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PROVERB
GO TO BED LATE, STAY VERY SMALL
GO TO BED EARLY, GROW VERY TALL.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; RISING AND RETIRING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-17-1964
PROVERB
THE GREAT AWAKENING FOLLOWS THE GREAT ASLEEPING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; EASTOWN THEATRE
Keyword(s): WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-07-1970
SAYING
GREAT MINDS DISCUSS IDEAS,
ORDINARY MINDS DISCUSS EVENTS,
SMALL MINDS DISCUSS PEOPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERB
THE GREATEST MISTAKE YOU CAN MAKE IN LIFE IS TO BE CONTINUALLY FEARI
YOU WILL MAKE ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-09-1964
LIFE
THE GREATEST PUZZLE IS LIFE ITSELF.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDFATHER IS FOND OF PHILOSOPHISING ON LIFE AND ITS MEANINGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROUTE 1 ; STURGEON LAKE ; LETTER TO INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
SAYING
A GREEN CHRISTMAS MAKES A FULL GRAVEYARD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS MOTHER WHO SAID THE SAYING WAS USED
IN DUNDEE, SCOTLAND, WHERE SHE LIVED UNTIL SHE WAS AROUND THIRTY YEA
OLD. INFORMANT,S MOTHER CAME TO AMERICA IN 1912, THREE YEARS AFTER
THE INFORMANT WAS BORN.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
PROVERB
GREEN MARCH, POOR HARVEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Measure of time Month PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-18-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
GROWING OLD IS BAD UNTIL YOU CONSIDER THE ALTERNATIVE.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): OLD AGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-11-1971
PROVERB
EVEN IF WE STUDY TO OLD AGE WE SHALL NOT FINISH LEARNING.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT GOT THIS PROVERB FROM A FORTUNE COOKIE IN A RESTURANT
IN CHINA TOWN IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. SHE HAS REMEMBERED IT
SINCE THEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
DID YOU KNOW THAT AMERICAN ENDS IN "I CAN"?
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS LEARNED BY THE INFORMANT WHEN SHE WAS IN FIFTH GRADE AT ST
MICHAEL'S SCHOOL IN SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN. SHE RECITED IT, ALONG WIT
OTHER SAYINGS, EVERY DAY BEFORE HER MATH CLASS. THE TEACHER'S NAME
WAS SISTER CONRADIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
IRISH PROVERB
IT IS AN ILL WIND THAT DOESN'T BLOW SOMEBODY GOOD
ISE OLE AN GAOTH NA SEIDEANN DO DHUINE EIGIN
Submitter comment:
THE ABOVE IS GAELIC. WHEN I ASKED MY UNCLE ED LAWTON TO GIVE ME AN
IRISH PROVERB, HE REALLY GAVE ME AN IRISH PROVERB.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-22-1979
IRISH PROVERB
IF YOU CARRY SOMETHING A LONG WAY YOU GET TIRED
OF CARRYING IT.
A BIG SHEEP IS THE LAMB IN THE LONG DISTANCE
CAORA MOR AN T-UAN I BEAD
Submitter comment: SEE COMMENT ON ITEM 26
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-22-1979
IRISH PROVERB
DON'T BE AN ONSEACH
Submitter comment: ONSEACH MEANS DUMMY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-22-1979
TO ERR IS HUMAN BUT TO REALLY SCREW THINGS UP REQUIRES A COMPUTER.
Data entry tech comment: I'M SUPRISED THAT THE COMPUTER DIDN'T REJECT THIS CARD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RESIDENCE HALLS
Keyword(s): HUMOR
James Callow Keyword(s): MODERN FOLKLORE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-07-1970
PROVERB
THE IDEAL INCOME IS A THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY AND EXPENSES.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-24-1965
PROVERB
IDLENESS IS THE BEGINNING OF ALL LUST. TRANSLATION OF
MUISSIGGANG IST ALLER LASTER ANFANG.
Where learned: OFFICE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
IDLENESS IS THE MOTHER OF ALL EVIL. TRANSLATION OF
MUESSIGANG IST ALLER LASTER ANFANG.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN ROGENSBERG, GERMANY. AS A CHILD IN
FERNDALE, MICHIGAN, I HEARD SOMETHING SIMILAR. AN IDLE MIND IS A
DEVIL,S WORKSHOP. INFORMANT SAID THIS IS THE GENERAL MEANING OF
THIS PROVERB.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-04-1967
PROBERB
I'D GIVE $1000 TO BE A MILLIONAIRE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
I DON'T KILL A FROG TO FATTEN A SNAKE.
Submitter comment:
INTERPRETATION: I AM NOT GOING TO DO ALL THE WORK AND YOU KEEP THE
BENEFITS.
TOLD BY MOTHER AS A CHILD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
SAYING
I DON'T WANT NOTHIN' OLD BUT AN OLD BANKROLL,
AND NOTHIN' BLACK BUT A CADILLAC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR