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PROVERB
ONCE BURNED TWICE SHY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONCE BURNT TWICE SHY
YOU AVOID AN UNFORTUNATE HAPPENING THE SECOND TIME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
PROVERB
A FOOL SAYS ALL HE THINKS RATHER THAN THINKS ALL HE SAYS.
Submitter comment: SEEN ON A SIGN OF KRANDEL JEWELWER IN HIGHLAND PARK, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS FOR CONTRAST.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
FOR BETTER OR WORSE, BUT NOT FOR LUNCH.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; MARRIED LIFE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
JEWISH SAYING
FORGIVE THE ONE WHO HAS DONE YOU WRONG, GIVE TO THE ONE WHO DID NOT
GIVE TO YOU, JOIN WITH THE ONE WHO KEEPS APART FROM YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
FOUR ARMS ARE BETTER THAN TWO.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
RUSSIAN PROVERB
FREEDOM FOR A BIRD IS MUCH NICER THAN TO BE IN A GOLDEN CAGE.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- V244 |
RUSSIAN PROVERB
FRIENDSHIPS ARE MANY, BUT FRIENDS ARE FEW.
Where learned: WESTERN RUSSIA
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V233 |
PROVERB
FROM A LARGE CLOUD COMES A SMALL RAIN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
PROVERB
GREEK: ,ADO' A,VVUA' ICA CYE'VN A TECAVEA'QNJOU.
TRANSLATION: FROM THORNS YOU GET ROSES-(FROM BAD PARENTS YOU GET GOO
CHILDREN).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
FRIENDS
TRUE FRIENDS ARE LIKE DIAMONDS,
PRECIOUS, BUT RARE.
FALSE FRIENDS ARE LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES,
FOUND EVERYWHERE.
Submitter comment:
FOLLOWING IS FROM INFORMANT'S JUNIOR HIGH AUTOGRAPH BOOK,
1929 - 1933.
Data entry tech comment: ADDED TITLE TO VERSE
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
LEGEND
THERE IS A STORY THAT ON KELLY'S ISLAND IN OHIO WHEN IN THE EARLY
1800'S THE CEMETERY WAS FIRST BEGINNING TO BE FIXED, SOMEHOW ONE
OF THE MEN WORKING ON THIS AREA GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH HIS BOSS AND
IN HIS ANGER HE SAID THAT HE WAS GLAD HE WASN'T GOING TO BE BURIED
IN THAT PLACE.
A FEW MONTHS LATER THIS SAME MAN WAS WORKING ON A HOUSE THAT FELL
ON HIM. HE WAS THE FIRST TO BE BURIED AT THE CEMETERY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; FALSE ASSUMPTION. ASSUMPTION PROVES FALSE. ; IRONY ; PROPHECY REVERSED. WISH REVERSED. OPPOSITE COMES TRUE. ; TEMPTING FATE
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-04-1967
PROVERB
IF YOU HAVE COLD HANDS, YOU HAVE A WARM HEART.
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; TEMPERATURE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
WEATHER PROVERB
IF YOU HAVE A GREEN CHRISTMAS
YOU WILL HAVE A WHITE EASTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; METONYMY: GREEN FOR LACK OF SNOW ; METONYMY: WHITE FOR SNOW ; OBSERVATION ; SNOW
Date learned: 00-00-1968
MARCH
IF MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION, IT GOES OUT LIKE A LAMB.
Keyword(s): ANIMAL COMPARISON ; CONTRAST. ; WEATHER.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Month PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
MARCH
IF MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION IT GOES OUT LIKE A LAMB.
IF MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LAMB IT GOES OUT LIKE A LION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): ANIMAL COMPARISON ; CONTRAST. ; WEATHER.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Month PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
PROVERB
IN WHOM WISDOM IS, IN HIM IS EVERYTHING; IN WHOM IT IS NOT, WHAT HAS
HE? HE WHO HAS ACQUIRED IT, WHAT DOES HE LACK? IN WHOM IT IS NOT,
WHAT HAS HE ACQUIRED?
Submitter comment: ORIGIN: THINKS FROM HER FATHER AS A SMALL GIRL.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PARK RIDGE
Keyword(s): WISDOM, CONTRAST, REPITITION
James Callow Keyword(s): PERIODIC SENTENCE ; RHETORICAL QUESTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
I SEE AND EVEN APPROVE OF THE BETTER THINGS IN LIFE, THEN I GO OUT
AND DO THE WORST ONES.- OVID
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): BEHAVIOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
GAELIC
IS FEAR MALL NA GO BRATH
IT'S BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.
Data entry tech comment: THIS APPEARS TO BE A TRANSLATION FROM GAELIC
James Callow comment: OFTEN ELLIPSIS IS USED WITH THIS PROVERB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST, OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
PROVERB
LARGER SHIPS
MAY VENTURE MORE.
LITTLE BOATS
MUST STAY NEAR SHORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION FOR CONTRAST ; CONTRAST ; RIME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 07-17-1964