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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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BLASON POPULAIRE
WHAT DOES BOAC STAND FOR?
Submitter comment: BETTER ON A CAMEL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
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MERRY OLD ENGLAND.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHENEVER HE TALKS OF ENGLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
BLOODY ENGLISHMEN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHEN HE TALKS OF ENGLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
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PROVERB
VECCHIA CON LE CALZE ROSE. WITH OLD AGE YOU WEAR RED SOCKS.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS ITALIAN, USUALLY SAID WHEN AN OLDER PERSON IS OBVIOUSLY
TRYING TO LOOK YOUNGER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
ARMY ESKIMO RHYME
"I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD, ESKIMO GIRLS ARE
MIGHTY COLD"... U. S. SERVICEMEN IN ALASKA DURING THE FIFTIES
DEVELOPED THIS LITTLE RHYME TO EXPLAIN HOW THINGS WERE
IN FAIRBANKS, ALASKA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TROY
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- War cries PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 04-00-1979
"AMERICAN TREAT"
IN THE NETHERLANDS, WHEN A GROUP GOES OUT AND EVERYONE PAYS
THEIR OWN EXPENSES, IT IS CALLED AN "AMERICAN TREAT". THE
SAME AS IN THE STATES THEY CALL IT GOING "DUTCH".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 04-00-1979 ; 00-00-1974
PROVERB
WOMEN HAVE SEVENTY-SEVEN THOUGHTS AT ONCE.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS SAID THIS.
SEXIST COMMENT, ANTI-FEMINISM
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): THINKING
Date learned: 01-00-1979
REGIONAL NAME FOR TOURISTS
IN ST. IGNACE, MICHIGAN, TOURISTS VISITING NEARBY MACKINAC ISLAND
ARE CALLED "FUDGIES" BY THE LOCAL RESIDENTS BECAUSE OF THE
FUDGE SOLD ON THE ISLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT IGNACE
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname SPEECH -- FamilyGroup PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
OLD FISHERMEN NEVER DIE, THEY JUST SMELL THAT WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
OLD MEN AND OLD WOMEN MAKE GOOD SOUP
Submitter comment: SAID IN REFERENCE TO CHAPERONES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
PROVERB
OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE THEY JUST SLOWLY FADE AWAY
Submitter comment: HEARD IT ON TV ABOUT MCARTHUR
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ONE ENLISTED MAN WORTH TEN PRESSED
THIS IS AN OLD PROVERB AMONG MILITARY MEN.
THAT DRAFTED MEN ARE WORTH ONLY ONE ENLISTED MAN AS SOLDIERS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 01-03-1970
ONE FATHER
ONE FATHER CAN SUPPORT ONE HUNDRED CHILDREN
BUT ONE HUNDRED CHILDREN CANNOT SUPPORT ONE FATHER
STORY EXPLAINED
IN ONE GENERATION THE FATHER LIVED WITH HIS SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW.
THE FATHER BECAME A PROBLEM . HIS SON TOOK HIM TO THE TOP OF A
MOUNTAIN ONE DAY. HE PUSHED HIM OFF. THE MAN DIED. IN THE NEXT
GENERATION THE SAME SITUATION TOOK PLACE. THE FATHER AND SON WERE
AT THE MOUNTAIN TOP, THE SON TURNED TO THE FATHER, LOOKED HIM IN THE
EYE AND SAID COME HOME WITH ME. THE FATHER SAID WHY DONT YOU DO TO
ME WHAT I DID TO MY FATHER? THE SON ANSWERED, IN YEARS TO COME I WIL
WANT MY CHILDREN TO RESPECT ME. WHEN THEY CAME HOME THE SONS WIFE
SAID, WHY DID YOU BRING HIM BACK AGAIN? THE SON SLAPPED HIS
WIFES FACE AND SAID, YOU WILL RESPECT HIM AS YOU WILL WANT OUR
CHILDREN TO RESPECT US.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HIS FATHER IN ITALY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THEIR TOYS
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO INFORMANT IN 1969 BY A MARRIED MAN
ABOUT 21 YEARS OF AGE. THE MAN SAW IT AS A TRUE PROVERB.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Maturity PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 03-10-1970