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SPIT IN YOUR EYE
TO REPRIMAND A GOSSIP THERE IS AN OLD ITALIAN SAYING WHICH GOES
NEVER SPIT UP IN THE AIR BECAUSE IT MIGHT COME DOWN AND SMACK
YOU RIGHT IN THE FACE
Submitter comment: INFORMANT USED THIS SAYING OFTEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; RETRIBUTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001964 ( SUMMER )
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NEVER SPREAD STUPID RUMORS, LET OTHERS DO THIS.
Data entry tech comment:
ON ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD THE LOCATION AT WHICH ITEM WAS COLLECTED
IS LISTED AS RUSSIA BUT DEARBORN HEIGHTS MICHIGAN SHOULD
PROBABLY BE ASSUMED
Where learned: WESTERN RUSSIA
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; GOSSIP
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1905
TANGLE TALK
NEVER TROUBLE TROUBLE
UNTIL TROUBLE TROUBLES YOU
FOR IF YOU TROUBLE TROUBLE
YOU'LL DOUBLE TROUBLE
AND TROUBLE OTHERS TOO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; INVOLVEMENT ; MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
THAI PROVERB
NEVER TRUST A COBRA, AN ELEPHANT IN HEAT, OR A LOVING WIFE
Where learned: THAILAND
Keyword(s): EPIGRAMS
James Callow Keyword(s): REPTILE ANIMALS ; SUSPICION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NEVER WALK WHEN YOU CAN RIDE
Submitter comment: HEARD DURING CONVERSATION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): "TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT." ; ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; LAZINESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NEVER WISH ANYONE BAD LUCK OR IT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU
Submitter comment: ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM THE POLISH
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; RETRIBUTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NO DOCTOR AT ALL IS BETTER THAN THREE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBER ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NO GUTS, NO GLORY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; ELLIPSIS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; BRAVERY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NO MAN IS AN ISLAND
Data entry tech comment:
ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS COMMENT WRITTEN IN THE MARGIN
THE COMMEN'T IS AS FOLLOWS- SHOULDNT THE STUDENT KNOW THAT
THIS IS A QUOTATION FROM DONNE ?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001950 S
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO, THERE YOU ARE, AND YOU CAN ALWAYS
SAY YOU'VE BEEN THERE ONCE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): TRAVEL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-04-1970
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NONE ARE SO BLIND AS THOSE WHO CAN'T SEE
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY ; OBSERVATION ; PUN ; STUBBORNNESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
SWIFTIE
NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
OF ALL THE SAYINGS IN THE WORLD
THE ONE TO SEE YOU THROUGH
IS NEVER TROUBLE TROUBLE
'TILL TROUBLE TROUBLES YOU
Submitter comment: RELATED ON 07171964 BUT LEARNED WHEN INFORMANT WAS A CHILD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INQUISITIVENESS ; INTERNAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 07-17-1964
IRISH PROVERB
OLD AGE NEVER COMES ALONE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
James Callow Keyword(s): OPTIMISM ; PESSIMISM ; RATIONALIZATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-17-1971
PROVERB
AN OLD DOG WILL LEARN NO NEW TRICKS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE ; ANIMAL ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-10-1967
POLISH PROVERB
KTO NIE MA NIE TROCI (POLISH)
THE ONE THAT HAS NOTHING LOSES NOTHING
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): OBSERVATION ; RATIONALIZATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
PROVERB
PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE SELDOM FOUND IN WOMEN AND NEVER FOUND IN MEN
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; DEFINITION ; OBSERVATION ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 01-21-1970
THREE WISHES
WHEN YOU GO INTO A NEW CHURCH (CATHOLIC)
THAT YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN IN
BEFORE, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE THREE
WISHES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MYTH
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 02-02-1970
NUMBERS
DON'T ROCK AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR, IT MEANS DEATH.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): EMPTINESS ; NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 11-06-1967
WHEN TALKING TOGETHER A PERSON SHOULD NEVER MENTION ANYTHING THAT
HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO HIM. FOR EXAMPLE IF HE SAYS HE'S NEVER
HAD A FLAT TIRE, HE USUALLY HAS ONE WITHIN ONE WEEK.
Data entry tech comment: FIRST CAUSED BY ANTICIPATING THEM AS NEGATIVES OR ZEROES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 Favorites BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 11-13-1969