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IT IS OFTEN SAID BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON THAT IT RAINS SO MUCH THERE, THAT IF YOU
LIVE IN THAT STATE FOR A YEAR YOU DEVELOP WEBBED
FEET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DUCK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
IT IS OFTEN SAID BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS
THAT ALL THAT SEPARATES THEM FROM THE NORTH POLE
IS A BARBED WIRE FENCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSULARISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
WHEN HE DONATES BLOOD TO THE RED CROSS, THERE'S SO
MUCH ALCOHOL IN IT, THEY USE IT TO STERILIZE THE
INSTRUMENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLISM ; DRINKING ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE PRETZELS, HE'D BE ENTIRELY ON A
LIQUID DIET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLISM ; BEER ; DRINKING ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ULSTER WILL FIGHT
AND ULSTER WILL BE RIGHT.
Submitter comment:
PICKED UP WHILE IN DUBLIN LAST YEAR. WINSTON
CHURCHILL'S FATHER WAS THE ORIGINATOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
THE REASON WHY THE IRISH AND SWEDES WERE NOT IN
WORLD WAR II?
PEACEFUL IRISH AND COWARDLY SWEDES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
REMEMBER GIRLS! THE WAY TO A MAN'S HEART IS THROUGH
HIS LEFT VENTRICLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; EASTOWN THEATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-07-1970
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BLASON POPULAIRE
A LOAFER PREFERS TO BREAK HIS WITH A HEAVY LOAD TO
MAKING A SECOND TRIP.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
PROVERB
L.S.D. IS A DRUG, L.B.J. IS A DOPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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SCHLITZ: THE BEER THAT MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS....
AND NEW YORK DRUNK.
Where learned: NEW JERSEY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
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THE SOLDIER'S BREAD IS BLOODY, THE BEGGAR'
BREAD IS DIRTY, AND THE LORD'S IS WHITE.
Submitter comment:
"LORD" HERE REFERS TO THE FEUDAL SYSTEM, RATHER
THAN TO ANY RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
SOMETHING'S ROTTEN IN DENMARK.
Submitter comment: {LEARNED IN} CHILDHOOD
Keyword(s): SUSPICION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
FINISH SAYING
STUBBORN AS AN OLD WOMAN
WHEN THROWN INTO THE RIVER
SWAM UPSTREAM INSTEAD
OF DROWNING DOWNSTREAM.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
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