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Proverb
A watched pot never boils.
Submitter comment:
If you stand and watch something, it seems to take twice as long.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTICIPATION ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Boil ; Kettle ; Maxim ; Pot ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Watch ; Watched ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
The watched pot never boils.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTICIPATION ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Boil ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; Pot ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Anticipate ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bet ; Chicken ; Egg ; Gamble ; Hatch ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Wager
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
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Keyword(s): Anticipate ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Basket ; Eggs ; Gamble ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Keyword(s): Anticipate ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Chicken ; Egg ; Expectation ; Gamble ; Hatch ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
A watched kettle never boils.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): Anticipate ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Boil ; Kettle ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Watch
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Autograph Rhyme
Album Verse:
Yours till the Atlantic ocean wears rubber pants to keep its bottom dry.
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Keyword(s): Album ; Atlantic ; AUTOGRAPH ; Ocean ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; Rubber Pants ; SEA ; Signature ; VERSE ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Custom; Agriculture
Plant beans when the sign is in the arms and the moon is dark.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ;
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; Arms ; Astrological ; ASTRONOMY ; Beans ; Dark ; FARMING ; MOON ; PLANT ; PLANTING ; SIGN ; Sky
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Working |
Entertainment: Game
Anti-Over Game:
Take as mall tennis type ball and throw it over the house. The person throwing hte ball calls "anti.' If the ball goes over the roof, the receiver calls "over." Keep repeating.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COOKEVILLE
Keyword(s): Anti ; Ball ; CATCH ; Entertainment ; GAME ; House ; Over ; Pastime ; Rook ; Throw
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Structure for dance, game, pastime, sport, drama, etc. |
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CHURCHES AS SANCTUARIES FOR DRAFT PROTESTERS
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN, HAS OFFERRED
ITSELF AS A SANTUARY FOR 17 PROTESTERS OF THE VIET NAM [sic] WAR.
AND THE DRAFT
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS ON THE RADIO
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTI-WAR ; CHURCH ; Free Speech ; Pacifist ; Protestor ; Sanctuary ; St. Paul's Episcopal Church ; VIETNAM ; WAR
James Callow Keyword(s): REFUGE
| Subject headings: | Custom CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
BELIEF IN RANK
MEN ARE INTELLECTUALLY SUPERIOR TO WOMEN.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Anti-feminist ; gender ; Intellect ; Men ; Misogyny ; Patriarchy ; WOMEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Custom BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 02-26-1970
TALLER CORN
IF YOU PLANT CORN DURING A CERTAIN TIME OF THE MOON, IT
WILL GROW MUCH TALLER THAN CORN PLANTED AT ANOTHER TIME.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
Keyword(s): CORN ; FARMING ; HARVEST ; Horticulture ; MOON ; PLANTING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: 11-08-1968
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Play
ORIGINS OF GAMES: "MANY ARE ROOTED IN FESTIVE PLANTING
AND HARVEST CELEBRATIONS. 'DROP THE HANDKERCHIEF'
AND 'IN AND OUT THE WINDOW' PROBABLY STARTED WITH
CHILDREN MAKING FUN OF THE DATING HABITS OF BIG
BROTHERS AND SISTERS."
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Where learned: "NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SCHOOL BULLETIN"
Keyword(s): Copy ; COURTSHIP ; Festive ; GAMES ; HARVEST ; Mimic ; PLANTING ; Play ; RITUAL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |