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APPRECIATION OF FRIENDS
IT IS EVIDENT THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES,
HOW SWEET AND SOUR OUR LIVES CAN BE.
BUT IF WE COULD LOVE AS WELL AS WE HATE,
WHAT FEW TROUBLES WOULD BE LEFT TO SEE.
FOR JOYS WOULD RESULT WITH NO SORROWS FELT,
THUS LEAVING OUR HEARTS SO EASY TO MELT.
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; ASSONANCE ; CONTRAST ; FREE VERSE ; HATE ; INFORMATIVE ; LOVE ; METAPHOR ; RHYME: ABCBEE ; SERIOUSNESS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
WRITTEN VERSE
HAD I THE HEAVEN'S EMBRIODERD CLOTHS,
ENWROUGHT WITH GOLDEN AND SILVER LIGHT,
THE BLUE AND THE DIM AND THE DARK CLOTHS,
OF NIGHT AND LIGHT AND THE HALF LIGHT,
I WOULD SPREAD THE CLOTHS UNDER YOUR FEET,
BUT I, BEING POOR, HAVE ONLY MY DREAMS;
I HAVE SPREAD MY DREAMS UNDER YOUR FEET,
TREAD SOFTLY, BECAUSE YOU TREAD ON MY DREAMS.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS WRITTEN IN MY MOTHER'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK WHEN SHE WAS
VISITING ENGLAND IN 1937.
Where learned: ENGLAND
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; SERIOUSNESS
James Callow Keyword(s): DREAMS ; FUNCTION ; METAPHOR ; POETIC DICTION ; REPETITION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
WHEN THE GOLDEN SUN IS SINKING
AND YOUR MIND IS FREE
WHEN YOU OFTEN THINK OF OTHERS,
WILL YOU SOMETIMES THINK OF ME?
Submitter comment: (1939, BIRCH TREE, MONTANA)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST ; FRIENDSHIP ; METER: TROCHEES ; QUATRAIN ; REQUEST FOR REMEMBRANCE ; RHYME: ABCB ; SERIOUSNESS ; SUNSET
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
UNDER EACH CLOUD IS A SILVER LINING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CELESTIAL BRIGHTNESS ; UNDISCLOSED MERIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPENSATION ; CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
MAY YOUR DAY BE BRIGHT
MAY YOUR LIFE BE IN CLOVER
MAY EVERYTHING TURN OUT RIGHT
AND MAY YOUR TOILET NEVER RUN OVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
IF YOU DREAM SOMEONE IS GETTING MARRIED THEN THEY NEVER
WILL. THE INTERPRETATION OF THE DREAM IS ALWAYS OPPOSITE
OF WHAT THE DREAM WAS ABOUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 03-00-1983
IF YOU DREAM THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE
THEN THEY WILL LIVE A LONG TIME.
THE INTERPRETATION OF THE DREAM IS ALWAYS OPPOSITE
OF WHAT THE DREAM WAS ABOUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; LONGEVITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 03-00-1983
MY MOTHER BELIEVED THAT IF YOU DREAM OF A DEATH YOU WILL HERE OF A
BIRTH AND IF YOU DREAM OF A BIRTH YOU WILL HEAR OF A DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; INVERSION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 03-00-1984
SUPERSTITION--DREAMS
IT IS BELIEVED THAT DREAMS CAN MEAN THE OPPOSITE OF WHATEVER
YOU DREAM. FOR EXAMPLE:
(1) IF YOU DREAM YOU GOT MARRIED IT WILL OR CAN MEAN THAT
SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY WILL DIE.
(2) DREAMING OF LOSING YOUR FRONT TOOTH ALSO MEANS SOMEONE
IN THE FAMILY WILL DIE OR BECOME ILL.
(3) IF YOU DREAM YOUR MOM OR DAD DIED OR IF YOU DREAM YOU
ATTENDED A FUNERAL, IT CAN MEAN THE PERSON WHO HAD DIED IN THE
DREAM WILL LIVE LONG.
(4) DREAMING OF WEDDINGS ALSO SIGNIFY DEATH.
Where learned: BAHAMAS ; EXUMA
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001920S
GRATITUDE IS THE LEAST OF VIRTUES, BUT
INGRATITUDE THE WORST OF VICES.
Submitter comment: SHE BELIEVES IT.
Where learned: JAMAICA ; PRINCETON
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1977 ; 00-00-1985
MY MOTHER TOLD ME THAT IF YOU SING AT THE DINNER TABLE,
YOU WILL CRY BEFORE YOU GO TO BED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPENSATION ; CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
IT'S BETTER TO BE PISSED OFF THAN TO BE PISSED ON.
