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PROVERB
FINE WORDS BUTTER NO PARSNIPS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-10-1964
PROVERB FINGERS WERE MADE BEFORE FORKS.
Where learned: NOT ENTERED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
FISH AND VISITORS SMELL IN THREE DAYS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM ONE OF HER FRIENDS.
Where learned: LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; 4001 W MCNICHOLS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
ITALIAN PROVERB
MARINARO QUE DORME, NO PRENDE PISCE.
Submitter comment:
LITERALLY TRANSLATED, PHRASE MEANS: A FISHERMAN WHO SLEEPS WILL NOT
CATCH FISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-22-1968
PROVERB
FLY PLEASURES AND THEY,LL FOLLOW YOU.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
FOOLS MAKE FEASTS, WISE MEN EAT THEM.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ASSONANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
PROVERB
FOOLS MAKE FEASTS AND WISE MEN EAT THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ASSONANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERB
THE FOOL ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP HAS A BETTER VIEW THAN THE WISE MEN
IN THE VALLEY.
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1970
PROVERB
FOOLS RUSH IN WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-10-1964
PROVERB
THE FOOT ON THE CRADLE AND THE HAND ON THE DISTAFF IS THE SIGN OF A
GOOD HOUSEWIFE.
Submitter comment: SPANISH SAYING
Where learned: MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): MOTHERHOOD ; SPINNING WHEEL ; SYMBOLS ; WORK, INDUSTRY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
POLISH: "FARTUNA KOTEM SIE TOCZY"
TRANSLATION: "FORTUNE TURNS AS A WHEEL" MEANING THAT IT HAS
ITS UPS AND DOWNS. I KNOW THIS FROM HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
PROVERB
FOUR ARMS ARE BETTER THAN TWO.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
RUSSIAN PROVERB
FREEDOM FOR A BIRD IS MUCH NICER THAN TO BE IN A GOLDEN CAGE.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- V244 |
PROVERB
A FRIEND IS A PRESENT YOU GIVE YOURSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEFINITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
FRIEND:
FRIENDSHIP IS A GOLDEN KNOT, TIED BY AN ANGEL'S HAND.
Submitter comment:
HELEN CATLIN OF TOLEDO OHIO, SENT THE ABOVE, TAKEN FROM HER NINETY
YEAR OLD MOTHER'S AUTOGRAPH ALBUM, TO BUD GUEST'S SUNNY-SIDE-OF-THE-
STREET-PROGRAM. I RECEIVED A CARBON COPY OF THE SCRIPT FROM WHICH
MRS. GUEST READ IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
POLISH PROVERB
POLISH: ZIUILKIEJ CHMURY, MATY DESZAZ.
TRANSLATION: FROM A BIG CLOUD, LITTLE RAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
PROVERB
FROM A SLIVER OF WOOD, YOU CAN PILE UP A WHOLE WAGON.
Submitter comment: THIS STATEMENT IS CONCERNING GOSSIP. (TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
PROVERB
FROM A LARGE CLOUD COMES A SMALL RAIN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
"OD DESKI DO DESKI"
TRANSLATION: FROM BOARD TO BOARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb BELIEF -- Weather sign or control PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-19-1967
MORAL PROVERB ("PRIEZ ADSIAI")
FROM THAT STRAW YOU'LL NEVER GET ANY GRAIN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971