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ITALIAN PROVERB
PUT THE BREAD TO YOUR MOUTH
AND YOU WILL FIND AN APPETITE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FOOD ; YOU CAN DO WITH WHAT YOU HAVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-22-1968
PROVERB
POGGI SEIFEC F GHANTEC GHAX BILLI TGHATI TIEHU (MALTESE)
PUT YOUR SWORD AT YOUR SIDE - THOSE THAT LIVE BY
THE SWORD DIE BY THE SWORD.
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS MALTESE TEXT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; OBSERVATION ; THREAT ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
ONE'S SURROUNDINGS
A PERSON SOON STARTS TO TAKE-ON CHARACTERISTICS OF HIS SURROUNDINGS.
Where learned: WASHINGTON DC
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
AN OLD ADAGE THIS INDIVIDUAL LEARNED WAS "BE A BRIDE THRICE AND YOU
WILL NEVER BE A BRIDE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; BRIDESMAID? ; NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Marriage PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1975
PROVERB
"ROLL ON THE GROUND ON ST. GEORGE'S DAY (APRIL 23) AND YOU WILL
BE HEALTHY AND STRONG."
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 23 BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NO DATE INDICATED.
KNOCK KNOCK JOKE
KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
CIGARETTE
CIGARETTE WHO?
CIGARETTE LIFE IF YOU DON'T WEAKEN.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): IT@S A GREAT LIFE IF YOU DON@T WEAKEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-03-1967
(LEBANESE PROVERB)
HABIT IS A SECOND NATURE.
Submitter comment: (AS OPPOSED TO FIRST NATURE ACTS SUCH AS EATING, SLEEPING, ETC.)
Where learned: MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
HABIT IS EVERYTHING-----EVEN IN LOVE.
Where learned: HOME ; DORM ROOM ; Massachusetts ; TOLD IN ; SPRINGFIELD
Keyword(s): ASSONANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-23-1971
HALF A TRUTH IS OFTEN A GREAT LIE
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
A HALF-TRUTH IS A WHOLE LIE.
Submitter comment: ORIGIN: FA(FATHER? FROM?) WILL RYAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
THE HAND OF GOD IS NEARER THAN THE DOOR
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-18-1970
RUSSIAN PROVERB
A HAPPY FAMILY WILL EVEN TURN THE LAND INTO GOLD
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): HYPERBOLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1905
HAPPY IS THE BRIDE THAT THE SUN SHINES ON,
HAPPY IS THE CORPSE THAT THE RAIN FALLS ON.
Submitter comment: MRS. DEVEREUX LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER AS A CHILD
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
NEXT MORNING
NOCHES ALEGRES, MANANAS TRISTES; HAPPY NIGHTS, SAD MORNINGS
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
THE HAPPY WIFE
HAPPY WIFE HAPPY HOME
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO INFORMANT BY A POLISH WOMAN.
THE WOMAN LEARNED IT IN SCHOOL.
Data entry tech comment: LINES HAVE BEEN DIVIDED BY THE KEY PUNCHER
Where learned: HENDRICKSONS PHARMACY ; DETROIT ; ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ELLIPSIS ; WOMEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-25-1970
YIDDISH PROVERB
THE HARDEST WORK IS TO GO IDLE
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
Keyword(s): IDLENESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
GOOD FACE
AL MAL TIEMPO, BUENA CARA.
HAVE A GOOD FACE AGAINST BAD WEATHER
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS PROVERB IN ONE OF HIS CLASSES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
HEAVEN IS FAR FOR THOSE WHOM CHURCH IS CLOSE.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
GERMAN SAYING
HEAVEN FOR CLIMATE, HELL FOR SOCIETY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; HUMOR ; OBSERVATION PARALLEL STRUCTURE SOCIETY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
MORAL PROVERB
HE DOESN'T EAT HIMSELF AND DOESN'T GIVE ANYBODY ELSE ANYTHING TO EAT
EITHER.
Submitter comment: A TRUE MISER, A SCROOGE, THIS IS A LITHUANIAN PROVERB.
Data entry tech comment: FOR LITHUANIAN PHRASE DENOTING MORAL PROVERB SEE ORIGINAL 5X8 CARD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE
Keyword(s): PARALLELISM MORALITY SELFISH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-17-1971