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PROVERB
BEAUTY IS AS BEAUTY DOES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; PARALLELISM ; REPETITION
James Callow Keyword(s): ATTITUDE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-09-1964
OLD JEWISH SAYING (TRANSLATED)
COURAGEOUS IS THE INNOCENT, AND COWARDLY IS THE SINNER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON
James Callow Keyword(s): ATTITUDE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
DON'T BE CHOOSY KATHY,
SO YOU WON'T OVER CHOOSE;
SO YOU WON'T GET A SPARROW
INSTEAD OF A CANARY. (TRANSLATION)
NIE PRZEBIERAJ KASIU,
ZEBYS NIE PRZEBRALA;
ZEBYS ZA KANARKA
WROBLA NIE DOSTALA. (POLISH)
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT USED TO REMIND HER DAUGHTERS OF THIS PROVERB WHEN
THEY WERE DATING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIRD
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; PERSONAL PROVERB ; RHYME (IN THE ORIGINAL)
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse in Other Group of Folklore C800.200 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
PROVERB
THE BIGGEST ONE HAS THE MOST POWER.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY MOTHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; SIZE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
PROVERB
BRAG IS A GOOD DOG BUT HOLDFAST IS BETTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; PERSONIFICATION
James Callow Keyword(s): BRAGGING ; OBSERVATION ; PERSISTENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-00-1971
PROVERB
BY LOOKING AT THE BEHAVIOUR OF OTHERS, IMPROVE YOUR OWN BEHAVIOUR.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LIVES IN ASHIYA, JAPAN.
Where learned: JAPAN
Keyword(s): COMPARISON
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-28-1964
DEFINITION
CANADIANS ARE NICKLE-PLATED AMERICANS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON
James Callow Keyword(s): CRITICISM ; NATIONALISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 09-19-1969
PROVERB
'THE CHILDS THE MAN'
Submitter comment: CHILDHOOD SHOWS THE MAN AS MORNING SHOWS THE DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
RUSSIAN PROVERB
THE CHURCH IS CLOSE
BUT IT'S COLD OUTSIDE.
ILL STAY HOME.
THE TAVERN'S FAR
BUT IT'S COLD OUTSIDE.
ILL WALK FAST.
Submitter comment:
TOLD IN HIS HIGH SCHOOL RUSSIAN CLASS
HENRY FORD H.S., DETROIT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; CONTRAST ; IRONY
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ; IRONY ; PRIORITIES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS.
Submitter comment: FROM - UNCERTAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): COMPARISON
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001964 (SUMMER)
PROVERB
CLEAR AS MUD.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): COMPARISON
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
BELIEF-LEGEND
THE ESKIMOS BELIEVED THAT AFTER THE SUN SET IN THE
WESTERN OCEAN, HE WAS PADDLED BACK IN A KAYAK THROUGH THE
NIGHT TO THE EASTERN HORIZON.
Submitter comment:
HEARD IN YOUTH BY INFORMANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONIFICATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
EVERY TIME A SCORPIO IS BORN, A MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY HAS DIED THE
YEAR BEFORE, AND EVERY TIME ONE DIES, THERE WILL BE A BIRTH IN THAT
FAMILY WITHIN THE YEAR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): ASTROLOGICAL SIGN FOR PERSONS BORN 10-24--11-22
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
PROVERB
EVEN THE BREAD CRIES WHEN IT'S EATEN BY A LAZY MAN.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONIFICATION ; SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
CHILDBIRTH
EVEN THE STONES IN THE ROAD KNOW THAT A WOMAN WHO DIES IN CHILD-
BIRTH IS DESTINED FOR GLORY.
Submitter comment:
FR. MALONY LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER AT HOME WHO IS OF IRISH
DESCENT.
Where learned: RECTORY ; HOLY NAME
Keyword(s): ANIMATED NATURE
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONIFICATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-19-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COSMOS ; PERSONIFICATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number P686.1.1000 PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NO GUTS, NO GLORY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; ELLIPSIS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; BRAVERY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE SELDOM FOUND IN WOMEN AND NEVER FOUND IN MEN
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; DEFINITION ; OBSERVATION ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 01-21-1970
PROVERB
PENANCE AND MATRIMONY ARE THE SAME
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P545.0 PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT. SOME ARE VERY APPEALING-
OTHERS VERY APPALLING.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT WHEN SHE FEELS UPSET SHE REMEMBERS
THIS. INFORMANT ADDED THAT SHE FEELS THAT EVERYONE SHOULD
REMEMBER THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; FUNCTION ; SEMANTICS
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-20-1971