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INSIDE INFORMATION HELPS.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ASSONANCE ; OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): USEFULNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
AFRICAN PROVERB
AN INTELLIGENT ENEMY IS BETTER THAN A STUPID FRIEND.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
Keyword(s): ASSONANCE ; CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
IN THE STOCK MARKET YOU WILL NEVER GO BROKE MAKING A PROFIT - AS
SMALL AS IT MAY BE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM ONE OF HIS FRIENDS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): MONEY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-11-1971
( PROVERBIAL DEFINITION )
INTOXICATION: TO FEEL SOPHISTICATED AND NOT BE ABLE TO PRONOUNCE IT.
Where learned: THEOLOGY CLASS ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): DRUNKENNESS ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
IN WINE THERE'S TRUTH.
TRANSLATION OF
IN VINO VERITAS. (LATIN)
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): LATIN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
MNEMONIC DEVICE
ARITHMETIC: "A RAT IN THE HOUSE MAY EAT THE ICE CREAM."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): SPELLING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
UGLY IN THE CRADLE, PRETTY AT THE TABLE.
Submitter comment: THIS SAYING PROBABLY IS A NOTE OF OPTIMISM WHEN A BABY IS TRULY UGLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; SLANT RHYME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1980 ; 00-00-1950
DUTCH SAYING
MRS. HENKE'S GRANDMOTHER, WHEN DEPRESSED OR
OVERWORKED USED TO SAY IN DUTCH:
THINGS ARE BAD IN AMERICA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
CHILDREN SHOULD BE SEEN AND NOT HEARD.
Submitter comment: FROM PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-09-1967
DRESS EVERYDAY AS IF YOU MIGHT BE IN AN ACCIDENT.
Submitter comment: FROM DETROIT MOTHER AND AUNT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
THE OLD SAYING "EAT SPINACH AND BE CALM, AND STRONG,"
Submitter comment: FROM RELATIVES
Data entry tech comment: SOMETHING MISSING?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; MERCY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
IF YOU SING IN THE MORNING, YOU'LL CRY AT NIGHT.
Submitter comment:
MY INFORMANT, MUCH ANNOYED AT MY HABIT OF SINGING
AROUND THE KITCHEN BEFORE BREAKFAST, USED TO RECITE THIS
LITTLE VERSE TO ME ALMOST EVERY MORNING, ALTHOUGH,
PERSONALLY, I STILL CAN'T FIND ANY TRUTH IN IT.
WHERE MY INFORMANT HEARD THIS LITTLE SAYING IS
UNCERTAIN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
"LAUGH AND GROW FAT," IS AN OLD SUPERSTITIOUS SAYING,
WHICH HAS LED MANY TO BELIEVE THAT FAT PEOPLE ARE
ALWAYS HAPPY.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of quantity or weight PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PROVERB
IF YOU SWEAR WHILE FISHING, YOU WON'T CATCH ANY FISH.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN STEELTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 1920
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-12-1964
IF YOU TREAT A SICK CHILD LIKE AN ADULT AND A SICK ADULT LIKE
A CHILD, EVERYTHING USUALLY WORKS OUT PRETTY WELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; CHIASMUS ; CURES ; ILLNESS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Remedy PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-17-1971
ARABIAN MAXIM: TRANSLATION
IF YOU TRY TO MOVE TOO FAST, YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLE. IT
IS BETTER TO MOVE SLOWLY AND BE SAFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; CHIASMUS? ; SPEED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
PROVERB
IF YOU WANT A JOB WELL DONE, SELECT A BUSY MAN; THE OTHER
KIND HAS NO TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-09-1964
IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DONE, ASK A BUSY MAN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IF YOU WANT TO PRESERVE LOVE, YOU MUST SHARE IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVICE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-20-1967
IF YOU WASTE YOU'LL COME TO WANT SOME DAY.
Submitter comment: BELIEVED TO BE TRUE BY INFORMANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVICE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-12-1970