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PENNIES-DOLLARS
SAVE YOUR PENNIES AND THE DOLLARS WILL
TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
Submitter comment: SENT BY LETTER
Keyword(s): MONEY THRIFT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-06-1970
THE SECOND MILLION IS ALWAYS EASIER THAN THE FIRST.
Submitter comment: {HEARD} AS A YOUNGSTER
Keyword(s): MONEY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-26-1967
PROVERBS (POLISH)
STILL WATERS RUN DEEP.
CICHA WODA BRZEGI RWIE (POLISH).
IN AN OLD STOVE THE DEVIL LIVES (OR BURNS).
WSTANYM PIECU DIABEL PALI (POLISH)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TWO PROVERBS ON ONE CARD ?!
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
TAKE CARE OF THE PENNIES AND THE DOLLARS WILL TAKE
CARE OF THEMSELVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MONEY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-30-1968
THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF RIVERS FLOW INTO THE SEA,
BUT THE SEA IS NEVER FULL -
AND IF MAN COULD TURN STONE INTO GOLD,
STILL WOULD HIS HEART NEVER BE CONTENTED.
Submitter comment: ORIENTAL WISDOM
Keyword(s): WATER GREED MONEY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
TO BRING HOME THE BACON
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): FOOD MONEY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
POLISH PROVERBS
TO THOSE WHO RISE EARLY, GOD GIVES THE DAY. {AND}
FROM A BIG CLOUD LITTLE RAINS FALL.
Submitter comment:
KTO RANO STAJE TEMN PAN BOG DAJE.
Z DUZY CHMNNY MALY DESZCZ.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER SLEEP ; {IT'S NOT MY FAULT THERE ARE TWO ON ONE CARD.}
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
WEALTH IS NOT HIS THAT HAS IT BUT HIS THAT ENJOYS IT.
Submitter comment:
COLLECTED FROM MISS TERRY WITTY, 15, WHO COULDN'T REMEMBER
WHERE SHE PICKED IT UP AT.
Keyword(s): MONEY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
TELEPHONE ANSWER
HELLO, THIS IS __________'S CRACKER COMPANY. WHICH CRUMB
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
THE BLANK IS FILLED IN WITH THE FAMILY NAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-16-1971
TELEPHONE ANSWER
PICH UP PHONE "HOUSE OF THE LORD, GOD SPEAKING".
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-09-1971
TELEPHONE ANSWER
PICK UP PHONE, SAY, "CITY MORGUE; YOU STAB EM, WE SLAB EM".
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-09-1971
TELEPHONE ANSWER
WHEN THE PHONE RINGS AND YOU ANSWER IT, YOU REPLY,
"IT'S YOUR DIME, START TALKING".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-30-1971
CASINO WORKERS USE GESTURES: FINGERTIPS TOUCHING
TABLE MEANS "THERE'S A CHISLER HERE;" A FINGER BEHIND
THE EAR IS A DISTRESS CALL FOR THE HEAD MAN; CROSSED
INDEX AND THIRD FINGER MEANS "PLEASE TAKE OVER;"
PALM AND FINGERS EXTENDED DOWNWARD MEANS "THEY ARE
CLEANED OUT."
Where learned: BOOK
Keyword(s): SLANG: CLEANED OUT: OUT OF MONEY.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business SPEECH -- Underworld SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
RIDDLE
WHAT WORD HAS FIVE LETTERS AND WHEN YOU TAKE TWO AWAY, ONLY HAS ONE
LEFT?
ST-ONE; STONE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): STONE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
THE SPELLER
FIRST CHILD: HOW DO YOU SPELL MISSISSIPPI?
SECOND CHILD: (NORMAL SPELLING) MISSISSIPPI.
FIRST CHILD: THAT'S WRONG. IT'S M,I, CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER,
I, CROOKED LETTER CROOKED LETTER I, HUMP-BACK, HUMP-BACK I.
Submitter comment: WHEN I WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL, WE USED TO SPELL MISSISSIPPI THE SAME WAY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PONTIAC
James Callow Keyword(s): MONEMONIC
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
NUMBER PLEASE
DID YOU KNOW EVE HAD A TELEPHONE?
NO, WHAT WAS THE NUMBER?
ADAM ATE ONE TOO (ADAM 812).
NO RECORD.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): TELEPHONE NUMBER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-22-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN OLD DIME AND A NEW PENNY?
NINE CENTS.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): MONEY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN OLD DIME AND A NEW PENNY?
NINE CENTS.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): MONEY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN OLD PENNY AND A NEW DIME?
NINE CENTS.
Keyword(s): MONEY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
TWO BRAGGERS: WANT TO BUY THE WORLD? I'LL SELL IT TO YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MONEY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1965