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Proverb
Good, Better, Best / Never let it take a rest / Till your good is better / And your better best.
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Original Bn [V700] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Keyword(s): Ability ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Best ; Better ; Good ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A daughter is a daughter for the rest of your life, but a son is only a son until he gets a wife.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DAUGHTER ; Inequality ; Maxim ; Parent ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Son ; VERSE ; Wife
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and cackling hens always come to a bad end.
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I heard this as a child in Ferndale, MI
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Original Bn [C880.400] crossed out. Replacedw tih current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cackle ; Crow ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and crowing hens are sure to come to some bad end.
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She heard this from her mother.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crow ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A whistling girl and a crowing hen, will always come to some bad end.
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Original Bn [C760, C700] crossed out. Repalced with current classification.
In autograph book?
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crow ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
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Where learned: INDIANA ; Jeffersonville
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Apple ; Day ; DOCTOR ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and clucking hens always come to no good ends.
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Told to her by her grandmother in Tennessee.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cluck ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
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Original BN [V300] crossed uot. Replaced wtih current classification.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; POUGHKEEPSIE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Rise ; TIME ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; WISDOM ; Wise
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
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My dad told me this when I was a little kid to get me to go to bed.
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Original BN [C880.200] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Rise ; TIME ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; WISDOM ; Wise
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A whistling woman a cackling hen / will always come to a no good end.
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Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cackle ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle ; Woman
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Something old, Something new. Something borrowed, something blue.
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Meaning? C840.545? Collector says mother she was informant took this as applying to weddings. -dtc.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Blue ; Borrowed ; Maxim ; New ; Old ; Prover ; RHYME ; VERSE ; WEDDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and cackling hens / Always come to some bad ends.
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Original BN [C800, V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cackle ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A stitch in time saves nine.
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From - Uncertain
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ;
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; Nine ; NUMBER ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Save ; Stitch ; TIME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Early to bed, early to rise / Will make a man helathy, wealthy, and wise.
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Have known it for a long time. Probably heard it from father, Horace.
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Original Bn [V300] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Rise ; TIME ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; WISDOM ; Wise
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cup ; DRINKING ; Lip ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; SLIP ; TRUTH ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A stitch in time saves nine.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; Nine ; NUMBER ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Save ; Stitch ; TIME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Love many, trust few. Always paddle your own canoe.
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Informant heard this in Norwalk, Ohio
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Boat ; CANOE ; LOVE ; Maxim ; Paddle ; PROVERB ; Relationship ; RHYME ; Trust ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A stitch in time saves nine.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; Nine ; NUMBER ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Stitch ; TIME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A stitch in time saves nine
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Original BN [V200] Crossed out. Replaced wtih current classifications.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; Nine ; NUMBER ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Save ; Stitch ; TIME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and cackling hens always come to no good ends.
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Informant was always reminded of this by ehr grandmother when she whisteld as a child in Detroit in the 1930's.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cackle ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |