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Proverb
From the Pennsylvania Dutch:
"The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get."
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V700] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DUTCH ; ETHNIC ; Maxim ; PENNSYLVANIA ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Proverb
Pennywise but pound foolish.
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Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Finances ; Foolish ; Maxim ; MONEY ; Penny ; Pound ; PROVERB ; Thrifty ; VERSE ; Wise
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Proverb
Out of the mouths of babes.
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From - Uncertain.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BABY ; Maxim ; Mouth ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WISDOM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Proverb
Up the proverbial estuary without any means of locomotion.
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When John was having car trouble and had to get to work the next day. This means "up the creek without a paddle."
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Original BN [S570] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Proverb
That's the pot calling the kettle black.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V200] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Where learned: Sterling Heights
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Black ; COLOR ; HYPOCRISY ; Kettle ; Maxim ; Pot ; PROVERB ; Similarity ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Proverb
A person who acquires riches easily was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [P880] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; Rich ; Silver ; Spoiled ; Spoon ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Proverb
A whistling wife and a crowing hen never come to a good end.
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Learned from youth.
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Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crowing ; FATE ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Whistle ; Wife
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Proverb
Wedding Proverb:
On your wedding day, you should wear something new, something old, and something borrowed.
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Mrs. Malony learned this when she was a child. She did not know the verse form of the tradition and left out the rhyming "blue."
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BN chosen because submission card was located in pile - all cards in pile were marked V300
James Callow comment:
Original BN [c880] crossed out. Not replaced wtih any classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BORROW ; Maxim ; New ; Old ; PROVERB ; SUPERSTITION ; VERSE ; WEDDING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Early to bed and early to rise makes you healthy, wealthy and wise.
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Informant was told this by her mother in the year 1920.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Rise ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; WISDOM ; Wise
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Whistling women and crowing hens are bound to come to some bad end.
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From - Uncertain
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crow ; FATE ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle ; WOMEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Early to bed, Early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
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Where learned: HOME ;
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Rise ; TIME ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; WISDOM ; Wise
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
"Oh! What tangled webs we weave when first we practice to deceive."
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Submission is a direct quote from Sir Walter Scott, a Scottish Novelist (1771-1832): Marmion, Canto vi, Stanza 17.
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300, V:C880.300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Consequence ; Deceive ; Deception ; Lie ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Quote ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Web
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
"Easy come, easy go."
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Informant received information from various relatives in Ukraine.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A whistling girl and a crowing hen, both come to a bad end.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300, C880.300] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crow ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Good, Better, Best / Never let it take a rest / Till your good is better / And your better best.
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James Callow comment:
Original Bn [V700] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Keyword(s): Ability ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Best ; Better ; Good ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A daughter is a daughter for the rest of your life, but a son is only a son until he gets a wife.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DAUGHTER ; Inequality ; Maxim ; Parent ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Son ; VERSE ; Wife
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and cackling hens always come to a bad end.
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I heard this as a child in Ferndale, MI
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James Callow comment:
Original Bn [C880.400] crossed out. Replacedw tih current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cackle ; Crow ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and crowing hens are sure to come to some bad end.
Submitter comment:
She heard this from her mother.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crow ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A whistling girl and a crowing hen, will always come to some bad end.
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James Callow comment:
Original Bn [C760, C700] crossed out. Repalced with current classification.
In autograph book?
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crow ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |