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PLANT BELIEF
IF A PLANT THAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU BY A FRIEND DIES, THEN
THE FRIENDSHIP DIES, TEND BOTH WELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-19-1971
PREGNANCY BELIEF
NEVER MOCK OTHERS WHEN YOU ARE PREGNANT, AS YOUR CHILD WILL BE
BORN WITH THOSE CHARACTERISTICS YOU MOCKED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-19-1970
PROVERB
EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY, FOR TOMORROW YOU MAY DIE.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; CARPE DIEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
CUSTOM
EAT PORK AND LIVE OFF THE FAT OF THE LAND--EAT CHICKEN AND SCRATCH
THE REST OF THE YEAR.
Submitter comment: IN IRELAND NEW YEARS SAYING.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; HOMEOPATHIC ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-30-1972
TO LIVE
EAT TO LIVE BUT DON'T LIVE TO EAT.
(SPANISH) COMER PARA VIVIR, Y NO VIVIR PARA COMER.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FOOD ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
PROVERB
EMULATE THE TURTLE. TO GO PLACES YOU MUST STICK YOUR NECK OUT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT HER FATHER USED TO CONTINUALLY SAY THIS TO HER
AND HER SISTERS TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TRY NEW THINGS.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; AMPHIBIAN ; DARING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ITERATION ; TOLERANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
ENOUGH IS PLENTY.
Submitter comment: CONVERSATION
Where learned: OHIO
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; TOLERANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
PROVERB
TO ERR IS HUMAN, TO FORGIVE DIVINE.
Submitter comment: HEARD IT FROM HIS MOM.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; CHARITY ; PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-12-1967
PROVERB
AN ERROR DOESN'T BECOME A MISTAKE UNTIL YOU REFUSE TO CORRECT IT.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; PRIDE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
A WORTHWHILE THOUGHT
EVER READY, EVER PRESENT,
NEVER READY, NEVER PLEASANT.
Submitter comment:
A FAVORITE SAYING OF MRS. HYATT'S FATHER THAT SHE REMEMBERS FROM
HER CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; INITIAL ITERATION ; PARALLELISM ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
EVERY MAN IS THE ARCHITECT OF HIS OWN FORTUNE.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; OBSERVATION ; RESPONSIBILITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-15-1965
PROVERB
EVERYTHING IN MODERATION.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
EVERYTHING IS GOOD, ANYTHING IN EXCESS IS POISON.
Submitter comment:
MR. VIANCI IS FROM INDIA AND IS IN LAPEER, MICHIGAN,
WORKING AS AN ACCOUNTANT.
HE SAYS THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROVERB THERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LAPEER
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; MODERATION ; OPTIMISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
PROVERB
THE EYES FRIGHTEN YOU, BUT THE HANDS ARE THE WORKER.
Submitter comment:
THIS SEEMS TO NEED SOME EXPLANATION: JUST LOOKING AT A FIELD READY
FOR HARVEST MAY BE FRIGHTENING, HOWEVER WHEN YOU GET RIGHT DOWN TO
WORKING IT ISN'T SO BAD.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; INDUSTRIOUSNESS?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB IN VERSE
NEEDLES AND PINS, NEEDLES AND PINS
WHEN A MAN MARRIES, HIS TROUBLE BEGINS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; MATRIMONY ; OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- P545.0 |
PROVERB IN VERSE
NEEDLES AND PINS NEEDLES AND PINS
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED YOUR TROUBLES BEGIN
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER REMEMBERS BEING TOLD THIS PROVERB IN HER YOUTH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; MATRIMONY ; OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- P545.0 |
Date learned: 04-04-1970
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NEVER BE ASHAMED OF HONEST MARKS OF TOIL
Data entry tech comment: NO DATES OR LOCATIONS ARE GIVEN ON ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; PRIDE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NEVER CHEW YOUR CABBAGE TWICE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): "LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE." ; ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-09-1964
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NEVER CROSS A BRIDGE BEFORE YOU GET TO IT
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN FERNDALE MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; MAKING DECISIONS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-23-1967