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PROVERB
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): PARODY
James Callow Keyword(s): SEX ; SLANG: PIECE FOR SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POLISH BELIEF
GDY CHTLOP TRAWE KOSI, LADA BABA DESZCZ UPROSI.
GDY CHTLOP TRAWE KOSI, LADA BABA DESCZ REPROSI.
WHEN A MAN CUTS HIS GRASS, THE WOMAN BEGS FOR RAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME (IN POLISH) ; SEXISM ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POLISH PROVERB
EACH MAN IS THE BLACKSMITH OF HIS OWN HAPPINESS.
(POLISH) CZTAEVIEK JEST KOWALEM SWEGO SZCZESCIA.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
POLISH PROVERB
EACH ONE KNOWS BEST WHERE HIS SHOE HURTS HIM.
(POLISH) KAZDY WIE NAJLEPIEJ, GAZIE GO TRZEWIK CISNIE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED TO POINT OUT THAT NO ONE KNOWS ANOTHERS PROBLEMS AS
WELL AS THAT PERSON HIMSELF. I KNOW THIS FROM HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): CLOTHING
James Callow Keyword(s): CLOTHING ; OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THE EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL ; ZEAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
CUSTOM
EAT PORK AND LIVE OFF THE FAT OF THE LAND--EAT CHICKEN AND SCRATCH
THE REST OF THE YEAR.
Submitter comment: IN IRELAND NEW YEARS SAYING.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; HOMEOPATHIC ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-30-1972
PROVERB
ELEPHANTS, PINK, ARE THE BEASTS OF BOURBON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; COLOR ; PUN
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ; COLOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-10-1965
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
AN EMPTY BARREL MAKES THE MOST NOISE.
Submitter comment: FROM HER SOUTHERN GRANDMOTHER FOR SOMEONE WHO TALKS TOO MUCH.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BOASTING ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
AN EMPTY SACK CAN'T STAND STRAIGHT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): BOASTING ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
AN EMPTY WAGON RATTLES MOST.
Submitter comment: SOURCE NOT REMEMBERED.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): BOASTING? ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
AN ENGINE SMOKES AND PUFFS BUT DOESN'T CHEW.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A PLAY ON WORDS AND PERSONIFIES AN ENGINE.
I HEARD IT A LONG TIME AGO AT A PARTY. THIS IS USED AS A RETORT
RATHER THAN A RIDDLE. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS, I KNOW OF AN ENGINE
THAT SMOKES...
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PUN ; TOBACCO
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
PEN AND ERASER
AN ERASER IS SOMETHING YOU LOOK FOR WHILE THE INK DRIES.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUSTRATION ; IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-14-1968
PROVERB AND PUN
EVEN A BALD MILLIONAIRE HAS SEVERAL HEIRS.
Data entry tech comment:
THE USE OF THE WORD "EVEN" AS THAT OF AN INTENSIVE TO STRESS
IDENTITY OR THE COMPARATIVE DEGREE OF WORTH OF THE SUBJECT, I.E.,
EVEN A FISH, EVEN A CHILD, ETC.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-17-1968
CHILD PROVERB
EVEN A CHILD MAY HURT IF HE HITS MANY TIMES.
Submitter comment: MANY SMALL LOSSES WILL BECOME A BIG LOSS.
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PERSERVERANCE ; PERSISTENCE ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
EVEN A FISH COULD STAY OUT OF TROUBLE IF HE KEPT HIS MOUTH CLOSED.
Submitter comment: TAKEN FROM SIXTH GRADE AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): "KEEP YOUR OWN COUNSEL." ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Chimney corner wisdom, advice, humorous fortune PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-10-1970
LIKE A TURTLE
EVEN A TURTLE GETS NOWHERE UNTIL IT STICKS OUT ITS NECK.
Submitter comment: SEMINARY PROVERB
Where learned: SAINT JOSAPHAT SEMINARY ; WASHINGTON DC
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): AMPHIBIAN ; DARING ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
RUSSIAN PROVERB
EVEN THE COLDEST WIND CANNOT EXTINGUISH THE SUN.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): COSMOS
James Callow Keyword(s): HOPEFULNESS ; OPTIMISM ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1905
CHILDBIRTH
EVEN THE STONES IN THE ROAD KNOW THAT A WOMAN WHO DIES IN CHILD-
BIRTH IS DESTINED FOR GLORY.
Submitter comment:
FR. MALONY LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER AT HOME WHO IS OF IRISH
DESCENT.
Where learned: RECTORY ; HOLY NAME
Keyword(s): ANIMATED NATURE
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONIFICATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-19-1967
MORAL PROVERB
EVEN THOUGH A HORSE HAS FOUR LEGS HE STILL GETS STUCK IN THE MUD.
Submitter comment:
EVEN THOSE WHO HAVE EVERYTHING ARE STILL SUBJECT TO MISFORTUNE.
TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Body part Senses Lower body, legs PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
RUSSIAN PROVERB
EVERY BIRD BRAGS ABOUT ITS OWN SWAMP.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; EGOTISM ; SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |