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NEVER GIVE UP ON A SURE THING.
Submitter comment:
THIS CAN BE INTERPRETED TO MEAN DO NOT BUY A NEW CAR WHEN YOUR
OLD CAR IS STILL WORKING GOOD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
DON'T LET GOING TO SCHOOL INTERFERE WITH YOUR EDUCATION.
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS MY FIRST SEMESTER AT COLLEGE FROM MY ROOMMATE.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1978
PROVERBIAL MAXIM
IF YOU CHEAT AND LOSE, THERE WAS NO SENSE IN CHEATING. IF YOU
CHEAT AND WIN, THERE WAS NO SENSE IN PLAYING.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT REMEMBERED THIS AS A WELL-KNOWN SAYING IN HER
FAMILY, BUT IT IS OF NO PARTICULAR ETHNIC ORIGIN.
THIS PROVERB IS USED TO PREVENT CHILDREN FROM GETTING INTO THE
HABIT OF CHEATING AND TO CORRECT THEM WHEN CAUGHT CHEATING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLINTON TOWNSHIP
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1982
THERE IS SAFETY IN SLOWNESS, AND REGRET IN RUSH.
Submitter comment:
THE PROVERB MEANS THAT A PERSON SHOULD NOT RUSH, OR HE WILL BE SORRY
MY INFORMANT LEARNED THE PROVERBS IN THE 1960S.
I LEARNED THE ITEMS FROM MY INFORMANT IN 1982.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1982
A PERSON WHO BUYS WHAT HE DOES NOT NEED, SELLS WHAT HE NEEDS.
Submitter comment:
THIS PROVERB MEANS THAT A PERSON SHOULD NOT BUY USELESS ITEMS, OR
ELSE HE WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY WHAT HE TRULY NEEDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1982
THE LONGER YOU LIVE THE MORE YOU SEE WHAT YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN.
Submitter comment:
THIS PROVERB MEANS THAT AS A PERSON GETS OLDER, HE BEGINS TO
UNDERSTAND CONCEPTS THAT PREVIOUSLY HE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1982
POLISH SAYING
A COTTAGE POOR BUT CLEAN.
Submitter comment: THE POLISH ALWAYS HAVE A CLEAN, WELL KEPT HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Farmington Hills
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-00-1983
POLISH SAYING
AS LIFE, SO DEATH.
(AS YOU LIVE, SO YOU WILL DIE.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Farmington Hills
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-00-1983
POLISH SAYING IN RHYME
"STARDUSH NE ARDUSH"
OLD AGE ISN'T A PLEASURE
Submitter comment: I DON'T KNOW IF THE SPELLING OF THE POLISH IS CORRECT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Farmington Hills
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-00-1983
POLISH SAYING
WHEN THERE ARE TWO COOKS THERE IS NOTHING.
(TOO MANY WORKING AT A JOB WILL SPOIL IT.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Farmington Hills
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-00-1983
POLISH SAYING
LIVE, NOT DIE.
(ONE SAYS THIS TO SOMEONE WHO IS HAVING A GOOD TIME SO
THAT HE WILL NOT GET CARRIED AWAY.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Farmington Hills
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-00-1983
OLD-SAYING
IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO IT, DO IT RIGHT!
Where learned: NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1983
SAYINGS
WHEN IT RAINS TURN OFF ALL ELECTRICTY, SIT QUIETLY, AND LET THE
LORD DO HIS WORK.
Where learned: NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
CHINESE PROVERB
GIVE A MAN A FISH, YOU FEED HIM FOR A DAY,
TEACH A MAN TO FISH AND YOU WILL FEED HIM FOR LIFE.
Submitter comment:
TEACH MEN TO BE INDEPENDENT AND SELF-SUFFICIENT,
HELP OTHERS HELP THEMSELVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001960S
ARABIC PROVERB
THI HICK BILLEH SEBAP MIN KILLITIL ADEP.
TRANSLATED: LAUGHTER FOR NO REASON IS BAD MANNERS.
Submitter comment:
WHEN SOMEONE IS CAUGHT LAUGHING WITHOUT SOMETHING
TO LAUGH ABOUT, THIS PROVERB IS STATED WHICH MEANS
THAT SOMEONE LACKS SOCIAL MANNERS AND ETIQUETTE.
COULD ALSO BE A CURSE, WHAT ONE LAUGHED ABOUT WILL
EVENTUALLY HAUNT THEM BECAUSE IT IS SECRET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001960S
YOU KNOW ONLY WHOM YOU LOVE, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHO LOVES YOU.
Where learned: NIGERIA ; LAGOS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
THERE IS NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT INTERPRETED THE PROVERB THAT, EVERY CRISES HAVE A
CAUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CRISIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
NEW RIVER, NEW FISH.
Submitter comment: THE ABOVE PROVERB MEANS NEW GENERATION, NEW IDEA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
PROSPERITY ATTRACTS FRIENDS, POVERTY DRIVES THEM AWAY.
Where learned: NIGERIA ; KADUNA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
CHILDREN SHOULD BE SEEN AND NOT HEARD.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER FROM EURPOE USED TO ALWAYS
TELL MY BROTHER'S AND I THIS WHEN COMPANY
WAS COMING OVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1984