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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
GERMAN PROVERB
EILE MIT WEILE ( TRANSLATED ) HASTE MAKES WASTE
Where learned: GERMANY ; REGENSBURG
Keyword(s): HASTE MAKES WASTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
PROVERB
HE WHO DOES NOT SEE THE SUN RISE, HIS DAY IS SAD TO THE END.
KTO NIE WIDZI WSCHODU SIONCA, TEMU SMUTNY DZIEN DO KONCA.
Data entry tech comment:
MY FATHER ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT AS A CHILD WHEN OVERSLEEPING.
THIS WAS IN THE BAHAMAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
PROVERBIAL APOTHETGM MAXIM
HE WHO MIXES BUBBLES AND BOOZE, WILL WAKE UP THE NEXT MORNING
WEARING HIS SHOES.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS MY UNCLE WHO IS ONLY TWO AND A HALF YEARS OLDER THAN
MYSELF. THIS WAS TOLD AT A WEDDING RECEPTION WHERE CHAMPAIGN WAS
BEING CONSUMED ALONG WITH HARD LIQUOR.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO ; TOLD AT ; WEDDING RECEPTION
Keyword(s): CHAMPAGNE ; GETTING DRUNK
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
PROVERBS
HE WHO PRAISES EVERYBODY, PRAISES NOBODY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): LACCK OF DISCRIMINATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
HE WHO GIVES
HE WHO TAKES BUT NEVER GIVES MAY LAST FOR YEARS BUT NEVER LIVES.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): LACK OF CHARITY OR GENEROSITY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
DIMPLE
" DIMPLE ON THE CHIN, DEVIL WITHIN"
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
Date learned: 00-00-1969
GERMAN SAYING
WAS DU HEUTE KANNST BESORGEN, DAS VERSHIEBE NICHT AUF MORGEN.
Submitter comment:
TRANSLATION: DON'T PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY.
THIS SAYING IS ONE THAT PARENTS WOULD USUALLY SAY TO THEIR CHILDREN
WHEN THEY DID NOT WANT TO DO SOMETHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
GERMAN SAYING
WER BOESES VON MIR SPRICHT, BETRETE MEINER WOHNUNG NICHT, DEM JEDER
HAT IM SEINEN LEBEN, AUF SICH SELBER ACHT ZU GEBEN.
Submitter comment:
TRANSLATION: WHOEVER SPEAKS BADLY OF ME WILL NOT ENTER MY HOME
BECAUSE EVERYONE IN HIS LIFE HAS HIS OWN SELF TO TAKE CARE OF.
THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS WHEN HE WAS YOUNG. THIS IS NOT SAID IN
CONVERSATION BUT WOULD BE READ OR WRITTEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-00-1977 ; 00-00-1965
STAROSC NIE RADOSC
COMMON POLISH SAYING, MEANING, "OLD AGE IS NOT JOY."
IN POLISH: STAROSC NIE RADOSC. IT RHYMES IN POLISH AND IS
USUALLY SAID AS A JOKE TO SOMEONE WHO HAD SOMETHING
HAPPEN TO THEM WHICH WAS A SIGN OF OLD AGE. IT LOSES SOMETHING IN THE
TRANSLATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1928
PROVERB
A CROWING HEN ALWAYS COMES TO SOME BAD END.
Submitter comment: THIS PROVERB WAS NOT EXPLAINED TO ME.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
TWO THICK NEVER STICK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHEN SHE SEES TWO FRIENDS ALWAYS TOGETHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 05-00-1967
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM IN VERSE
ONE THING AT A TIME
AND THAT WELL DONE
IS A VERY GOOD RULE
AS MANY CAN TELL
Submitter comment: ORIGIN, HER GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 07-17-1964
PROVERB IN VERSE
AN OPEN FOE MAY PROVE A CURSE
BUT A PRETENDED FRIEND IS WORSE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERB IN VERSE
OURS IS NOT TO REASON WHY
OURS IS BUT TO DO OR DIE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB: LITHUANIAN
DARBSCIAN RR ILGIAUSIA DIENA PERTRUMPA.
FOR THE HARD_WORKING PERSON THE LONGEST DAY IS TOO SHORT.
Keyword(s): INDUSTRY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-07-1968
PROVERB
"FREE ADVICE
IS WORTH THE PRICE."
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
FRIENDS:
A FRIEND IS A PERSON NOT TAKEN IN BY SHAM,
HE KNOWS YOUR FAULTS AND DOESN'T GIVE A DAMN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THEOLOGY CLASS
Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
PROVERB
YIIIO PANO BCIIIAE, TIIOUY TOZ PAE.
THIS MEANS, GOD BLESSES THOSE WHO RISE EARLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DIVINE PROVIDENCE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 10-09-1967
PROVERB
GOD IS GOOD AND SAID HE WOULD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 04-06-1971