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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS USELESS AS TITS ON A BOAR.
Submitter comment: OFTEN HEARD IN INFORMANT'S HOMETOWN OF HARDIN, ILLINOIS, POP. 1000.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): BOAR=MALE PIG ; MAMMARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-22-1971
PROVERB
AS WET AS A FISH--AS DRY AS A BONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; FISH
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
AS WISE AS AN OWL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIRD
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
AS YOU ACT TOWARD OTHERS, SO THEY ACT TOWARD YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ATTITUDE ; FUNCTION ; OBSERVATTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
AS YOU SOW, SO SHALL YOU REAP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLANTS
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; HOMEOPHONE: SOW SO ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
AS YOU WANDER THROUGH LIFE MY FRIEND
WHATEVER BE YOUR GOAL
KEEP YOUR EYE UPON THE DOUGHNUT
AND NOT UPON THE HOLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; OPTIMISM, NOT PESSIMISM ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
RAINBOWS
AT THE END OF A RAINBOW, THERE'S A POT OF GOLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COSMOS
James Callow Keyword(s): OPTIMISM ; SUPERNATURAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
PROVERB
AT THE END OF A ROD GROWS A DEEP LOVE.
Submitter comment:
PARENTS SPANK THEIR CHILDREN, TEACHERS WHIP THEIR PUPILS, AND
HUSBANDS SLAP THEIR WIVES IN LOVE. THE LOVED ONES KISS THE ROD AND
RETURN MORE LOVE WITH THANKS. (SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD.)
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATION
James Callow Keyword(s): DISCIPLINE ; OBSERVATION ; PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BLASON POPULAIRE
AN ATTORNEY WHO HAS HIMSELF FOR A CLIENT, HAS A FOOL FOR A CLIENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
PROVERB
THE AXLE THAT SQUEAKS THE LOUDEST GETS THE GREASE.
Data entry tech comment: END OF A SECTION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ATTITUDE ; COMPLAINERS ; OBSERVATION ; PERSISTENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-06-1971
AFRICAN PROVERB
BABY NOT BORN YET, AND HIS EYE CAN SEE.
Submitter comment: MEANING: DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY ARE HATCHED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
SAYING
BABY NOT BORN YET, ITS EYES CAN SEE"
Submitter comment: MEANING: DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
A BACHELOR IS A ROLLING STONE WHO GATHERS NO BOSS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM A PARTY ASHTRAY.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; SEMANTICS
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 10-14-1967
PROVERB
SCHLECHT GFARE IS BESSER AS GUT GELOFE. (GERMAN)
A BAD RIDE IS BETTER THAN WALKING. (TRANSLATION)
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; CULINARY ARTS PRESS ; PAGE 60
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
INDIAN EXPRESSION
A BAMBOO FISH TRAP
IN INDIA, A WORLDLY MAN WOULD BE COMPARED TO 'A BAMBOO FISH TRAP.'
Submitter comment:
THE IDEA IS THAT TO MAKE A BAMBOO FISH TRAP THE BAMBOO
MUST BE CARVED TO ADMIT
THE FISH AND PREVENT HIS ESCAPE. WHEN APPLIED TO A MAN,
THIS MEANS HE IS BENT TO THE WORLD AND ITS PLEASURES, RATHER THAN
STRAIGHT AND SEEKING THE INFINITE.
Data entry tech comment: BUDDHA WEEPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FISH ; HUMAN CREATION ; PLANT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A BARKING DOG NEVER BITES.
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; THREATS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-04-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE.
Submitter comment: PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE MOST NOISE NEVER DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; THREATS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
PROVERB
HUND AS GAUTZE BEISSE NET.
A BARKING DOG SELDOM BITES. (TRANSLATION)
Data entry tech comment: TRANS INACCURATE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; READING
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; THREATS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
PROVERB
BE A GOOD LISTENER. TALK LESS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS IN ITALIAN. SHE LEARNED IT IN ITALY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; POSITIVE INJUNCTION
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; CONVERSATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-11-1964
PROVERB
BE A GOOD LISTENER. YOU CANT LEARN MUCH IF YOU DO ALL
OF THE TALKING.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT BELIEVES THAT THIS HELPS PEOPLE LEARN THE ART
OF LISTENING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): POSITIVE INJUNCTION
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; CONVERSATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-20-1971