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PROVERB
WER ZULETZT LACHT, LACHT AM BESTEN. THE ONE WHO HAS THE LAST
LAUGH IS SURE ABOUT HIS LAUGH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMER HEARD THIS IN ROSENBURG, GERMANY AND DETROIT. ENGLISH
VARIANT- HE WHO LAUGHS LAST, LAUGHS BEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): REPETITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
BLASON POPULAIRE
HE WHO RIDES SLOWLY GETS AS FAR, ONLY IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
GOOD LIFE SAYING
HE WHO THINKS 'GOOD', LIVES GOOD.
Where learned: SENT BY LETTER
Keyword(s): THOUGHT AND CONDUCT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
TO LOOK BEAUTIFUL
CU BEDDA VOLE PARIRE Y GUEI E PENA, DEVE SOFRIRE. (ITALIAN)
HE WHO WANTS TO LOOK BEAUTIFUL, MUST SUFFER MUCH WOE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-10-1970
PROVERB
HE WHO WASHES FACE MUST FIRST WASH NYLONS.
Submitter comment:
USED BECAUSE THERE ARE SIX FEMALES IN THE FAMILY WHO ALWAYS WASH
THEIR NYLONS IN THE BATHROOM SINK.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
AN HONEST MAN WILL RECEIVE NEITHER MONEY NOR PRAISE THAT IS NOT HIS
DUE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
APOTHEGM
HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER THAT THY DAYS MAY BE LONG UPON THE
LAND WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVEHT THEE.
Where learned: LETTER ; TOLD BY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
HONESTY
HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY.
Submitter comment: (HEARD THIS IN GRADE SCHOOL)
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-04-1967
HOPE DEFERRED MAKETH THE HEART SAD.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
SLEEP
AN HOUR'S SLEEP BEFORE MIDNIGHT IS WORTH THREE AFTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Number PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
IL BITE ILLE FUT TIN-TINE CUBUD MENSIN TINE BITU FUT KLATEE SHMUD
ER WO KADA IL BITU FUT UDABA HUMEL WAL HAD
A HOUSE THAT HAS 2 WOMEN IN 2 YRS. WON'T BE WORTH ANYTHING
A HOUSE THAT HAS 3 WOMEN IS LIKE A PIGS PEN (IT STINKS)
A HOUSE THAT HAS 4 WOMEN IS DECAYED-LEAVE
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COMPARISION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
PROVERB
HOW CAN UNINTELLIGENT PERSON APPRECIATE INTELLIGENCE IF HE DOESN'T
HAVE A BRAIN?
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECIEVED INFORMATION FROM RELATIVES IN UKRAINE
Data entry tech comment: FOR THE UKRAINAN TEXT SEE ORGINAL 5 X 8 CARD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): QUESTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 10-14-1967
POLISH PROVERB
HOW YOU MAKE YOUR BED, SO SHALL YOU SLEEP.
Data entry tech comment: FOR THE POLISH TEXT SEE ORGINAL 5 X 8 CARD
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-25-1967
HUNGER IS WORSE THAN THE PLAGUE
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
THE HURRIDER I GO, THE BEHINDER I GET.
Submitter comment: TOLD IN PENNYLVANIA APPROXIMATELY MAY 1971
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
Keyword(s): NEOLOGISMS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB LITHUANIAN
SKIEBEK, JEI NORI SUGASTU
HURRY, IF YOU WANT TO WASTE TIME.
Keyword(s): HASTE_MAKES WASTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-08-1968
AMISH PROVERB (HEX SIGN)
HURRY YOURSELF ONCE AND GET WELL QUICK
Submitter comment: THIS PROVERB WAS LEARNED ON A RECENT TRIP THROUGH THE AMISH COUNTRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
SLEEP
AN HOUR'S SLEEP BEFORE MIDNIGHT IS WORTH TWO AFTER.
Where learned: APARTMENT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
PROVERB
COLD HANDS WARM HEART.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
BLONDE
BORN BLONDE, DIE BALD
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BALDNESS ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; HAIR COLOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Birth PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-23-1968