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COLD
COLDER THAN A WELL-DIGGERS REAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CLIMATE
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WEATHER COLDNESS
COLDER THAN A WHORE'S HEART.
Submitter comment:
REFERRING TO THE WEATHER. USED BY MAUREEN'S FATHER EDWARD. HE IS 53
YEARS OLD AND OF FRENCH AND IRISH DESCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
James Callow Keyword(s): PROSTITUTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
PROVERB
DEATHS COME IN THREES; DEPARTURES FROM THE JESUIT ORDER COME IN
THREES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBERS ; PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
WELLERISM
'DESPONDENT DRAGONS NEVER EAT LITHUANIAN BREAD,' SAID THE
LITHUANIAN BAKER AS HE LOAFED IN THE DRAGON'S MOUTH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT BELIEVES THIS PROVERB COMES FROM THE MURKY RECESSES OF
A DISTURBED MIND AND IS, THEREFORE, UNRELIABLE.
Data entry tech comment: KEYPUNCHER SUSPECTS THIS PROVERB.
James Callow comment: KEYPUNCHER'S JOKE, NO DOUBT
Where learned: SOUTH AMERICA ; PATAGONIA ; ARGENTINA
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL ; FOOD ; PUN ; SUPERNATURAL ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
DOCTORS' PHILOSOPHY
DOCTORS ALWAYS BURY THEIR MISTAKES.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): INCOMPETENCY ; IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
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CHASE
DON'T EVER CHASE A BOY OR A STREETCAR. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ONE
ALONG IN A MINUTE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 12-00-1965
PROVERB
BETTER BORN LUCKY THAN RICH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BLASON POPULAIRE
BEWARE OF GREEKS BEARING GIFTS.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): CUSTOM
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; HYPOCRISY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
DEFINITION
CANADIANS ARE NICKLE-PLATED AMERICANS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON
James Callow Keyword(s): CRITICISM ; NATIONALISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 09-19-1969
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PROVERB
EVERY POLE IS SMART AFTER THE DAMAGE IS DONE.
POLISH: KARZDY POLAK JERT MADUY PO SZKODZIE.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY ; OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
PROVERB
EVERY TIME AN AMERICAN COMES UP WITH A NEW INVENTION, THE RUSSIANS
INVENT IT A WEEK LATER AND A WEEK AFTER THAT, THE JAPANESE MAKE IT
CHEAPER.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CHAUVINISM ; IMITATION ; IRONY ; NATIONALISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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BLASON POPULAIRE
REGARDING THE COMELINESS OF THE COEDS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
IT IS COMMON BELIEF THAT NINE OUT OF TEN GIRLS ARE BEAUTIFUL
AND THE TENTH GOES TO MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
James Callow Keyword(s): EDUCATION ; IRONY ; OBSERVATION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 686 686.1.9 PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
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
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AN ITALIAN PROVERB
NOT ON FRIDAY NOR ON TUESDAY
DOES ONE MARRY OR SET FORTH TO TRAVEL
Submitter comment: ITALIAN PROVERB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F545.0 BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-20-1967
BASEBALL TALES
OLD BASEBALL PLAYERS NEVER TELL TALES BUT ONLY LIES
Where learned: NBC TELEVISION
James Callow Keyword(s): DISTORTION ; EXAGGERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1968