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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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PROVERB
WHISTLING GIRLS AND CACKLING HENS
ALWAYS COME TO NO GOOD ENDS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM SISTER GERALD CECILIA, A TEACHER AT
DOMINICAN HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 04-08-1967
LITHUANIAN PROVERB
WHOEVER DOESN'T LISTEN TO THEIR MOTHER AND FATHER WILL WIND UP
EATING DRY BREAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 01-18-1968
LITHUANIAN PROVERB
WITH IMPORTANT PEOPLE, TREAT THEM LIKE FIRE: DON'T COME TOO CLOSE,
FOR YOU WILL BURN, BUT NOT TOO FAR AWAY, FOR YOU WILL FREEZE.
SU DIDZIAIS KAIP SU UGNIM ELKIS: NEARTI, NES SUDEGSTI, NETOLI, NES
SUSALSI.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- V220 |
Date learned: 03-07-1968
Belief: Weather
Red Sky in morning, sailors take warning, Red sky in evening, sailors' delight.
Submitter comment:
Believed-Usually holds true in our area.
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Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P890 880 800] crossed out and replaced with C880.462
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
James Callow Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | -- .C860462 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Maxim
Proverbial Apothegim Maxim:
All is fair in love and war.
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James Callow comment:
Miscellaneous grammar corrections.
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): Cliche ; Fair ; LOVE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; WAR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Superstition: Animals
Don't count your chickens before they hatch
Submitter comment:
From Friends
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Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): assume ; assumption ; Chickens ; Eggs ; Hatch
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Proverb
A whistling wife and a crowing hen never come to a good end.
Submitter comment:
Learned from youth.
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Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crowing ; FATE ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Whistle ; Wife
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Proverb
Goldfish:
In a world where all is water, who can tell when goldfish weep?
Submitter comment:
I found these words written on the wall of MRI 305 with no author.
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Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): ; Apothegm ; Cry ; Goldfish ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WATER ; Weep
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |