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THE HAPPY WIFE
HAPPY WIFE HAPPY HOME
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO INFORMANT BY A POLISH WOMAN.
THE WOMAN LEARNED IT IN SCHOOL.
Data entry tech comment: LINES HAVE BEEN DIVIDED BY THE KEY PUNCHER
Where learned: HENDRICKSONS PHARMACY ; DETROIT ; ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ELLIPSIS ; WOMEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-25-1970
HARD HEAD
A HARD HEAD MAKES A SOFT TAIL
Submitter comment: A SAYING BY INFORMANTS PARENTS
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-10-1969
MORAL PROVERB
HE DOESN'T EAT HIMSELF AND DOESN'T GIVE ANYBODY ELSE ANYTHING TO EAT
EITHER.
Submitter comment: A TRUE MISER, A SCROOGE, THIS IS A LITHUANIAN PROVERB.
Data entry tech comment: FOR LITHUANIAN PHRASE DENOTING MORAL PROVERB SEE ORIGINAL 5X8 CARD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE
Keyword(s): PARALLELISM MORALITY SELFISH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
BEANS
HE DOESN'T KNOW BEANS WHEN THE BAG IS OPEN.
Where learned: THROUGH THE MAIL
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; IGNORANCE ; METAPHOR VEGETABLE RECOGNITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
BEANS
HE DOESN'T KNOW BEANS WHEN THE BAG'S OPEN.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER LEARNED THIS EXPRESSION AS A CHILD ON A FARM IN
CASEVILLE, MICHIGAN. CASEVILLE IS IN HURON COUNTY, THE BIGGEST BEAN
RAISING COUNTY IN THE COUNTRY.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): IGNORANCE ; METAPHOR VEGETABLE RECOGNITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
HE DOES NOT POSSESS WEALTH, IT POSSESSES HIM.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): REPETITION OBSERVATION RICHES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
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
NITWIT
HE HAS BATS IN HIS BELFREY.
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): ANIMAL METAPHOR ; INSANITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
HE HAS ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE AND THE OTHER ON A BANANA PEEL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): FRUIT ; HEALTH ; IMMINENCE OF DEATH ; METAPHOR CONTRAST OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
INHERITANCE
HE'S A FOOL THAT MAKES HIS DOCTOR HIS HEIR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): METAPHOR DEATH INHERITANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
DRINK
HE'S ALWAYS AT THE BOTTLE
Submitter comment: HE ALWAYS DRINKS.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
Keyword(s): METONYMY: CONTAINER FOR THE CONTAINED. ; PHRASE METAPHOR DRINKING HABITS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
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
PROVERB
HELL IS HEAVEN ENJOYING ITSELF
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; PERSONIFICATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
HE THAT BLAMES HIMSELF PRAISES HIMSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FALSE HUMILITY ?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-02-1968
PROVERB
HE WHO GIVES PROMPTLY, GIVES TWICE AS MUCH.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): CHARITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
PROVERB
WER ZULETZT LACHT, LACHT AM BESTEN. THE ONE WHO HAS THE LAST
LAUGH IS SURE ABOUT HIS LAUGH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMER HEARD THIS IN ROSENBURG, GERMANY AND DETROIT. ENGLISH
VARIANT- HE WHO LAUGHS LAST, LAUGHS BEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): REPETITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
HE WHO GIVES
HE WHO TAKES BUT NEVER GIVES MAY LAST FOR YEARS BUT NEVER LIVES.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): LACK OF CHARITY OR GENEROSITY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
TURKISH PROVERB
HE WHO TELLS THE TRUTH SHOULD HAVE 1 FOOT IN THE STIRRUP.
Submitter comment: A PERSON WHO TELLS THE TRUTH IS VERY UNPOPULAR.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): VERACITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
PROVERB
HE WHO THINKS HE IS A BIG CHEESE USUALLY SMELLS.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): CONCEITEDNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
PROVERB
HITCH YOUR WAGON TO A STAR.
Submitter comment: FROM - UNCERTAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): AMBITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |