Dr. James T. Callow publications
Browse by
Questions or comments on this site? Please email davidsor@udmercy.edu.
The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
Your search for C880.200 returned 65 results.
HIDE NOT YOUR TALENTS; THEY FOR USE WERE MADE
WHAT GOOD IS A SUNDIAL IN THE SHADE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
GERMAN SAYING
DUMMHEIT UND STOLZ WACHST AM EINEM HOLZ.
Submitter comment:
TRANSLATION: STUPIDITY AND PRIDE (ARROGANCE) GROW ON THE SAME
WOOD. THE MEANING HERE IS THAT BEING PROUD IS SYNONYMOUS TO BEING
STUPID. WHAT IS GOOD FOR ONE IS NOT NECESSARILY GOOD OR BETTER FOR
ANOTHER. WHERE YOU FIND PRIDE, YOU WILL FIND STUPIDITY.
THE COMMENT IS IN THE WORDS OF MY INFORMANT.
A RHYMING METAPHORICAL PROVERB.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-00-1977 ; 00-00-1962
GERMAN SAYING
GLUECK UND GLAS, WIE LEICHT BRICHT DASS.
Submitter comment:
TRANSLATION: LUCK LIKE GLASS BREAKS EASY. THE INFORMANT'S AUNT
TOLD HIM THIS WHEN HE WAS 12 YEARS OLD. THIS SAYING IS MAINLY USED
IN CONVERSATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-00-1977 ; 00-00-1968
GERMAN SAYING
MORGEN STUNDE HAT GOLD IM MUNDE.
Submitter comment:
TRANSLATION: MORNING HOUR HAS GOLD IN ITS MOUTH.
TOLD TO INFORMANT BY HIS GRANDMOTHER. HE HEARD THIS ESPECIALLY AS
A CHILD WHEN HE DIDN'T WANT TO GET UP IN THE MORNING. THE SAYING
MEANS TO GET UP AND NOT WASTE THE MORNING BECAUSE IT IS THE BEST
PART OF THE DAY. HE STILL HEARS THIS TODAY. IT IS EQUILVALENT
TO THE AMERICAN SAYING "RISE AND SHINE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-00-1977 ; 00-00-1963
TWO THICK NEVER STICK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHEN SHE SEES TWO FRIENDS ALWAYS TOGETHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 05-00-1967
LITHUANIAN PROVERB
RANKA RANKA MAZGOJA
ONE HAND WASHES THE OTHER
IF YOU DO SOMETHING BAD OR GOOD THE OTHER PERSON WILL
RECIPROCATE IN THE SAME MANNER
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS LITHUANIAN TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-18-1968
PROVERB
FRIENDS ARE LIKE DIAMONDS
PRECIOUS AND RARE
FALSE ONES LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES
FOUND EVERYWHERE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
REALITY
GRASS DOESN'T GROW ON A BUSY STREET.
Submitter comment: HIS FATHER ALWAYS SAYS THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; YPSILANTI
Keyword(s): INDUSTRY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
"GOSE W DOMER, BOG W DOMII."
TRANSLATION: A GUEST IN THE HOUSE-GOD IN THE HOUSE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-01-1969
MOTTO USED BY MANAGEMENT AT MCDONALD'S RESTAURANT
IF THERE'S TIME TO LEAN, THERE'S TIME TO CLEAN.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): SLOGAN ; WORK REST BREAK
Date learned: 04-02-1968
PROVERB
MEHWE BKYCUW, CKOPWE IUKHEW. ( UKRAINIAN )
IF YOU BITE LESS OFF, YOU'LL SWALLOW IT FASTER. TRANSLATION.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM RELATIVES IN UKRAINE.
THIS REFERS TO NOT ATTEMPTING MORE THAN YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): AMBITION ; EATING METAPHOR ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 10-14-1967
PROVERB
EINEM GESCHENKTEN GAUL SIEHT MAN NICHT INS MAUL.
IF YOU HAVE A HORSE GIVEN TO YOU, DO NOT LOOK HIM IN THE MOUTH. TRAN
IN THE SENSE THAT YOU CAN NOT BE TOO
CRITICAL OF WHAT YOU GET FOR NOTHING.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
IF YOU HAVE A MISFORTUNE AND HAVE ONE FRIEND WHO
STANDS BY YOU, YOU ARE A LUCKY PERSON. TRANS.
Submitter comment:
I HAVE HEARD IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN,
A VARIANT OF THIS PROVERB
A FRIEND IN NEED, IS A FRIEND IN DEED.
INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
(GRAPES)
IF YOU EAT THE GRAPE OFF THE VINE,
YOU WILL NEVER TASTE THE WINE.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 02-02-1970
PROVERB.
KAD NE VARGAI IR BEDOS, TAI BUTIZ VIS KALEDOS.
IF IT WASN'T FOR TROUBLES AND WORRIES, IT WOULD ALWAYS BE CHRISTMAS.
Submitter comment: LITHUANIAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HAPPINESS ; PROBLEMS.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
PROVERB
LARGER SHIPS
MAY VENTURE MORE.
LITTLE BOATS
MUST STAY NEAR SHORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION FOR CONTRAST ; CONTRAST ; RIME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 07-17-1964
BIRD PROVERB (SPANISH)
IN LAST YEAR'S NESTS THERE ARE NO BIRDS TODAY.
TRANSLATION OF
SPANISH TEXT NOT KEYPUNCHED. SEE ORIGINAL 5 X 8 INCH CARD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): METAPHOR ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
HEALTH PROVERB
AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY.
Submitter comment:
SUPPOSEDLY, ALL THE NUTRIENTS OF AN APPLE WILL KEEP YOU
HEALTHY. THIS IS NOT TRUE FOR ME BECAUSE I'M HYPOGLYCEMIC,
AND I CAN'T EAT FOODS HIGH IN CARBOHYDRATES--SUCH AS APPLES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY: DOCTOR FOR DISEASE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001960S
IF IT TOUCHES YOUR LIPS, IT GOES ON YOUR HIPS.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS IF YOU EAT SOMETHING "FATTENING," YOU'LL GAIN
WEIGHT IN YOUR HIP AREA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DIET ; METONYMY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
SHE WHO INDULGES, BULGES.
Submitter comment: IF YOU EAT TOO MUCH, YOU'LL GET "OUT OF SHAPE."
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-19-1984