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GOOD, BETTER, BEST
GOOD, BETTER, BEST.
NEVER LET IT REST,
TILL YOUR GOOD IS BETTER,
AND YOUR BETTER IS BEST.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
SUPERSTITION
A WHISTLING WOMAN
AN A CROWING HEN
ALWAYS COME TO A NO GOOD END.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.477 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
LOVE
I AM LOVED FOR WHAT I AM, AND I AM LOVED BECAUSE I AM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 03-12-1972
ALWAYS FINISH
IF A TASK IS ONCE BEGUN
NEVER LEAVE IT TILL IT'S DONE.
BE THE LABOUR GREAT OR SMALL
DO IT WELL OR NOT AT ALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
MOTTO USED BY MANAGEMENT AT MCDONALD'S RESTAURANT
IF THERE'S TIME TO LEAN, THERE'S TIME TO CLEAN.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): SLOGAN ; WORK REST BREAK
Date learned: 04-02-1968
GET STARTED
EL CONER Y EL HABLAR, TODO ES COMENZAR.
IF YOU DON'T GET STARTED, YOU WON'T GET GOING. TRANS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH.
Data entry tech comment: THIS IS A TRUE STATEMENT BECAUSE THE LONGER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
IF YOU HAVE A MISFORTUNE AND HAVE ONE FRIEND WHO
STANDS BY YOU, YOU ARE A LUCKY PERSON. TRANS.
Submitter comment:
I HAVE HEARD IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN,
A VARIANT OF THIS PROVERB
A FRIEND IN NEED, IS A FRIEND IN DEED.
INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
(GRAPES)
IF YOU EAT THE GRAPE OFF THE VINE,
YOU WILL NEVER TASTE THE WINE.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 02-02-1970
WHISTELING
WHISTLING GIRLS AND CACKLING HENS ALWAYS COME TO SOME BAD ENDS.
LADIES DONT WHISTLE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: CA02001980
PROVERB
TOO THICK DON'T STICK.
Submitter comment:
THE TENOR OF THIS METAPHOR IS A FRIEND; THE VEHICLE IS WALL PAPER
PASTE. IF WALL PAPER PASTE IS TOO THICK, IT LOSES ITS ADHESIVE
QUALITIES. JUST LIKE PASTE, FRIENDS THAT ARE TOO CLOSE (TOO THICK),
OFTEN BECOME ENEMIES. THIS WAS A FAVORITE SAYING OF MY GRANDMOTHER.
NEITHER THE INFORMANT NOR THE COLLECTOR KNOWS IF THIS WAS
ORIGINALLY IN POLISH.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: CA00001890S ; 01-13-1980
PROVERB
TOO FAST DON'T LAST
Submitter comment:
I'M SURE THIS PROVERB, ANOTHER OF MY GRANDMOTHER'S FAVORITES,
IS A METAPHOR. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE IS LOST. LIKE ITS TWIN
PROVERB (SQ 771820-33), THIS PROVERB REFERS TO FRIENDS. IF YOU
STRIKE UP A FRIENDSHIP QUICKLY, CHANCES ARE THAT IT WILL NOT BE
AN ENDURING ONE.
I HAVE NO IDEA IF THIS PROVERB WAS ORIGINALLY IN POLISH.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: CA00001890S ; 01-13-1980
PROVERB
SHARP ENDS MAKE BAD FRIENDS.
Submitter comment:
THIS PROVERB HAS A DOUBLE-MEANING: FIRST, YOU COULD HURT YOURSELF
ON A SHARP OBJECT, SO A SHARP OBJECT IS A BAD FRIEND. IF YOU GIVE
A PERSON A PIN OR A GIFT WHICH IS A SHARP OBJECT, YOUR FRIENDSHIP
WILL DETERIORATE. IN ORDER TO OVERCOME THIS DILEMMA, THE RECEIVER
OF THE GIFT MUST PAY THE GIVER A PENNY. BY PAYING A PENNY, THE
RECEIVER BUYS THE GIFT AND COUNTERACTS MAKING A BAD FRIEND.
THE INFORMANT DOES NOT RECALL HEARING THAT THE GIVER MUST
GIVE A PENNY WITH THE SHARP GIFT.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: CA00001890S ; 01-13-1980
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
PROVERB
IF YOUR EAR RINGS,
YOUR NAME SOMEONE SINGS.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT FIRST HEARD THIS PROVERB IN 1976. THE STYLISTIC
DEVICES OF RHYME AND METER ARE USED. INVERSION IS PRESENT IN
THIS SHORT PIECE. KEY WORDS ARE EMPHASIZED AND A CAUSE AND EFFECT
RELATIONSHIP IS PRESENT. IT IS AN "A = B" EQUATION. THE
COLLECTOR INTERPRETS THIS TO MEAN THAT SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT
YOU, IF YOUR EARS RING.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; GOSSIP ; Longing ; PREDICTION ; Relationship ; RHYME ; SIGN ; Sing ; SONG ; TALK
Date learned: 10-00-1980 ; 09-00-1976
IF YOU WANT TO BE A FOOL,
GET KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL.
IF IF I WERE YOU, I'D STAY IN SCHOOL,
AND NOT BE A FOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; EDUCATION ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
QUARRELS NEVER COULD LAST LONG IF ON ONE SIDE WERE ALL THE WRONG.
Data entry tech comment: RHYME
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP
James Callow Keyword(s): ADMISSION OF GUILT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
MAXIM
USE IT UP OR WEAR IT OUT;
MAKE IT DO, OR DO WITHOUT.
Submitter comment: NEW ENGLAND MAXIM
Where learned: NONE GIVEN
Keyword(s): FRUGALITY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
BOYS NEVER MAKE PASSES AT GIRLS WHO WEAR GLASSES.
Submitter comment: I USED TO WEAR GLASSES AND I CAN REMEMBER THIS BEING SAID TO ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dating Courtship SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00001970S
RUSSIAN RYHMES
"POSPESHISH LUDEY NOSMESHISH" ("DON'T BE IN A HURRY
OR YOU WILL DO SOMETHING STUPID AND PEOPLE WILL LAUGH
AT YOU").
"DURACK, DURACK, A UMNII" ("STUPID, STUPID, BUT SMART" OR
SMART ENOUGH TO STAY AWAY FROM TROUBLES).
"TISHE EDESH, DALSHE BUDISH" ("RIDE SLOWLY, YOU WILL GET
THERE SOONER").
Submitter comment:
THE SPELLING OF THESE RHYMES IS ARBITRARY BECAUSE THE
RUSSIAN ALPHABET IS DIFFERENT FROM THE ENGLISH ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Farmington Hills
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 12-00-1983
RUSSIAN PROVERB
IF YOU TALK TO A SMART PERSON
YOU WILL LOSE SOME BRAINS,
IF YOU TALK TO A FOOL
YOU WILL LOSE SOME BRAINS.
Submitter comment: WAS IN RHYME IN THE ORIGINAL RUSSIAN. LEARNED IN RUSSIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Farmington Hills
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 12-00-1983