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BLASON POPALAIRE
THERE ARE ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD: THOSE WHO ARE
IRISH AND THOSE THAT WISH THEY WERE IRISH.
Submitter comment: THERE IS AN OLD IRISH SAYING WHICH GOES AS FOLLOWS:
Where learned: TOLD BY ; QUESTIONNAIRE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 03-26-1971
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SINGING GERMANS
THE THREE THINGS GERMANS SING ABOUT ARE: LOVE, DRINKING
AND THE FATHERLAND.
Submitter comment:
I ONCE HEARD A GERMAN FOLK SINGING GROUP WHICH INTRODUCED
ITSELF WITH THIS PROVERB.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MUSIC
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 02-10-1970
PROVERB (FLEMISH) - WELLERISM
VIRTUE IS FOUND IN BETWEEN, AND THE DEVIL TOOK THE
PLACE BETWEEN TWO NUNS.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN THE INFORMANT WAS
VISITING DETROIT, MICHIGAN FROM BELGIUM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
WER DES PSENNIG NICHT EHRT IST DES TAHLERS NICHT MEHRT.
Where learned: RESIDENCE
Keyword(s): PENNY. ; {NO TRANSLATION GIVEN, BUT I SUSPECT "PSENNIG" IS "PFENNIG," OR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
BLASON POPULAIRE
WHAT ONE HASN'T GOT IN HIS HEAD, HE HAS TO HAVE IN HIS FEET.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
WHAT THE ESKIMO SAID WHEN HE BUILT A FIRE IN HIS KYAK {KAYAK}
TO KEEP WARM AND STARTED TO DROWN.
WELL YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR KYAK {KAYAK} AND HEAT IT TOO.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
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POLISH PROVERB
WHEN A POLISH PERSON IS HUNGRY, HE IS ANGRY.
Submitter comment:
POLISH: POLAK GDY GTODNY, TO ZTY.
THERE IS AN ADDITION TO THIS SAYING SOMETIMES.
POLISH: ... A GDY SIE NAJE TO MY SIE SPAC CHCE.
...AND WHEN HE EATS ENOUGH, THEN HE'S SLEEPY.
MY FATHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
WHEN IN ROME, EAT ROMAN CANDLES.
Submitter comment: (MEANS SAME THING AS "WHEN IN ROME DO AS THE ROMANS DO")
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): FIREWORKS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 09-16-1968
PROVERB
WHEN IT COMES TO DOING HOUSEWORK, MOST HUSBANDS GO FAR BEYOND THE
CALL OF DUTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MARRIAGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
OLD JEWISH SAYING
WHEN THE LAMB LIVES WITH THE LION, THE BRIDE WILL LIVE WITH HER
MOTHER-IN-LAW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
LIBERIAN SAYING
WHO HAS TIME TO PUT RICHARD HENRY'S CLOTHES ON MAC DE SHIELD?
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS "I DON'T HAVE TIME TO TALK ALL DAY." THIS SAYING
IS KNOWN THROUGHOUT LIBERIA AS RICHARD IS A SKINNY MEMBER OF THE
LIBERIAN CABINET AND MAC DE SHIELD IS ONE OF THE FAT MEMBERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
PROVERB
WIDOWS, LIKE RIPE FRUIT, DROP EASILY FROM THEIR PERCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BLASON POPULAIRE
A WIFE THAT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO KEEP HOUSE THROWS MORE OUT WITH A
TEASPOON THAN A MAN CAN BRING IN WITH A SHOVEL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN HER YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
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PROVERB
WOMAN'S VIRTUE IS A MAN'S GREATEST INVENTION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMONT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
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PROVERB: WOMEN
WOMEN ARE LIKE STREET CARS: THERE IS ONE BY EVERY MINUTE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-01-1969