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POLISH PROVERB
SWAJ SWAJEGO NIE SKRZYWDZI (POLISH)
ONE WILL NOT DO HARM TO ONE'S OWN
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): FAMILY UNITY ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ONLY A FOOL MAKES POWERFUL ENEMIES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ONLY A MEDIOCRE PERSON IS ALWAYS AT HIS BEST
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
THE ONLY CERTAIN THINGS ARE DEATH AND TAXES
James Callow Keyword(s): CYNICISM ; PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THEIR TOYS
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO INFORMANT IN 1969 BY A MARRIED MAN
ABOUT 21 YEARS OF AGE. THE MAN SAW IT AS A TRUE PROVERB.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME ; OBSERVATION ; QUALITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Maturity PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ONLY THE FINGERS OF A BABY CAN TIE A UNITING KNOT THAT WILL PULL
TWO FAMILIES TOGETHER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LIVES IN ASHIYA, JAPAN
Data entry tech comment:
THE ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD INDICATES THAT THE INFORMATION WAS
RECEIVED IN A LETTER
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; NUMBER
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-28-1964
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ONLY THE IGNORANT MAN BECOMES ANGRY, THE WISE MAN UNDERSTANDS.
IT TAKES LITTLE THOUGHT FOR A MAN TO LOSE HIS TEMPER, BUT IT
TAKES A WISE MAN TO COMPREHEND AND COPE WITH ANY SITUATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
THE ONLY VICTORY THAT IS LASTING AND BRINGS NO EVIL RESULTS IS THE
VICTORY OVER HIMSELF. NAPOLEON
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD INDICATES THAT THIS IS A QUOTE FROM NAPOLEON
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION ; SELF DISCIPLINE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
PROVERBIAL MAXIM
THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME MUST BE SEIZED WITHIN THE LIFE-
TIME OF THE OPPORTUNITY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; INTERNAL ITERATION ; OBSERVATION ; PROMPTNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ORDER IS HEAVEN'S FIRST LAW
Submitter comment: CONVERSATION
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
THE OTHER TEAM CAN'T SCORE WHILE YOU'VE GOT THE BALL
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION ; GAMES ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
AN OUNCE OF PRECAUTION IS WORTH A BUSHEL OF LEARNING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; OBSERVATION ; OBSERVATION ; QUANTITY ; WEIGHT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
WHEN I WAS LEAVING TO COME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT I TOLD MY
GIRLFRIEND THAT ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER. SHE REPLIED
WITH "OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND."
Submitter comment: TOLD IN JERSEY CITY IN DECEMBER, 1967
Where learned: NEW JERSEY ; JERSEY CITY
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; RETORT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dating Courtship PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 12-00-1967
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ITALIAN PROVERB
OUT OF THE MOUTH OF A DRUNKEN MAN YOU GET THE TRUTH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOL ELIMINATES ONE'S INHIBITIONS ; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
POLISH:
A PAIR OF LEGS IN YOUTH ARE BETTER THAN THREE IN OLD AGE
LEPSZE DWIE NOGI W MTODOSCI ANIZELI TRZY W STAROSCI
Submitter comment: MY FATHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBERS ; THIRD LEG=CANE ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Body part Senses Lower body, legs PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
12001969
PALEFACE '(S) BARE FEET SHOULD NEVER TOUCH GROUND.
Submitter comment: A CANADIAN INDIAN PROVERB TOLD TO INFORMANT WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PATIENCE
PATIENCE IS THE QUALITY OF THE GODS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Gods PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-09-1968
A PEDESTRIAN IS A MAN WHO DIDN'T THINK THE FAMILY NEEDED TWO CARS
Submitter comment: THIS WAS MENTIONED IN A CONVERSATION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-00-1965
PROVERB
PENANCE AND MATRIMONY ARE THE SAME
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P545.0 PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
SAYING
A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID SHE ALWAYS HEARD IT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CURIOSITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |