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IRISH SAYING
CAN'T THE CAT LOOK AT THE QUEEN?
Submitter comment: MEANING: HAVE I NO RIGHTS AT ALL?
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): JUSTICE?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
SAYING
THE CARPENTER'S DOOR IS BROKEN.
Submitter comment: MEANING FIX UP YOUR OWN BUSINESS BEFORE TRYING TO FIX OTHERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATIONS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Occupation PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
CARRY YOUR OWN LOAD.
Submitter comment:
FROM UNCERTAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
PROVERB
CAUTION NEVER CREATES EMBARRASSMENT.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
PROVERB
CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. |
Date learned: 10-10-1965
PROVERB
CHEATERS NEVER PROSPER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; RHYME
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
CHEATERS NEVER WIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB IN VERSE
CHEW, CHEW, CHEW YOUR FOOD
GENTLY THROUGH THE MEAL,
THE MORE YOU CHEW,
THE LESS YOU EAT,
THE BETTER YOU WILL FEEL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CHARLOTTE
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; DIET ; PARODY ON ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
CHILDREN LIKE WATCHES MUST NOT BE CONSTANTLY WOUND UP- YOU
MUST LET THEM RUN.
Where learned: GARDEN CITY
Keyword(s): FUNCTION (EXPLICIT)
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-25-1971
PROVERB
CHILDREN SHOULD BE SEEN AND NOT HEARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRENTON
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; DISCIPLINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
PROVERB
CHILDREN WERE GIVEN TWO EARS AND ONE MOUTH SO THEY WOULD HEAR
TWICE AS MUCH AS THEY WOULD SAY.
Submitter comment: (CONVERSATION)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; DISCIPLINE ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
A POLISH PROVERB
CHOOSE A WIFE BY HER EARS, NOT HER EYES. (TRANSLATION)
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND.
Data entry tech comment: POLISH TEXT GIVEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; MATRIMONY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Marriage PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
PROVERB
CLIMB THOUGH THE ROCKS BE RUGGED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
ITALIAN SAYING
(ITALIAN)
COMANDA E FATTELLE.
(TRANSLATION)
IF YOU WANT A THING DONE WELL, DO IT YOURSELF.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A YOUNG WOMAN LIVING IN ITALY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; YONKERS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-27-1963
SUPERSTITION
PLANT TOMATOES, CUKES ETC. WHEN THE ALMANAC SAYS THE MOON IS
RIGHT OR YOU WILL HAVE BLOOMS-DAY. 'ALL BLOOMS AND NO
FRUIT.'
Submitter comment:
THIS SUPERSTITION WAS LEARNED IN CLARKSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI.
IT IS NOW IRRELEVANT TO THE INFORMANT.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; CLARKSVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; CUKES=CUCUMBERS VEGETABLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
AGRILCULTURE
ANY VEGETABLE THAT GROWS BENEATH THE GROUND OR POTATO-ONE
SHOULD PLANT IN THE DARK OF THE MOON SO THAT WHEN THEY GROW ABOVE
THE GROUND THEY WILL HAVE THE BENEFIT OF A FULL MOON.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT EMPLOYS THIS METHOD IN HIS FARMING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 04-00-1971
PLANTING CUSTOM BELIEF IN MOON, PLANTING BELIEF OBSERVATION
WHEN THE MOON IS A BANANA SHAPE, THAT IS THE BEST TIME TO PLANT
ROSES.
Submitter comment: MY FATHER'S FAMILY DID THIS IN POLAND
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
IF YOU SPIT ON EACH GRAIN OF CORN THAT WAS PLANTED, THE CORN
WOULD GROW TALL AND BEAR WELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 01-31-1971
PLANTING BELIEF
FOR A GOOD CROP OF SUGAR BEETS, PLANT WHILE THE SIGNS ARE
IN THE HEART.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 09-00-1971
CROSSEYED
IF YOU LET A BABY LOOK IN A MIRROR BEFORE HE IS A YEAR OLD,
HE WILL BE CROSSEYED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE (IMPLIED)
Date learned: 10-00-1968