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POLISH PROVERB
A BULL SOON FORGETS WHEN HE WAS A CALF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
SPANISH PROVERB
THE BURRO LOADED WITH GOLD HAS THE MOST SONOROUS BRAY.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER SPANISH TEACHER, DR. ESPINOSA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): PRIDE?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
A SIGN
A BURROWING MOLE IS A SIGN OF RAIN.
James Callow comment: NOT A PROVERB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; SUPERSTITION ; WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
THE CAMEL NEVER SEES HIS OWN HUMP. (TRANSLATION)
EL JAMEL MA SHOOFS HURR DUPTOO. (LEBANESE)
Where learned: PHONE
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): FAULTS CRITICISM ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
(TRANSLATION)
THE CAMEL NEVER SEES HIS OWN HUMP, BUT HE SEES THE DUST IN
SOMEONE ELSE'S EYE.
(TRANSLATION)
IL JAMMED MU SHOOS HEL DUBTA, BUS BE SHOOF IL USHE BE
AYND GUYROO. (LEBANESE ASSUMED)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): FAULTS CRITICISM ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
IRISH SAYING
CAN'T THE CAT LOOK AT THE QUEEN?
Submitter comment: MEANING: HAVE I NO RIGHTS AT ALL?
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): JUSTICE?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
THE CAT
A CAT HAS NINE LIVES.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; NUMBERS ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
THE CAT IN GLOVES CATCHES NO MICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ANTHROPOMORPHISM
James Callow Keyword(s): AGGRESIVENESS ; OBSERVATION ; RESTRAINTS ; RESTRICTIONS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-21-1968
PROVERB
CAT'S OUT OF THE BAG.
Submitter comment: MEANING: SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN KEPT SECRET IS NO LONGER A SECRET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-10-1971
PROVERB
THE CAT WHO CAN'T REACH THE FISH, SAYS THEY SMELL.
GREEK?
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM GREEK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): JEALOUSY ; OBSERVATION ; SOUR GRAPES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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PROVERB
CONFUCIUS SAY: FAMILY WITH PLENTY MILK HAVE PULL WITH COW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; FOOD ; PUN
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
CONFUCIUS SAY: HE WHO FEED LEMONS TO CAT HAVE SOUR-PUSS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ; PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
PROVERB
CONFUCIUS SAY: HE WHO LIE LIKE RAT SOON CAUGHT IN OWN MOUTH-TRAP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
STORM PROTECTION
IT IS A BELIEF OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE
UNITED STATES, THAT WHEN THERE IS A VIOLENT ELECTRICAL STORM
HITS
THE SAFEST PLACE IN THE HOME IS UNDER A BED COVERED COMPLETELY
COVERED
WITH A DOWN STUFFED QUILT. THIS IS BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT IF THE
HOUSE IS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, IT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PENETRATE
THE QUILT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL PRODUCT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
WEATHER BELIEF
AS A YOUNG BOY IN CANADA, I WAS ALWAYS TOLD BY MY MOTHER,
THAT I SHOULD NEVER KILL A SPIDER. SHE SAID THAT IF I DID
IT WOULD RAIN ALL DAY, AND SPOIL MY FUN.
Submitter comment:
I GUESS SHE JUST DIDN:T LIKE ME TO KILL SPIDERS.
Where learned: CANADA ; MONTREAL
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: MANY YEARS AGO
HAZELWOOD TREE LEGEND.
THERE IS A LEGEND ABOUT THE HAZELWOOD TREE.
WHEN MARY AND JOSEPH AND JESUS WERE FLEEING TO EGYPT, THEY CAME
TO A POPLAR TREE THAT WAS BIG AND TALL AND STRAIGHT. MARY
ASKED THE POPLAR TREE TO COVER HER UP AND PROTECT HER FROM
THE RAIN. THE POPLAR TREE WOULD NOT. MARY SAID,'MAY YOU NEVER
HAVE YOUR LIMBS DOWN AND MAY YOUR LEAVES NEVER REST.
THIS IS WHY THE POPLAR TREE IS ALWAYS TREMBLING, IN WIND OR NOT.
THE NEXT TREE THAT MARY CAME TO, WAS THE HAZELWOOD TREE.
THEY DO NOT GROW VERY HIGH, ARE SQUATTY, AND ALWAYS HAVE A LOT OF
BRANCHES ON THEM. MARY ASKED THE HAZELWOOD TREE TO COVER HER AND
IT DID. SHE BLESSED THE TREE IN RETURN, SAYING? 'MAY YOU BE BLESSED
FOR ETERNITY BECAUSE YOU HAVE SHELTERED ME. MAY YOUR LEAVES BE A
MEDICINE TO PEOPLE THAT NEED YOU. HEAL THEM OF DISEASES, AND MAY
YOU GROW FRUIT FOR MANKIND AND BEASTS.' SINCE THEN THE HAZELWOOD
TREE HAS PRODUCED LOTS OF NUTS CALLED FILBERTS.
James Callow comment:
POPLAR BRANCHES REACH UP, AS IF ARMS EXTENDED IN PRAYER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero Food Drink -- Plant food Nut BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Plant |
SHAMROCK BELIEF
THE SHAMROCK HAS BECOME ONE OF THE NATIONAL EMBLEMS OF IRELAND.
THE FOUR LEAFED VARIETY IS MUCH RARER AND IS SAID TO BE FOUND
ONLY WHERE THE MARE DROPS THE FIRST FOAL. IT IS SAID TO
HAVE SPECIAL POWERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL PLANT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A NATURAL TRANSITION
AT ABOUT TEN YEARS, I BEGAN A COLLECTION OF THE WHITE BALLS
OF FUZZ, WHICH COME OFF THE TREES IN OUR OLD NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN MY
FRIENDS HEARD OF MY COLLECTION, THEY TOLD ME TO RID MYSELF OF IT
BEFORE THE LITTLE BALLS EVOLVED INTO SPIDERS. I RUSHED HOME
AS QUICKLY AS POSIBLE AND SCATTERED THEM FROM MY HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL: ARACHNID
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ANGORA BELIEF
PUT ANGORA YARN IN THE ICEBOX A FEW HOURS BEFORE YOU
PLAN TO USE IT FOR KNITTING;
IT KEEPS THE YARN FROM SHEDDING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL PRODUCT
| Subject headings: | Custom BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 01-20-1971