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PROVERBIAL SAYING
A PERSON WHO PRAISES HIMSELF IS NO DARN GOOD.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM THE POLISH
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; EGOTISM ; OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
BLASON POPULAIRE
A PERSON WHO GETS ALL WRAPPED UP IN HIMSELF MAKES A
VERY SMALL PACKAGE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER YOUTH
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; EGOTISM ; OBSERVATION ; PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
BLASON POPULAIRE
THE PERSON WHO THINKS TOO LITTLE USUALLY TALKS TOO MUCH.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; GARULOUSNESS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
PERUSE AND LAMENT
PERUSE AND LAMENT, USED BY CRAP SHOOTERS, IT'S SIMILAR TO
READ 'EM AND WEEP.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): GAMBLING ; SEMANTICS
James Callow Keyword(s): DICE ; ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
BLASON POPULAIRE
PHI KAPPS NEVER GET DRUNK, IF THEY DO THEY NEVER STAGGER,
IF THEY STAGGER THEY NEVER FALL. IF THEY FALL THEY FALL ON THEIR
FACES, SO THEIR PINS NEVER SHOW.
Submitter comment: SPOKEN WHILE DRINKING AT THE 20'S WITH SOME FRATERNITY BROTHERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RESEMBLES A CHAIN TALE.
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ; ITERATION ; WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A PIG STINKS ON THE FARM, BUT NOT ON THE TABLE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; CONTRAST ; FOOD ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
WEATHER FORECAST
PINK IN THE MORNING SAILORS' WARNING.
PINK AT NIGHT, THAT'S SAILORS' DELIGHT.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO ME AT A BOY SCOUT TRAINING SESSION
AT HOWELL SCOUT CAMP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Howell
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
A POLISH PROVERB
TRANSLATION: THE PITCHER WILL CARRY WATER ONLY TO A CERTAIN TIME.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT NOTHING LASTS FOREVER.
MY FATHER REMEMBERS THIS FROM POLAND.
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-15-1967
LEGAL PROVERB
POSSESSION IS NINE TENTHS OF THE LAW
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBERS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-28-1968
POT AND KETTLE EXPRESSION
THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK
IN A CASE WHERE ONE PERSON WHO CAN BE TERMED EQUALLY AS
CARELESS, STUBBORN, ETC. CALLS ANOTHER SUCH, IT CAN BE A CASE OF
THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FUNCTION--I WONDER?--F. M. PAULSEN ; PERSONIFICATION
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR ; COOKING UTENSIL ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
THE POT FIGHTS WITH THE KETTLE BUT THEYRE BOTH BLACK.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR ; COOKING UTENSIL ; HOSTILITY ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
THE POT MEETS ITS OWN COVER
THE POT ROLLED AND ROLLED UNTIL IT MET ITS OWN COVER.
IT IS SAID WHEN TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY MUCH ALIKE GET MARRIED,
BECOME VERY GOOD FRIENDS, ESTABLISH A BUSINESS, OR ANY OTHER
KIND OF CLOSE RELATIONSHIP.
THE ABOVE CAN BE APPLIED TO EITHER SEX.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COOKING UTENSIL ; SYMBOL ; UNION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB ( LITHUANIAN )
POUND THE IRON WHILE IT IS STILL HOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADAPTABILITY ; ADVICE: ; MALLEABLE ; STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-07-1968
PROVERB
POWER CORRUPTS THE FEW, WHILE WEAKNESS
CORRUPTS THE MANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-04-1968
PRAY FOR SUNSHINE. ALWAYS BE PREPARED FOR RAIN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN NORWALK, OHIO.
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION ; HOPE FOR THE BEST, BUT EXPECT THE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
PROCRASTINATION IS A ROBBER OF VALUABLE TIME.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT EXPRESSED THE FEELING THAT SHE DOES NOT BELIEVE
THIS SAYING BECAUSE ALL MAJOR DECISIONS SHOULD BE
THOUGHT OVER CAREFULLY. CANNOT RECALL WHERE SHE FIRST HEARD IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; FUNCTION ; OBSERVATION ; PROMPTNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
PROVERB FROM A BLACK AMERICAN
PROOF OF THE PUDDING IS IN THE EATING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD ; FUNCTION ; OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
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 )
CUSTOM DEATH
PUSHING UP DAISIES
SOMETIMES YOU REFER TO DYING AS PUSHING UP DAISIES.
Where learned: SCHOOL ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT CAMPUS, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; PLANT ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-05-1968