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UKRAINIAN PROVERB
UKRAINIAN: HA ZROGINS WANKA ROPUM.
TRANSLATION: THE GUILTY ONE IS WEARING THE BURNING HAT.
Keyword(s): EVIDENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-28-1965
PROVERB
IDLE HANDS ARE TOOLS FOR THE DEVIL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED FROM MOTHER.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
PROVERB
IDLE HANDS MAKE WORK FOR THE DEVIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROCHESTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
PROVERB
AN IDLE MIND IS THE DEVIL'S WORKSHOP.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: EARLY CHILDHOOD
PROVERB
IDLENESS IS THE MOTHER OF ALL VICES. TRANSLATION OF
L'OISIVETE EST LA MERE DE TOUS LES VICES.
EST LA MERE DE TOUS LES VICES.
Where learned: SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
AFRICAN PROVERB
I DON'T FATTEN FROG FOR SNAKE. TRANSLATED. I WON'T DO THINGS
AND GIVE YOU THINGS SO THAT SOMEONE OTHER THAN ME WILL BENEFIT
FROM IT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
I DON'T KILL A FROG TO FATTEN A SNAKE.
Submitter comment:
INTERPRETATION: I AM NOT GOING TO DO ALL THE WORK AND YOU KEEP THE
BENEFITS.
TOLD BY MOTHER AS A CHILD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
PROVERB
IF A GIRL ADMIRES HERSELF IN THE MIRROR TOO LONG, SHE WILL SEE
THE DEVIL BEHIND HER.
Submitter comment:
I ASKED MISS CLARK IF SHE REALLY BELIEVED THIS PROVERB AND SHE SAID
SHE DID BUT ONLY METAPHORICALLY.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): VANITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-27-1970
PROVERB: ANCESTOR
IF A MAN FAILS, HE BLAMES HIS ANCESTORS.
ONLY A FOOL BLAMES OTHERS IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG FOR HIM.
Keyword(s): ANCESTRY ; PLACING BLAME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
SUPERSTITION
IF A NEW QUARTER OF THE MOON LIES IN THE SKY, THE MOON HOLDS WATER
Where learned: RESIDENCE
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
MURPHY'S LAWS ( TWO EXAMPLES )
1) IF ANYTHING AT ALL CAN GO WRONG, IT WILL; IE, A CHAIN IS ONLY AS
STRONG AS ITS WEAKEST LINK.
2) WHEN BUILDING TRANSISTOR CIRCUITS, A TRANSISTOR OFTEN BECOMES
QUITE USEFUL FOR PROTECTING THE FUSE WHEN THERE IS AN ERROR IN THE
CIRCUIT. ( THE FUSE IS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THE CIRCUIT UNDER TEST)
Where learned: TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): SCIENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
AFRICAN PROVERB
I FEAR YOU YAH, BEFORE YOU NAIL ME~
MEANING: I AM AFRAID OF YOU , SO THAT YOU WON'T GET ME INTO TROUBLE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
POLISH PROVERB
IF GOD WILLS IT, THEN EVEN A CANE WILL GIVE OUT SHOOTS.
POLISH TEXT NOT KEYPUNCHED. SEE ORIGINAL 5X8 CARD
Submitter comment:
THIS GOES BACK TO THE BIBLE STORY, WHEN JOSEPH'S CANE GREW BRANCHES.
MY FATHER REMEMBERS THIS FROM POLAND..
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
PROVERB
IF THE BLIND LEAD THE BLIND...THEY ALL FALL INTO THE PIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
PROVERB
IF THE GOAT WOULD NOT JUMP,
HE WOULD NOT BREAK HIS LEG. (TRANS)
Submitter comment:
ZEIBY KOZKU NIE SKAKOTO TOBY
NOSZKI NIE ZTOMALA
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): AMBITION DARING FOOLHARDINESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
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
IF THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
IF YOU HAVE NOT BLEEDED LIKE A CALF,
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BELLOW LIKE A BULL.
Submitter comment: ( ADULTS EXPECT CHILDREN TO MAKE MISTAKES IN GROWING UP.)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BLED ; PREDICTION
Date learned: 09-23-1971
PROVERB
IF YOU HAVE COLD HANDS, YOU HAVE A WARM HEART.
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; TEMPERATURE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
NO TITLE
IF YOU BUILD YOUR HOUSE OF TOOTHPICKS, DON'T SMOKE.
Submitter comment: NONE
Data entry tech comment:
REMINDS ME OF " PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES, SHOULDN'T
THROW STONES.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-12-1965