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PRAY FOR SUNSHINE. ALWAYS BE PREPARED FOR RAIN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN NORWALK, OHIO.
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION ; HOPE FOR THE BEST, BUT EXPECT THE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
SAYING
A PROMISE IS A CRAZY MAN'S JOY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
PUDDING PROOF
THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING.
Submitter comment:
HEARD THIS UTTERED BY BEA SHELLY, MY LANDLADY,
ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS
Data entry tech comment: BEA OBVIOUSLY HAS A FRAGMENTED MIND. (INSTRUCTORS COMMENT)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING IS IN THE EATING.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB FROM A BLACK AMERICAN
PROOF OF THE PUDDING IS IN THE EATING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD ; FUNCTION ; OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
PUNCTUALITY IS THE POLITENESS OF KINGS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): CONSIDERATION ; DEFINITION? ; PROMPTNESS ; ROYALTY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
PUPIL WHO TRIES TO PULL WOOL OVER TEACHERS EYES MAY FIND
THAT SHE IS NOT THE SHEEP THAT HE THINKS SHE IS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ANIMAL ; DECEIT ; EDUCATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
PURPLE IS A FAIR WINDING SHEET.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR ; MORTUARY RITE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
PUT ONE GRAIN NEXT TO ANOTHER AND SOON YOU'LL HAVE A PILE.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD? ; MANY A LITTLE MAKES A ; OBSERVATION ; PERSISTENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
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
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
PUT UP OR SHUT UP
James Callow comment: SIMILAR TO THE PROVERB ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ELLIPSIS ; FUNCTION ; PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD.
Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001964 (SUMMER)
JAMAICAN METAPHORICAL PROVERB
YOU PLAY WITH A PUPPY THE PUPPY WILL LICK YOUR LIPS.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SIMILAR IN MEANING TO "FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT".
DONALD LEE LEARNED THIS ITEM IN BUFF BAY JAMAICA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-31-1975
THAI SAYING
THREE DAYS FROM " NOREE " THERE WILL BE
ANOTHER (IMPLICATION OF THE FICKLE NATURE OF WOMEN).
Where learned: THAILAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD (BREAD) METAPHOR ; METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-20-1965
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PROVERB
THE HAMMER DOESN'T LAST AS LONG
AS THE ANVIL.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK
Keyword(s): TOOL METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
MORAL PROVERB
THE HANDLE HAS LOST ITS AX.
Submitter comment:
(E.G., SOMEONE WHO IS SMART IN PHYSICS WHEN HE HAS
HIS BOOKS BUT IS DUMB WHEN HE DOESN'T HAVE
HIS PHYSICS BOOK HAS LOST HIS AX)
(TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN)
Data entry tech comment: LITHUANIAN PHRASE DENOTING MORAL PROVERB
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): TOOLS METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
HANDLE WITH CARE WOMEN AND GLASS
Where learned: NEW YORK ; HAMBURG
Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
THE HAND IS QUICKER THAN THE EYE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS EXPRESSION USED
AT A CARNIVAL IN 1928.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
THE HAND OUTLASTS THE SWORD.
Submitter comment: THIS PROVERB IS ALSO A VARIANT OF THE GERMAN.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): SYMBOLS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY THE COLLECTOR
THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE RULES THE WORLD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; TOLD AT HIS HOME
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; MOTHERHOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-21-1971