOM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Parallel Structure:
Give the world the best you can and the best will come back to you.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): Ability ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Return
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
An open foe may prove a curse but a pretended friend is worse.
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates adn Other Rejects
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): CURSE ; ENEMY ; Fake ; Foe ; Friend ; HYPOCRISY ; pretend
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Early to bed and early to rise makes you healthy, wealthy and wise.
Submitter comment:
Informant was told this by her mother in the year 1920.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Rise ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; WISDOM ; Wise
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Whistling women and crowing hens are bound to come to some bad end.
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crow ; FATE ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle ; WOMEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Early to bed, Early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: HOME ;
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Rise ; TIME ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; WISDOM ; Wise
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
"Oh! What tangled webs we weave when first we practice to deceive."
Data entry tech comment:
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Submission is a direct quote from Sir Walter Scott, a Scottish Novelist (1771-1832): Marmion, Canto vi, Stanza 17.
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300, V:C880.300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Consequence ; Deceive ; Deception ; Lie ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Quote ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Web
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
"Easy come, easy go."
Submitter comment:
Informant received information from various relatives in Ukraine.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A whistling girl and a crowing hen, both come to a bad end.
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300, C880.300] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crow ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |