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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
AN HONEST HAND GOES A LONG WAY.
Submitter comment: (LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER).
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
AN HONEST MAN IS NEITHER AFRAID OF THE LIGHT NOR THE DARK.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
PROVERB
THE HOUR OF HAPPINESS BRINGS INDIFFERENCE; THE HOUR OF SADNESS BRINGS
MEDITATION; AND THE HOUR OF DEATH BRINGS CONFESSION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CLASSROOM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
THE HOUSE OF MY FATHER IS GOOD ENOUGH AND WILL HOLD UP UNTIL I LEAVE.
A LEBANESE PROVERB
Submitter comment:
(THIS EXPRESSION IS OFTEN RECIFED AFTER A QUARREL BETWEEN PARENT AND
CHILD).
Data entry tech comment: FOR THE LEBANESE TEXT SEE THE ORGINAL 5X8 CARD.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-12-1969
POLISH PROVERB
HOW JIM ACTS TOWARDS GOD, SO GOD RETALIATES.
Data entry tech comment: FOR THE POLISH TEXT SEE THE ORGINAL 5 X 8 CARD
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): DIVINE JUSTICE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-25-1967
PROVERB
HOW YOU MAKE YOUR BED, THAT'S THE WAY YOU'LL SLEEP IN IT.
Submitter comment: OBTAINED BY MEANS OF LETTER 20181 BINDER, DETROIT
Data entry tech comment: FOR THE POLISH TEXT SEE ORGINAL 5 X 8 CARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
PROVERB
HUNGER IS THE BEST COOK
Keyword(s): PERSONIFICATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-18-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
HUNGER IS THE BEST SAUCE IN THE WORLD.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
PROVERB
HUNGER NEVER SAW BAD BREAD.
Submitter comment:
USED IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT HER LIFE AS THE WIFE OF A COAST GUARD
ENLISTED MAN WITH 7 CHILDREN.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
HUNGER WILL CHASE THE WOLF OUT OF THE FOREST.
Submitter comment: OBTAINED BY MEANS OF A LETTER
Data entry tech comment: FOR THE POLISH TEXT SEE ORGINAL 5 X 8 CARD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
PROVERB
THE HURRIDER I GO THE BEHINDER I GET.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): NEOLOGISMS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
MAKE HASTE
IF ONE IS SENT ON A "HURRY -UP ERRAND", SOME IMPORTANT MATTER , YOU
WILL BE WARNED, IF YOU FALL DOWN, DON'T WAIT TO GET UP.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD IT IN BOSTON BUT DOESN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE.
MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO.
Where learned: WASHINGTON DC
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
SAYING
IT'S LONELY AT THE TOP BUT CROWDED AT THE BOTTOM
Submitter comment: INFORMANT PASSED THIS ADVICE TO ME WHEN WE WERE STUDYING FOR A TEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
SAYING
KEEP YOUR GRADES ABOVE "C" LEVEL.
Submitter comment:
THIS COMMENT WAS PASSED ONTO ME WHEN THE INFORMANT AND I WERE
STUDYING TOGETHER.
PUN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
SAYING
MONEY TALKS, BULLSHIT WALKS
Submitter comment:
EASIER TO TALK OF ONESELF, BUT IT IS HARDER TO PROVE YOUR
ACHIEVEMENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
PUT MONEY IN ONE HAND, BULLSHIT IN THE OTHER AND SEE WHAT FILLS UP
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT WAS GIVEN THIS PIECE OF ADVICE (?) FROM A FRIEND AFTER
A SESSION OF BULL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
SAYING
YOU WILL NEVER SEE A BRINK'S TRUCK FOLLOW A HEARSE.
Submitter comment: SIMPLY STATED, YOU CANNOT TAKE IT WITH YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
OLD SAYING
HARD HEAD MAKES A SOFT BEHIND.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS, IF YOUR MOTHER TELLS YOU NOT TO DO SOMETHING AND YOU DO
IT ANYWAY (HARD HEAD) YOU MAY BE PUNISHED BY GETTING A WHIPPING
(WHICH IN TURN MAKES A SOFT BEHIND).
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; MERIDIAN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1960
GERMAN SAYING
REDEN IST SILBER; SCHWEIGEN IST GOLD.
Submitter comment:
TRANSLATION: TALK IS WORTH SILVER; SILENCE IS WORTH GOLD. THIS
SAYING WAS USED WHEN THE INFORMANT WAS LITTLE TO POLITELY TELL HIM
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE SHORES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-00-1977 ; 00-00-1962
GERMAN SAYING
DER SPERLING IN DER HAND IST BESSER ALS DIE TAUBE AM DACH.
Submitter comment:
TRANSLATION: THE SPARROW IN THE HAND IS BETTER THAN THE DOVE ON
THE ROOFTOP. TOLD TO MY INFORMANT BY HIS AUNT WHEN HE WAS TEN.
THIS WAS TOLD TO HIM WHEN HE WAS ALWAYS WISHING FOR SOMETHING MORE
THAN WHAT HE ALREADY HAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-00-1977 ; 00-00-1960