Submitter comment:
THIS COMMENT IS IN RESPONSE TO A COMMENT THAT I HAD
MADE TO EXPRESS MY ANGER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
JOY AND TEMPERANCE AND REPOSE
SLAM THE DOOR ON THE DOCTOR'S NOSE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A SAYING THAT MY INFORMANT LEARNED FROM
HIS GRANDFATHER.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
James Callow Keyword(s): BATHOS ANTILLIMAY ; CONTRAST ; SURPRISE
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 11-08-1985
PROVERB
WHEN YOU SIT DOWN TO BREAKFAST I'LL BE GETTING UP FROM
DINNER.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS A SAYING TO DESCRIBE HOW SOME PEOPLE WERE ALWAYS
AHEAD OF OTHERS, USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH GIRLS MATURING
BEFORE BOYS. WOMEN SUPPOSEDLY ARE ALWAYS AHEAD OF MEN
ACCORDING TO THIS SAYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; PARALLELISM ; TIME
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1990
PROVERB
THE MORE THEY HAVE THE LESS THEY ARE WORTH.
Submitter comment:
PEOPLE WITH A GREAT NUMBER OF MATERIAL THINGS OR WEALTH
ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RATHER SHALLOW, NOT SO WORTHWHILE
INDIVIDUALS, BECAUSE THEY PUT SUCH AN EMPHASIS ON
MATERIAL THINGS.
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1990
THE SHANTY BOY
"AS I WALKED OUT ONE EVENING, JUST AS THE SUN WENT DOWN.
I CARELESSLY DID RAMBLE TILL I CAME TO SAGINAW TOWN.
I HEARD TWO GIRLS CONVERSING, AS SLOWLY I PASSED THEM BY;
ONE SAID SHE LOVED A FARMER'S SON, AND THE OTHER A SHANTY
BOY.
"THE ONE THAT LOVED THE FARMER'S SON, THESE WORDS I HEARD
HER SAY,
'THE REASON WHY I LOVE HIM IS AT HOME WITH ME HE'LL STAY;
HE'LL STAY AT HOME ALL WINTER, TO THE WOODS HE WILL NOT GO,
AND WHEN THE SPRINGTIME COMES AGAIN, HIS LANDS HE'LL
PLOW AND SOW.'
'I SHALL ALWAYS PRAISE MY SHANTY BOY WHO GOES TO THE
WOODS IN THE FALL,
HE IS BOTH STOUT AND HEARTY AND FIT TO STAND A SQUALL;
WITH PLEASURE I WILL GREET HIM IN THE SPRING WHEN
HE COMES DOWN.
HIS MONEY ON ME HE'LL SPEND IT FREE WHEN YOUR MOSSBACK
HE HAS NONE.'
HOW CAN YOU PRAISE YOUR SHANTY BOY WHO TO THE WOODS
DOES GO?
HE'S ORDERED OUT BEFORE DAYLIGHT TO FACE THE FROST AND SNOW,
WHILE HAPPY AND CONTENTED MY FARMER'S SON WILL LIE,
SOFT TALES OF LOVE HE'LL TELL TO ME WHILE THE STORMS
ARE BLOWING BY.'
'I NEVER CAN STAND THAT SOFT TALK,' THE OTHER GIRL DID SAY,
'THE MOST OF THEM THEY ARE SO GREEN THE COWS COULD EAT
THEM FOR HAY;
HOW EASY IT IS TO KNOW THEM WHEN THEY COME INTO TOWN,
THE SMALL BOY SHOUTING AFTER THEM, "MOSSBACK, HOW COME
YOU DOWN?'
'WHAT I'VE SAID UNKIND OF YOUR SHANTY BOY, I DO NOT
MEAN IT SO,
AND IF EVER I MEET WITH ONE OF THEM ALONG WITH HIM
I'LL GO,
AND LEAVE MY MOSSBACK FARMERS' SON TO PLOUGH AND PLANT
HIS FARM.
WHILE MY SHANTY BOY SO BOLD AND FREE WILL SAVE ME FROM
ALL HARM.
Submitter comment:
THIS SONG COMES FROM NOT AN EDUCATED PERSON BUT FROM
THE HEART OF A LUMBERING CREW. IT FITS THE MENTALITY
OF THE AVERAGE LOGGING CREW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
Keyword(s): LOGGING SONGS ; SHANTY BOY
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRASTED OCCUPATIONS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic |
Date learned: 03-04-1990
If your right ear is ringing, someone is saying good
things about you. If your left ear rings, someone is
saying bad things about you.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; Carbon Hill
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; RIGHT LEFT
| Subject headings: | 842 Ringing ears / buzzing / hot, burning BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00001950S
If it rains on the day of a funeral, it is felt to be a sign
that the dead person lived a life filled with love and laughter.
Submitter comment:
This was said at the funeral of my aunt, whose life was truly
filled with love and laughter.
Keyword(s): COMPENSATION
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00-00-1989
SINGING BEFORE BREAKFAST MAKES YOU CRY BEFORE BED.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM MOTHER
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
IF YOU SING BEFORE YOU EAT BREAKFAST, YOU WILL CRY
BEFORE NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 03-08-1967