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PROVERBIAL SAYING
IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT, GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN.
Submitter comment: NONE
Data entry tech comment: NONE
Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
PROVERB
WER ENDERN EINE GRUBE GRAEBT, FAELLT SEBST HINEIN.
IF YOU DIG A HOLE FOR SOMEONE, YOU MIGHT FALL INTO
IT YOURSELF. TRANS.
Submitter comment:
IN THE SENSE THAT IN TRYING TO TRICK SOMEONE, WE MAY BECOME THE
VICTIM OF THE TRICK. INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN MUNICH, GERMANY.
Data entry tech comment: GOOD ADVICE TO THOSE WHO LIKE TO TRICK OTHERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 12-04-1967
PROVERBS
IF THE DOG HADN'T STOPPED TO TAKE A SHIT HE WOULD HAVE GOT THE
RABBIT.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY HIS GRANDFATHER DURING A GAME OF BRIDGE.
Data entry tech comment: NONE
Where learned: RESIDENCE HALLS ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT CAMPUS
Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
MUCH FAVORED ' SHIT ' VERSES
IF THE DOG DIDN'T STOP TO SHIT, HE WOULD HAVE CAUGHT A RABBIT.
Submitter comment: NONE
Data entry tech comment: DO NOT TRY TO DO TWO THINGS AT ONCE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
PROVERB
IF YOU DANCE, YOU HAVE TO PAY THE FIDDLER.
Submitter comment: NONE
Data entry tech comment: YOU CAN'T GET ANYTHING FOR FREE, SO YOU PAY FOR EVERYTHING.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): COMPENSATION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
RUSSIAN PROVERB
IF YOU CHASE TWO RABBITS AT THE SAME TIME, YOU WILL CATCH NEITHER.
Submitter comment: NONE
Data entry tech comment:
IT MAKES THE SAME SENSE AS THE PROVERB, ' A BIRD IN THE HAND IS
WORTH TWO IN A BUSH.' WHICH ROUGHLY MEANS THAT ONE SHOULD BE
HAPPY WITH ONE HAS AND NOT GO FOR OTHER THINGS.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): HUNTING ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
NONE
IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY PEACHES, DON'T SHAKE MY TREE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERB
IF SPEECH WAS SILVER, SILENCE WOULD BE GOLD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY THE COLLECTOR
PROVERB
IF THE BOOT FITS, WEAR IT
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCEPTANCE ; ADVICE POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-29-1968
PROVERB
WENN DER VOGEL FRISST, SINGT ER NICHT.
IF THE BIRD EATS, HE CANNOT SING. (TRANS).
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER AND FATHER USED TO SAY
THIS TO THEIR CHILDREN TO ENCOURAGE SILENCE
AT THE DINNER TABLE AS WELL AS BETTER EATING.
INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): CONVERSATION TABU ; FUNCTION ; TALKING TABU
Date learned: 11-24-1967
PROVERB
A HOST OFFERS HIS GUEST SOME LIGHT WINE OR BEER) .
Submitter comment: (THIS PROVERB IS COMMONLY QUOTED WHEN
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
IF YOU HAVEN'T SOWN, YOU WON'T HARVEST. TRANSLATION OF
NEPASEGAS, NEPJAUSI.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FARMING BIBLE QUOTATION?
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
CLOSED BOOK
IF YOU KEEP YOUR BOOK CLOSED YOU'RE A DUMMY. TRANSLATION OF
LIBRO CERRADO NO SACA LETRADO.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): LAZY STUDENT
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY: BOOK FOR BOOKS ; READING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
IF YOU LIE DOWN WITH DOGS, YOU GET FLEAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): ANIMALS
James Callow Keyword(s): FRIENDS ASSOCIATES BAD COMPANY ; INSECTS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
RUSSIAN PROVERB
IF YOU LIVE WITH WOLVES LEARN TO HOWL LIKE A WOLF.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): ANIMALS TEMPER
James Callow Keyword(s): ADAPTABILITY ; ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
IF YOU LOOK BACK TOO MUCH, YOU WILL SOON BE HEADING IN THAT DIRECTIO
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): MEMORIES
James Callow Keyword(s): LIVING IN THE PAST ; OBSERVATION PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 12-25-1969
BED
IF YOU MAKE YOUR BED HARD, LAY IN IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PERSONAL ADVICE FURNITURE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-12-1972
MARINE PROVERB
IF YOU MUST RAISE HELL, DO IT AT LEAST A MILE AWAY FROM THE FLAGPOLE
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; TO RAISE HELL: SLANG FOR CAUSING A DISTURBANCE OR TROUBLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-24-1965
IF YOU PLAY WITH PUPPY, PUPPY WILL LICK YOUR MOUTH.
Submitter comment:
THIS MIGHT SOUND A LITTLE STRANGE, TILL YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
THE THINGS YOU DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO SEE, YOU SHOULDN'T DO AT ALL
BECAUSE THERE'S BOUND TO BE A MISTAKE SOMETIME, TO CAUSE YOUR
REPUTATION TO FALL.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): EMPLOYMENT ANIMALS DOGS
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-01-1972
OLD LEBANESE SAYING
IF YOU POUND ON WATER, IT'S STILL WATER. TRANSLATION OF
DOUH IL MAEY HE MAEY.
Submitter comment: USED BY A PERSON WHO TRIES TO GIVE ADVICE BUT FINDS IT UNHEEDED.
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-29-1972