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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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PROVERB
CONFUCIUS SAY: FAMILY WITH PLENTY MILK HAVE PULL WITH COW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; FOOD ; PUN
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
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PROVERB
CONFUCIUS SAY: HE WHO FEED LEMONS TO CAT HAVE SOUR-PUSS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ; PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
PROVERB
CONFUCIUS SAY: HE WHO LIE LIKE RAT SOON CAUGHT IN OWN MOUTH-TRAP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
PROVERB
CONFUCIUS SAY: HE WHO SIT ON HOT STOVE, SOON RISES TO
GREAT HEIGHTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ; PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
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PROVERB
CONFUCIUS SAY: LADY WHO DANCE WITH INVISIBLE MAN NOT KNOW WHAT SHE
UP AGAINST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SEX
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ; PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
PROVERB
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
CONFUCIUS SAY: LADY WHO SWALLOW FLOOR-POLISH HAVE FINE FINISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SCATALOGICAL
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ; PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
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PROVERB
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): PARODY
James Callow Keyword(s): SEX ; SLANG: PIECE FOR SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
EARLY TO BED,
EARLY TO RISE,
HELP ME KEEP
MY FIGURE AND SIZE.
Data entry tech comment: PARODY
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; JACKSON
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; OBSERVATION ; PARODY ; SLIMNESS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
PROVERB
EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE. WORK LIKE HELL AND ADVERTISE.
Data entry tech comment: PARODY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): BUSINESS ; INDUSTRY ; INITIAL ITERATION ; OBSERVATION ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
WELLERISM
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
"EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS," SAID THE OLD LADY AS SHE URINATED INTO
THE OCEAN.
Data entry tech comment:
GOOD GRIEF
Where learned: ONTARIO
Keyword(s): SCATOLOGICAL
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB IN VERSE
NEVER KISS BY THE GARDEN GATE
CAUSE LOVE IS BLIND BUT THE NEIGHBORS AIN'T
Submitter comment: DOES THIS QUALIFY AS VERSE?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; GOSSIP ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 02-24-1972
PROVERB IN VERSE
NEVER KISS BY THE GARDEN GATE,
FOR LOVE IS BLAND, (SIC) BUT THE NEIGHBORS AIN'T
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; BLIND ; GOSSIP ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NEVER PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY
BECAUSE BY THEN THERE MIGHT BE A LAW AGAINST IT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; PARODY ; PROMPTNESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A NEW BROOM SWEEPS WELL BUT AN OLD ONE IS BEST FOR THE CORNERS
Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ; POLITICS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A NICKEL A DAY KEEPS THE BUMBLEBEES AWAY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL INSECT ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN