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PROVERB
NOT HOW LITTLE FOR HOW MUCH, BUT HOW MUCH FOR HOW LITTLE?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
PROVERB
RULE NO. 9: DON'T TAKE YOURSELF TOO DAMN SERIOUSLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
GOD HELPS THOSE THAT HELP THEMSELVES, AND TO HELL WITH THOSE WHO
DON'T. MEANING: DO IT YOURSELF, DON'T WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO DO IT
FOR YOU. WOULD SOMETIMES BE USED AT MEALS TO INDICATE USE "BOARDER'S
REACH" OR HELP YOURSELF--INFORMAL DINING.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
MARINE CORPS
"BLEED NOW RATHER THAN IN WAR."
"THE BEST LIFE INSURANCE IN COMBAT IS TO KILL HIM BEFORE HE KILLS
YOU."
"THE QUICK AND THE DEAD" THE ONLY TWO KINDS OF MARINES.
THESE WERE USED IN BASIC TRAINING AND WERE PERSONALIZED IN THAT WE
WERE TRAINING FOR COMBAT IN VIET NAM. SO IT WAS BETTER TO "BLEED"
OR GET INJURED IN TRAINING THAN HAVE IT HAPPEN ON THE BATTLE FIELD;
IT WAS EITHER KILL OR BE KILLED; AND EITHER YOU WERE QUICK WITH
GOOD REFLEXES OR YOU WERE DEAD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT TAUGHT BASIC TRAINING AT BOOT CAMP
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
KEEP A PENNY IN YOUR PURSE SO THE DEVIL WON'T GET IN
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT STATED THAT THIS SAYING WAS TOLD TO HER ONE DAY BY
HER GRANDMOTHER WHEN THEY WERE SHOPPING AND SHE WENT INTO HER PURSE
TO GET SOME CHANGE AND SHE SAID "LEAVE A PENNY IN YOUR PURSE SO THE
DEVIL WON'T GET IN"
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-01-1972
WHEN YOU CAN'T ARGUE
DE GUSTIBUS NON EST DISPUTANDUM IS SOMETHING I SAY WHEN A
PERSON AND I DISAGREE ON SOMETHING BUT NEITHER OF US CAN PROVE
HIS POINT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
SAYING
SOMEONE WHO IS VERY OUTGOING: "HE NEVER MEETS A STRANGER."
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; MONROE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-30-1972
IT IS NICE TO BE IMPORTANT BUT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO BE NICE
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REPORTS THAT THIS PHRASE IS IN COMMON USE AMONG THE
EXECUTIVES OF THE S. S. KRESGE CO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): CHIASMUS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
BEGGARS CANNOT BE CHOOSERS
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS HER MOTHER TELLING HER THIS IN DETROIT DURING THE
EARLY 1930S
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-19-1972
TELL ME WHO YOU GO WITH AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU ARE
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD HER FATHER SAY THIS IN THE YEAR 1928
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-21-1972
HAIR TODAY---BALD TOMORROW
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS YEARS BACK PROBABLY AROUND 1928
James Callow comment:
PARODY OF HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-05-1972
TO BELIEVE IS ONE THING, TO ACT IS ANOTHER
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HER FATHER WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
EASY COME, EASY GO
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS REMARK IN THE U. S. ARMY IN 1946
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS BREVITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-04-1972
WE GROW OLD TOO SOON AND SMART TOO LATE
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HIS FATHER IN THE YEAR 1929
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-04-1972
THE HAND IS QUICKER THAN THE EYE
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS EXPRESSION USED AT A CARNIVAL IN 1928
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-27-72
A PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY EARNED.
Submitter comment: USED WHEN COLLECTOR'S TEN CENT ALLOWANCE WAS SPENT.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001950S
YOU CAN DRESS A PERSON UP BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE HIM OUT.
Submitter comment:
USED BY INFORMANT'S GIRLFRIEND AT SENIOR PROM WHEN INFORMANT STARTED
THROWING CHUNKS OF FRUIT SALAD INTO AIR AND CATCHING THEM IN HIS
MOUTH.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
IT'S NOT THE COUGH THAT CARRIES YOU OFF, IT'S THE COFFIN THEY
CARRY YOU OFF IN.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS SAID AS A HUMOROUS EXPRESSION WHENEVER SOMEONE HAD A COUGH.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
PROVERB
IT IS BETTER TO GIVE THAN RECEIVE. MY MOTHER WOULD ALWAYS TELL
ME THIS, ESPECIALLY DURING GIFT-GIVING HOLIDAYS.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
A MAN WHO KNOWS AND KNOW THAT HE KNOWS, FOLLOW HIM.
James Callow Keyword(s): ITERATION WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |