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PROVERB
LAUGH AND THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOU, CRY AND YOU CRY ALONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION ; SYMPATHY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM MAXIM
LAUGH BEFORE BREAKFAST; CRY BEFORE BEDTIME.
Submitter comment: SCOTTISH.
Where learned: INFORMANTS PLACE OF OCCUPATION - DETROIT BOARD OF
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; PARALLEL STRUCTURE.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
PROVERB - - OMEN - - BELIEF
LAUGH BEFORE BREAKFAST, CRY BEFORE SLEEP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1970
WELSH PROVERB
IF THERE WERE NO HELL,
NO ONE WOULD WORRY ABOUT HEAVEN.
Submitter comment: NONE
Data entry tech comment: PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM MAXIM
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
ARABIAN SAYING
IF TALKING IS SILVER, QUIT IS GOLDEN.
"IF TALKING IS SILVER, QUIET IS GOLDEN."
Submitter comment: NONE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
SPANISH PROBERB
IF YOU ARE BITTER AT HEART, SURGAR IN THE OOUTH WILL NOT HELP YOU.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
IF YOU ARE SUNK, WHY WORRY ABOUT BEING WET?
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V200 |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
DREAM OF THE DEAD, HEAR OF THE LIVING. THIS MEANS THAT IF YOU
WERE TO DREAM OF SOMEONE DEAD THEN THE NEXT DAY A CALL WOULD
COME FROM THAT DEAD PERSON'S RELATIVE.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; FAIRFAX
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Hear from the living |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
WEATHER VERSE
RED SKY AT NIGHT
SAILOR'S DELIGHT.
RED SKY IN THE MORNING
SAILORS TAKE WARNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; FEMININE RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 00001950S
WEATHER BELIEF
RAIN BEFORE SEVEN.
SHINE BEFIRE ELEVEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; FEMININE RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001950S
COLD HANDS, WARM HEART
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): AFFECTION ; ALLITERATION FOR CONTRAST ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; LOVE ; METONYMY ; TENDERNESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001950S
PREDICTION ON HOW A PERFORMANCE WILL GO.
IF YOU HAVE A BAD REHEARSAL (PLAYS, CONCERTS, OR WEDDINGS) YOU'LL
A GOOD PERFORMANCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 04-00-1980
TALE ABOUT A GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS
ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE LIVED A HAPPY FAMILY. THEY LIVED NEAR
THE FOREST. THERE WERE TWO CHILDREN, A MOTHER, AND A FATHER. THE
CHILDREN WERE A BOY AND A GIRL. ONE DAY THEIR MOTHER BECAME ILL AND
DIED.
A YEAR LATER, THEIR FATHER REMARRIED A WIDOW THAT HAD A GIRL.
FOR A TIME, THEY WERE ALL HAPPY.
THE BOY'S SISTER WAS QUITE BEAUTIFUL COMPARED TO HIS
STEP-SISTER, AND BECAUSE OF THIS THEIR STEP-MOTHER WAS VERY JEALOUS
OF THE GIRL.
TIME WENT BY. THE BOY GREW TO BE A FINE MAN AND WAS DRAFTED INTO
THE ARMY. AT THAT TIME, THE STEP-MOTHER TALKED THE FATHER INTO
TAKING HIS DAUGHTER TO THE FOREST TO PICK BERRIES. HE TOLD THE GIRL
HE WOULD BE BACK TO GET HER.
THE GIRL STARTED TO CRY. IT WAS GETTING DARK SLOWLY. A SHORT
DISTANCE FROM HER SHE SAW THREE BOYS. THEY ASKED HER WHY SHE WAS
CRYING. SHE TOLD THEM ABOUT HER FATHER LEAVING HER IN THE FOREST AN
NOT PICKING HER UP.
ONE OF THE BOYS SAID, "WHAT KIND OF A PRESENT SHOULD WE GIVE
HER?" ONE SAID THAT HE WOULD GIVE HER A SWEET FRAGRANCE WHEN SHE
WOULD SMILE. ANOTHER SAID THAT HE WOULD MAKE PEARLS DROP FROM HER
EYES WHEN SHE WOULD CRY. THE LAST ONE SAID THAT SHE WOULD HAVE
BEAUTIFUL GOLDFISH SWIMMING IN THE WATER BASIN WHEN SHE WOULD GO TO
WASH HER FACE. THEY WERE ANGELS. THEY THEN SHOWED HER THE WAY HOME
SHE ARRIVED HOME VERY LATE AND KNOCKED AT THE DOOR. THE
STEP-MOTHER ACTED SURPRISED AND MADE SOME EXCUSE WHY THE FATHER HAD
LEFT HER IN THE FOREST. SHE SPANKED HER AND THE GIRL STARTED TO CRY
PEARLS CAME FROM HER EYES. WHEN HER FATHER CAME HOME, SHE SMILED AN
A BEAUTIFUL AROMA CAME FORTH. LATER WHEN SHE WENT TO WASH HER FACE,
BEAUTIFUL GOLDFISH WERE SWIMMING IN THE WASHBOWL. THE STEP-MOTHER
WAS UPSET ABOUT IT AND ASKED HER TO TELL HER HOW THESE THINGS
HAPPENED.
AFTER THE GIRL HAD TOLD HER THE STORY ABOUT THE THREE BOYS, THE
STEP-MOTHER DECIDED TO SEND HER DAUGHTER TO THE FOREST ALSO. SHE
INSTRUCTED HER DAUGHTER TO ACT THE SAME WAY AS HER STEP-DAUGHTER.
PERHAPS THEY WOULD ALSO GIVE HER GIFTS. INSTEAD THE DAUGHTER
RECEIVED THREE DIFFERENT GIFTS. ONE WAS THAT WHEN SHE WOULD SMILE,
SHE WOULD HAVE AN AWFUL SMELL AROUND HER. ANOTHER WAS THAT WHEN SHE
WOULD CRY, ROCKS WOULD FALL FROM HER EYES, AND LAST OF ALL, SHE WOUL
HAVE UGLY LIZARDS SWIMMING IN THE WASHBASIN WHEN SHE WOULD WASH HER
FACE.
WHEN ALL THESE THINGS HAPPENED, THE STEP-MOTHER BECAME UPSET AND
WENT TO SEE WHAT SHE COULD DO TO REVERSE THE GIFTS. SHE WENT TO A
WITCH AND ASKED FOR HELP. THE WITCH SAID THAT HE COULD NOT REVERSE
THE GIFTS, BUT HE COULD TURN HER STEP-DAUGHTER INTO A DUCK. AND SO
HE DID.
THE DUCK ALWAYS STAYED NEAR THEIR PROPERTY. AFTER A TIME, THE
FATHER DIED. THE BROTHER WAS CALLED HOME FROM THE ARMY FOR THE
FUNERAL. WHEN HE ARRIVED HOME, HE ASKED ABOUT HIS SISTER. NO ONE
KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT HER WHEREABOUTS. HE CAME HOME WITH A FRIEND OF
HIS FOR THE FUNERAL AND TO VIEW HIS FATHER'S BODY.
THE COFFIN WAS LAYING IN THE CHURCH IN THE EVENING BECAUSE THE
FUNERAL WAS PLANNED FOR THE NEXT DAY. THE BROTHER AND HIS FRIEND
WENT TO THE CHURCH AND FOUND PEARLS ALL AROUND THE COFFIN. THEY
DECIDED TO HIDE IN THE CHURCH AND SEE IF THEY COULD FIND OUT WHY
THERE WERE PEARLS LAYING ON THE FLOOR. HE ASKED THAT THE FUNERAL BE
DELAYED.
THEY HID IN THE CHOIR LOFT AND WHEN THEY HEARD A MOVEMENT,
LOOKED DOWN TO SEE A DUCK FLY INTO THE CHURCH. AFTER THE DUCK SHOOK
ITS WINGS, THE SISTER CAME OUT OF THE DUCK'S BODY AND WAS CRYING FOR
THE FATHER AS THE PEARLS FELL FROM HER EYES.
THE SISTER WAS TALKING TO THE DEAD FATHER AND SAID THAT THE STEP-
MOTHER HAD TURNED HER INTO A DUCK. THE TWO YOUNG MEN CREPT QUIETLY
OUT OF THE CHOIR LOFT AND TOOK A MATCH AND BURNED THE BODY OF THE
DUCK. THIS SAVED THE GIRL FROM EVER RETURNING BACK INTO THE FORM OF
THE DUCK. SHE WAS SO HAPPY THAT SHE MARRIED HER BROTHER'S FRIEND
AND LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS STORY AT AN EVENING OF FAMILY STORY TELLING A
A YOUNG BOY IN LUKOWA, POLAND. WHEN DESCRIBING THE GIFTS OF THE
BEAUTIFUL GIRL, HIS VOICE WAS VERY SOFT AND EVEN EXPRESSED PITY WITH
HER SITUATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; WIZARD
| Subject headings: | Favorites |
Date learned: 02-12-1980 ; 00-00-1934
IR YOU ARE UGLY WHEN YOU ARE BORN, YOU WILL BE BEAUTIFUL WHEN YOU
DIE AND IF YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL WHEN YOU ARE BORN, YOU WILL BE UGLY
WHEN YOU DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-28-1980
AFRICAN PROVERB
AN INTELLIGENT ENEMY IS BETTER THAN A STUPID FRIEND.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
Keyword(s): ASSONANCE ; CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
WEATHER RHYME
IN THE MORNING MOUNTAINS,
IN THE EVENING FOUNTAINS.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; FEMININE RHYME ; OBSERVATION PREDICTION ; PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-07-1969
DREAMS
IF A PERSON DREAMS OF A MARRIAGE THEN HE IS DREAMING OF HIS DEATH.
MY FREIND'S GRANDFATHER EXPERIENCED THIS AND HE DIED TWO WEEKS LATER.
Submitter comment:
I WAS RATHER SURPRISED WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT MY NEIGHBOR EXPERIENCED
THIS. I WAS FASCINATED BY IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
UGLY IN THE CRADLE, PRETTY AT THE TABLE.
Submitter comment: THIS SAYING PROBABLY IS A NOTE OF OPTIMISM WHEN A BABY IS TRULY UGLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; SLANT RHYME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1980 ; 00-00-1950
AUTOGRAPH
ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
SUGAR IS SWEET
AND SO ARE YOU. MM
BUT WHEN ROSES ARE WILTED
AND VIOLETS ARE DEAD
SUGAR IS LUMPY
AND SO IS YOUR HEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; COMPLIMENT ; CONTRAST ; FLOWERS ; HUMOR ; INSULT ; METER: IAMBS ; METER: TROCHEES ; QUATRAINS ; SARCASM ; STUPIDITY ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
THE EAGLE MAY FORGET THE ROCK
THE OCEAN BIRD THE SEA
THE FLOWERS MAY FORGET TO BLOOM
BUT I'LL REMEMBER THEE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIRDS ; CONTRAST ; FLOWERS ; FRIENDLY ; FRIENDSHIP ; INFORMATIVE ; METER: IAMBS ; PROMISE OF REMEMBRANCE ; QUATRAIN ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 10-17-1967