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PROVERB
WER DEN SCHADEN HAT, BRAUCHT FURDEN SPOTT NICHT ZU SORGEN.
THE LAUGH IS ALWAYS ON THE LOSER.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GERMAN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-05-1965
WELSH PROVERB
IF THERE WERE NO HELL,
NO ONE WOULD WORRY ABOUT HEAVEN.
Submitter comment: NONE
Data entry tech comment: PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM MAXIM
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
ARABIAN SAYING
IF TALKING IS SILVER, QUIT IS GOLDEN.
"IF TALKING IS SILVER, QUIET IS GOLDEN."
Submitter comment: NONE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IF WE WERE BROUGHT TO TRIAL FOR THE CRIMES WE HAVE COMMITTED
AGAINST OURSELVES, FEW WOULD ESCAPE THE GALLOWS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
"AYA ONVAOZEGH'OE PIE' ZA' WH'ZEA N' WO'ZES IA' O'E GA'VN.
IF YOU ARE MIXED UP WITH BAD COMPANY, YOU TOO BECOME THE SAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
RETORT
WHEN ARGUING WITH SOMEONE STUBBORN, GIVE UP AND SAY "SZKODA GADACZ"
IN POLISH THIS MEANS "THERE IS NO USE TALKING."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001930S ; 02-16-1980
PROVERB
OLDER POLISH PEOPLE SAY "STAROSC NIE RADOSC." IN ENGLISH THIS MEANS
"OLD IS NO JOY."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001930S ; 02-16-1980
PROVERB
HAVE WIFE, MUST TRAVEL.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS WRITTEN IN THE DUST ON THE BACK OF A TRUCK HEADING
WEST ON INTERSTATE 94 IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN. THE TRUCK
BELONGED TO A PLASTICS FIRM BASED IN WINDSOR, ONTARIO, CANADA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
THE ONLY SURE THING IN THIS LIFE IS DEATH, TAXES, AND PLAQUE.
Submitter comment:
PLAQUE IS A SUBSTANCE THAT ALL PEOPLE GET ON THEIR TEETH, SO IT IS
INEVITABLE THAT THEY GET THAT TOO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
A NEUROTIC IS A PERSON WHO BUILDS A CASTLE IN THE AIR.
A PSYCHOTIC IS THE PERSON WHO LIVES IN IT.
A PSYCHIATRIST IS THE ONE WHO COLLECTS THE RENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
WHISKEY BEFORE BEER HAVE NO FEAR.
BUT BEER BEFORE WHISKEY MIGHTY RISKY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE ; WARNING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Food Drink C855.447 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001950S
TEARS DO NOT MELT TROUBLES.
Submitter comment: SAID WHEN CRYING OVER SOMETHING THAT WILL NOT GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001940S
IF IT WORKS RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY DONE SOMETHING
WRONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-22-1979
NOYHING IS DONE UNTIL NOTHING IS DONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-21-1979
STAY SINGLE AND RAISE YOUR KIDS THE SAME WAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S GRANDFATHER SAID THIS WHENEVER THE SUBJECT OF MARRIAGE
CAME UP OR WHEN HE JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING FUNNY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: CA00001977
AMERICAN PROVERB
THE MAN WHO NEVER MAKES A MISTAKE IS THE MAN WHO NEVER DOES
ANYTHING.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT IS A VERY ACTIVE INDIVIDUAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: CA00001975
AMERICAN PROVERB
BUSINESS NEGLECTED IS BUSINESS LOST.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT IS A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Syntax PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: CA00001970
( IRISH PROVERB )
IN ALL THINGS TWO.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS AN OLD IRISH SAYING. INFORMANT GOT THIS FROM HER FRIEND WHO'
( WHOSE ) GRANDMOTHER SAID IT. THE GRANDMOTHER WAS MARY DELAHAUTE WH
YATES ( YEATS ) WROTE HIS LOVE POEMS TO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROCHESTER
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; OBSERVATION PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
IN LOVE, THERE IS ALWAYS ONE WHO KISSES AND ONE WHO OFFERS THE CHEEK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): METAPHOR ; OBSERVATION ; REPETITION
James Callow Keyword(s): LEADING AND FOLLOWING AMONG LOVERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-05-1971
INNOCENCE IS ITS OWN DEFENCE ( DEFENSE ).
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ASSONANCE ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1968