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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR- POLISH
NEW YEAR'S DAY HAD HARDLY DAWNED WHEN IT DISAPPEARED LIKE
THE JUMP OF A LAMB.
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL SIMILE
NOTHING IS MORE WICKED THAN A SERPENT'S TOOTH
EXCEPT AN UNGRATEFUL CHILD.
Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; INGRATITUDE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00001964 ( SUMMER )
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
POLISH:
A PAIR OF LEGS IN YOUTH ARE BETTER THAN THREE IN OLD AGE
LEPSZE DWIE NOGI W MTODOSCI ANIZELI TRZY W STAROSCI
Submitter comment: MY FATHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBERS ; THIRD LEG=CANE ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Body part Senses Lower body, legs PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
PROVERB
A PER'SON WHO WANTS TO DO ANOTHERS TRADE IS LIKE SOMEONE
WHO PUTS SOUP INTO A BASKET.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS THIS IN ITALIAN. SHE LEARNED IT FROM A FRIEND
IN ITALY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD ; STICK TO WHAT YOU KNOW ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
PINT
A PINT IS A POUND THE WORLD AROUND.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COSMOS ; ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; QUANTITY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
POOR AS A CHURCH MOUSE.
Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ECONOMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00001964 (SUMMER)
PROVERB
PURE AS THE DRIVEN SNOW.
Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): HONESTY ; SYMBOL ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00001964 ( SUMMER )
WHEN SOMEONE IS REALLY HAPPY, WE USED TO CALL IT BEING "HAPPY AS
A BLEE".
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-05-1976
PROVERB: CAT
HAPPY AS A CAT IN A CREAMERY.
Submitter comment:
USED TO DENOTE EXTREME HAPPINESS OF A PERSON OR ANIMAL IN A GIVEN
CIRCUMSTANCE.
INFORMANT USED THIS WHEN HE SAW HIS SECRETARY WAS VERY HAPPY. HE
LEARNED WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
POLISH PROVERB
PLECIE JAK NA MEKACH.
HE BLABBERS AS IN TORTURE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED IN REFERENCE TO WHO IS FIBBING OR MAKING UP STORIES TO
SATISFY THE SITUATION, AS ONE WOULD WHILE IN TORTURE. THE COLLECTOR
LEARNED THIS FROM HER GRANDMOTHER IN POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): SIMILE TALKING LYING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
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POLISH PROVERB
PTACZE JAK BOBR.
HE CRIES LIKE A BEAVER.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDFATHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): SIMILE ANIMAL EMOTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-17-1967
CONTEST
HE HAS AS MUCH CHANCE AS A ONE LEGGED MAN IN AN ASS-KICKIN.
Submitter comment:
USUALLY SAID WHEN YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE ENTERING SOME TYPE OF
COMPETITIVE EVENT, AND HE DOESN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FUTILITY ; SIMILE COMPARISON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
SPEED
HE'S NOT AS FAST AS THE BOTTOM STONE IN THE MILL.
Submitter comment:
NOT TOO FAST
TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON SIMILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
OLD
HE IS AS OLD AS JOB.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY MOTHER
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL
Keyword(s): BIBLICAL CHARACTER ; OLD AGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
EXPRESSIONS OF UGLINESS
HE IS AS UGLY AS: "AN OLD FENCE POST." "A MUD POST." "A HOMEMADE
FENCE." "HOMEMADE SIN."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SIMILE COMPARISON CONTRAST UGLINESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
POVERTY
GOT Y JAK SIVIETY TURECKI.
HE'S BARE LIKE A TURKISH.
SAINT:.
Submitter comment:
USED IN REFERENCE TO ANYONE WHO IS EXTREMELY POOR.
I LEARNED THIS FROM MY MOTHER WHO OFTEN USES IT.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): POVERTY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY THE COLLECTOR
COLLECTING MONEY
CIAGNIE SIE, JAK BERNARDYN PO KIVESCIE.
HE'S DRAGGING HIMSELF LIKE A BERNADINE MONK AT COLLECTION TIME.
Submitter comment: THIS REFERS TO THE CUSTOM OF MONKS COLLECTING MONEY AT MASS.
Where learned: DEARBORN
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS SIMILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-28-1967
DRENCHED
TUYMAKTY JAK SLEDZ.
HE'S DRENCHED LIKE A HERRING.
Submitter comment:
HERRING IS A POPULAR FOOD IN POLAND, SO IT'S EASILY USED AS A
COMPARISON. BEFORE IT IS PREPARED IT IS PUT IN WATER TO SOAK.
MY MOTHER REMEMBERS THIS PROVERB USED IN POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): WET FISH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-30-1967
ARABIAN SAYING
HE IS LIKE A RICE PADDY, UNDER THE MUD IS WATER.
Submitter comment:
COMPARING A PERSON WITH A FALSE FACADE TO A RICE PADDY, WHICH HAS A
COVERING OF MUD AND SILT OVER THE WATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
Keyword(s): DISSEMBLER HYPOCRITE DECEIVER PRETENDER IMPOSTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-00-1967