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PROVERBIAL PHRASE
ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
ON THE BEAM
Data entry tech comment:
ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD INDICATES THAT THE INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED IN
A LETTER.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN AND INTO THE FIRE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 09-17-1970
PROVRBIAL PHRASE
OUT OF LETTUCE ( DOUGH )
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD INDICATES THE INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED BY LETTER
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
NAME
FALLING OFF THE ROOF-NAME GIVEN FOR PERIOD IN FEMALE MENSTRUAL CYCLE
Submitter comment: INFORMANT JUST HEARD THIS FROM MOTHER.
Where learned: TOLD AT ; Y HOUSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-02-1970
PROVERB
FALLING OUT OF THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE.
Submitter comment: SOUND NOT REMEMBERED.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-10-1967
FOLK SAYING
"FER PIECE OFF".
Submitter comment: SAID IN REFERENCE TO SOMEONE WHO IS FAR AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
...FIT TO KILL... (THAT IS TO BE SMARTLY DRESSED.).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
POLISH PROVERB
POLISH: "NA TO JAK NA LATO."
TRANSLATION: FAR IT LIKE FOR SUMMER.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT ONE IS AS ENTHUSIASTIC FOR SOMETHING AS FOR SUMMER.
THE WORD "SUMMER" IS ALSO USED BECAUSE IT RHYMES WITH "IT".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
PROVERB
OO CUMAN 5LOINE TE' AGTY, ONOYR NA L ANUN
TRANSLATION: FOR THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE HONOR OF IRELAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-18-1970
"OD DESKI DO DESKI"
TRANSLATION: FROM BOARD TO BOARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb BELIEF -- Weather sign or control PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-19-1967
DARK HORSE.
.... GETTING READY TO PUSH A DARK HORSE IN THE NEXT CAMPAIGN.
Where learned: THROUGH THE MAIL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
SAYING
GET YOUR FEET WET.
Where learned: Rhode Island ; NEWPORT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
LEAVING THE OTHER EAR
SPANISH: POR UNA OREJA ENTRA Y POR OTRA SALE.
TRANSLATION: GOES IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
POLISH PROVERB
POLISH: POJS'C DO ABRAHAMA NA PIIVO.
TRANSLATION: GO TO ABRAHAM'S FOR A BEER.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS USED IN REFERENCE TO SOMEONE DYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
SAYING
GRAB THE BULL BY THE HORNS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HER MOTHER IN THE YEAR 1939.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-06-1972
IRISH-AMERICAN PROVERBIAL PHRASE
WHISKEY, THE WATER OF LIFE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-22-1979
SAYING
I CAME TO THE END OF MY ROPE AND DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO TIE A KNOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
Keyword(s): DESPERATION ; METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: DATE UNKNOWN
I CAN READ YOU LIKE A BOOK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER PERCEPTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
KNEE HIGH
IF A FARMER'S CROP OF CORN IS "KNEE HIGH BY THE 4TH OF JULY," HIS
CROP WILL BE A GOOD ONE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR