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PROVERB IN VERSE
NO FROGS PLAY AS WELL AS THE POLISH FROGS DO
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; NATIONALISM ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NOTHING BUT MONEY IS SWEETER THAN HONEY
James Callow Keyword(s): ECONOMY ; FOOD ; VALUE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
KEEP A SMILE
QUIEN CANTA, SUS MALAS ESPANTA.
HE WHO SINGS FRIGHTENS AWAY HIS EVIL THINGS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED: THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
PROVERB IN VERSE
ON YOUR WEDDING DAY YOU SHOULD WEAR SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW,
SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE, AND A PENNY IN YOUR
SHOE FOR GOOD LUCK
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 03-20-1967
PROVERB
FINDERS,S KEEPERS, LOSER,S WEEPERS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
WEATHER RHYMES
FIRST THE RAIN AND THEN THE WIND,
TOPSAIL SHEETS AND HALYARDS MIND;
FIRST THE WIND AND THEN THE RAIN,
HOIST YOUR TOPSAILS UP AGAIN.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse in Other Group of Folklore C800.800 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 09-07-1969
SAYING
FOOLS RUSH IN WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD.
Submitter comment: FROM RELATIVES.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): FOOLHARDINESS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 10-06-1967
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
"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
PROVERB
GOD BLESS YOU,
MAY THE ANGELS KISS YOU,
AND MAY THE DEVIL MISS YOU.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD 02-22-2011
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Angel ; Bless ; DEVIL ; FEMININE RHYME ; God ; KISS ; Miss ; WISH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERB
THE GOLDEN RULE IS TO GO TO SCHOOL, TO LOVE SOMEBODY, AND NEVER
STUDY.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-17-1972
SAYING
I DON'T WANT NOTHIN' OLD BUT AN OLD BANKROLL,
AND NOTHIN' BLACK BUT A CADILLAC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Every old crow
Thinks its baby white as snow.
Submitter comment:
This proverb was told to Maryann by her Italian father,
as a way of dismissing praise given to children by
their own parents.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; SKOKIE
Keyword(s): sarcasm, humor, parental pride
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL METAPHOR ; BIRD ; COLOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001960S
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DR. SNIDER HEARD THE PHRASE:
"DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE MULE GOING BLIND,
HIT HIM IN THE HEAD WITH A LOADED LINE."
A FEW TIMES WHILE GROWING UP. HE DOESN'T REMEMBER
WHY HE HEARD IT, BUT HE REMEMBERS THINKING IT WAS A SLAVE
CONCEPT ABOUT BEATING PEOPLE INTO SUBMISSION.
Submitter comment:
AFTER TELLING THIS TO ME, DR. SNIDER EXPLAINED
THAT HIS FAMILY NEVER OWNED SLAVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WEST BLOOMFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; WHIPPING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-12-1990
COLD HANS; WARM HEART
DIRTY FEET; NO SWEETHEART
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
ADVICE TO YOUNG LOVERS
DON'T DO ANYTHING YOU COULDN'T DO ON A BICYCLE.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
PROVERB
IF WISHES WERE FISHES,
WE'D HAVE SOME FRIED;
IF WISHES WERE HORSES,
BEGGARS MIGHT RIDE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
FAR BE I FOR ME
TO PASS JUDGMENT ON THEE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Judgment ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Saying
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERBIAL MAXIM
A WHISTLING GIRL AND A CROWING HEN NEVER COME TO ANY
GOOD END.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-22-1970