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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
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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NEVER SAY NEVER AND ALWAYS AVOID ALWAYS
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): SEMANTICS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; EXTREMITIES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NEVER SOIL YOUR OWN NEST
Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): SCATOLOGICAL
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; CLEANLINESS ; DEFICATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NEVER'SPARE THE PARSON'S WINE OR THE BAKER S PUDDING
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
SPIT IN YOUR EYE
TO REPRIMAND A GOSSIP THERE IS AN OLD ITALIAN SAYING WHICH GOES
NEVER SPIT UP IN THE AIR BECAUSE IT MIGHT COME DOWN AND SMACK
YOU RIGHT IN THE FACE
Submitter comment: INFORMANT USED THIS SAYING OFTEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; RETRIBUTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001964 ( SUMMER )
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NEVER SPREAD STUPID RUMORS, LET OTHERS DO THIS.
Data entry tech comment:
ON ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD THE LOCATION AT WHICH ITEM WAS COLLECTED
IS LISTED AS RUSSIA BUT DEARBORN HEIGHTS MICHIGAN SHOULD
PROBABLY BE ASSUMED
Where learned: WESTERN RUSSIA
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; GOSSIP
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1905
TANGLE TALK
NEVER TROUBLE TROUBLE
UNTIL TROUBLE TROUBLES YOU
FOR IF YOU TROUBLE TROUBLE
YOU'LL DOUBLE TROUBLE
AND TROUBLE OTHERS TOO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; INVOLVEMENT ; MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NEVER WALK WHEN YOU CAN RIDE
Submitter comment: HEARD DURING CONVERSATION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): "TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT." ; ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; LAZINESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NEVER WISH ANYONE BAD LUCK OR IT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU
Submitter comment: ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM THE POLISH
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; RETRIBUTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NOBODY LOVES A WET DOG
Data entry tech comment: NOT TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY, I'M SURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OSCODA
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ANIMAL ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NO USE CRYING OVER SPILLED MILK.
USED WHEN SOMEONE IS FEELING DOWN OR SADDENED BY SOMETHING.
BY TRYING TO MAKE THE POINT THAT THE EVENT WHICH HAS CAUSED
THE SADNESS HAS PASSED. AN EFFORT IS MADE TO PERK UP THE SPIRITS
Submitter comment:
I HAVE HEARD THIS USED BY MANY PEOPLE IN A CONTEXT JUST LIKE THE ONE
MENTIONED ABOVE. IT IS SO COMMON I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN I HEARD
IT FOR THE FIRST TIME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; STOICISM
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 10-10-1971
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NO WORK, NO EAT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
OF ALL THE SLAVES THE LOWEST IS HE WHO IS A SLAVE TO HIS PASSIONS
Submitter comment: FROM CICERO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; HEDONISM ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-00-1963
PROVERB
OH WHAT A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE
WHEN AT FIRST WE PRACTICE TO DECEIVE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; DISHONESTY ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 10-31-1969
PROVERB
ONE MAN, TWO WOMEN, ONE ROOF EQUAL TROUBLE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBERS ; PROPHESIES
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; DOMESTIC RELATIONS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ONE WHO LAYS A HAND ON HIS PARENTS LOSES THAT HAND
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ONLY A FOOL MAKES POWERFUL ENEMIES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ONLY THE IGNORANT MAN BECOMES ANGRY, THE WISE MAN UNDERSTANDS.
IT TAKES LITTLE THOUGHT FOR A MAN TO LOSE HIS TEMPER, BUT IT
TAKES A WISE MAN TO COMPREHEND AND COPE WITH ANY SITUATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
12001969
PALEFACE '(S) BARE FEET SHOULD NEVER TOUCH GROUND.
Submitter comment: A CANADIAN INDIAN PROVERB TOLD TO INFORMANT WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |