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SAYING
I DON'T WANT NOTHIN' OLD BUT SOME OLD CROW
OR SOME OLD TAYLOR (LIQUORS).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
KNEE HIGH
IF A FARMER'S CROP OF CORN IS "KNEE HIGH BY THE 4TH OF JULY," HIS
CROP WILL BE A GOOD ONE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
IF A MAN COULD HAVE HALF OF HIS WISHES, HE WOULD DOUBLE HIS TROUBLES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): GREED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
PROVERB
IF A MAN HAS NINE TRADES , HIS TENTH ONE WILL BE STARVATION
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE
Keyword(s): JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
IF A MAN TELLS YOU HE SAW A WHITE CROW , DON T ARGUE WITH HIM.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
MURPHY'S LAWS ( TWO EXAMPLES )
1) IF ANYTHING AT ALL CAN GO WRONG, IT WILL; IE, A CHAIN IS ONLY AS
STRONG AS ITS WEAKEST LINK.
2) WHEN BUILDING TRANSISTOR CIRCUITS, A TRANSISTOR OFTEN BECOMES
QUITE USEFUL FOR PROTECTING THE FUSE WHEN THERE IS AN ERROR IN THE
CIRCUIT. ( THE FUSE IS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THE CIRCUIT UNDER TEST)
Where learned: TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): SCIENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
WORTH DOING WELL
IF ANYTHING IS WORTH DOING , ITS WORTH DOING WELL.
Submitter comment: READ THIS IN GRADE SCHOOL
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): PRIDE IN WORKMANSHIP
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-04-1967
PROVERB
IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED TRY, TRY AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DISCOURAGEMENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
STRAIGHT DOUBLE TALK PROVERB
IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN DON'T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): CIRCULAR REASONING ; ROUND
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
IF THE POOR TAKES TOO MUCH FROM THE RICH
THEN THE RICH BECOME POOR.
Submitter comment: RICH MAN PROVERB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CHIASMUS ; REVERSAL OF SITUATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
KINDNESS
IF YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT A PERSON, DON'T SAY ANYTHING
AT ALL
Submitter comment: NONE
Data entry tech comment: THIS IS JUST A WAY OF COMMON DECENCY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-20-1968
PROVERB
IF YOU CAN'T FIND TIME TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT,HOW ARE YOU GOING
TO FIND TIME TO DO IT OVE.
Submitter comment: SOURCE NOT KNOWN.
Data entry tech comment:
GOOD ADVICE TO PEOPLE WHO NEED TO TAKE THINGS AT A SLOWER PACE,AND
TAKE TIME TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.
Where learned: HOME ; BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): RHETORICAL QUESTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-15-1967
SEPERATION OF FRIENDS
IF YOU ARE WALKING DOWN THE STREET WITH SOMEONE AND YOU SEPERATE
TO GO AROUND A POLE OR OBSTACLE, YOU ARE GOING TO FIGHT.
Submitter comment: COULDN'T REMEMBER WHERE SHE HAD LEARNED THIS.
Data entry tech comment:
THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME AND A FRIEND OF MINE WHO IS NO LONGER
SPEAKING TO ME BECAUSE OF A FIGHT. WE WERE SEPERATED BY A PARKED
CAR, AND THIS COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE CAUSE OF OUR FIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FIGHTS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
IF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN THINGS, YOU CAN'T TAKE CARE
OF ANOTHER'S
Submitter comment: NONE
Data entry tech comment:
THIS IS TRUE BECAUSE IF YOU CAN'T TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN PROBLEMS
HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY TAKE CARE OF SOMEONE ELSE'S.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
PROVERBS
IF YOU DON'T LOOK OUT FOR YOURSELF, NOBODY ELSE WILL.
Submitter comment: NONE
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
PROVERB
IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM, JOIN THEM.
Data entry tech comment: IF YOU CAN'T BE A WINNER, THEN JOIN THE GROUP.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1956
BELIEF
MIT GOTT FANG AN MIT GOTT IST ALLES WOHLGETAN.
IF YOU DON'T FORGET GOD IN YOUR DAILY TASKS, EVERYTHING WILL
COME OUT WELL. TRANSLATION.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS MARTIN LUTHER WAS FIRST TO POPULARIZE THIS
PROVERB. THIS VERY OLD GERMAN SAYING IS FOUND IN MANY BOOKS
EITHER HAND WRITTEN OR ENTERED BY THE PRINTER. IN FACT INFORMANT
SAID THIS SAYING APPEARED IN HER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN'>
TEXT BOOKS AFTER W.W. II IN MUNICH GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; WORLD WAR II
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
NONE
IF YOU CAN'T BE GOOD, BE CAREFUL.
Where learned: NOT LISTED
Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
PROVERB
A HOST OFFERS HIS GUEST SOME LIGHT WINE OR BEER) .
Submitter comment: (THIS PROVERB IS COMMONLY QUOTED WHEN
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
PROVERB
IF YOU EAT ALL YOUR FOOD,
IT WILL BE A FAIR DAY TOMORROW.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A ROUGH TRANSLATION OF A GERMAN PROVERB.
Where learned: DORM ROOM
James Callow Keyword(s): PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |