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PROVERB

EVERY BEAN HAS ITS BLACK.

Submitter comment: FROM HIS MOTHER.

Where learned: HOME

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; COLOR ; FOOD

James Callow Keyword(s): FAULTS ; OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-26-1967

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PROVERB

EVERY BEAST ROARS IN ITS OWN DEN.

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): ANIMAL

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 09-15-1971

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BIRD IN THE NEST

EVERY BIRD LIKES HIS OWN NEST BEST.
PEOPLE LIKE WHAT IS FAMILIAR TO THEM.

Submitter comment: MARY LOU'S INFORMANT WAS HER GRANDMOTHER, BRIDGET O'CONNER, 81,
WIDOWED -- LONDON, ONTARIO.

Where learned: DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-08-1972

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PROVERB

EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HER FATHER IN THE YEAR 1933.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

Keyword(s): ANIMAL

James Callow Keyword(s): REVENGE ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 09-20-1972

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PROVERB

EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT USED THE PROVERB IN A CONVERSATION

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

Keyword(s): ANIMAL

James Callow Keyword(s): REVENGE ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 02-22-1970

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PROVERB

EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY; EVERY CAT HAS HIS NIGHT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; CONTRAST

James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; LETCHERY ; PARALLELISM ; REVENGE ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 09-20-1972

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ITALIAN PROVERB

EVERY DOG IS A LION AT HOME.

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): ANIMAL

James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-12-1965

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A JEST

EVERY FAMILY TREE HAS ITS SAP.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Keyword(s): PLANT ; PUN

James Callow Keyword(s): HEREDITY ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 07-00-1964

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PROVERB

EVERY HOUSE HAS ITS CROSS.

Submitter comment: MISS VANNESTE LEARNED THIS FROM HER FLEMISH GRANDMOTHER.

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): RELIGION

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM ; SYMBOL ; TROUBLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-02-1967

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PROVERB

EVERY MAN IS THE ARCHITECT OF HIS OWN FORTUNE.

Where learned: DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; OBSERVATION ; RESPONSIBILITY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-15-1965

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PROVERB

EVERY OLD CROW THINKS HER OWN THE BLACKEST.

Data entry tech comment: WE BELIEVE THIS REFERS TO MATERNAL PRIDE IN OFFSPRING.

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): BIRD

James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; OBSERVATION ; PREJUDICE ; UNOBJECTIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 03-20-1968

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POLISH PROVERB

EVERYONE HAS HIS OWN MOTH THAT BITES HIM.
(POLISH) KAZDY MA SWEGO MOLA COGO GRYZJE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

Keyword(s): INSECT

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM ; SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-21-1967

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PROVERB

EVERYONE MUST EAT A BUSHEL OF DIRT BEFORE HE DIES.

Submitter comment: SEE DORSON: BUYING THE WIND NO. 351
PAGE 138
EACH ONE MUST EAT SEVEN POUNDS OF DIRT AND A HANK OF TOW PER YEAR.
I HAVE HEARD THIS PROVERB FROM MY MOTHER AND OTHER PEOPLE SINCE
DHILDHOOD.

Where learned: DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): INEVITABILITY ; OBSERVATION ; UNCLEANLINESS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 08-00-1964

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CHINESE PROVERB

EVERYTHING IN THE PAST DIED YESTERDAY;
EVERYTHING IN THE FUTURE WAS BORN TODAY.

Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA

Keyword(s): CONTRAST

James Callow Keyword(s): IDEALISM ; INITIAL ITERATION ; OPTIMISM ; WISHFUL THINKING

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-00-1969

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OBSERVATION ABOUT DEATH

THE EVIL A MAN DOES DIES WITH HIS BONES, THE GOOD LIVES ON.

Where learned: DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; OPTIMISM

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 02-26-1970

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PROVERB

THE EVIL MEN DO LIVE AFTER THEM, THE GOOD IS OFTEN INTERRED WITH
THEIR BONES.

Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; PESSIMISM

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00001964 (SUMMER)

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PROVERBAL METAPHOR

EXPERIENCE KEEPS A DEAR SCHOOL, BUT FOOLS WILL LEARN IN NO OTHER.

Where learned: DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): SARCASM

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 02-26-1970

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OLD JEWISH SAYING

THE EYES ARE THE PART WHICH PUTS MOST OBSTACLES IN ONE'S WAY.

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY

James Callow Keyword(s): GREED?

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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PROVERB

THE EYES ARE THE REFLECTION OF THE SOUL.
(SPANISH) LOS OJOS SON EL ESPEJO DEL ALMA.

Where learned: DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): "CAN'T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES." ? ; TRANSLATION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1953

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PROVERB

AN EYE FOR AN EYE, A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.

Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN.

Data entry tech comment: TRY DEUTERONOMY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

James Callow Keyword(s): REVENGE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1964

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