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PROVERB
DRAFT BEER, NOT BOYS
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTI-WAR ; PUN ; REFERRING TO SELECTIVE SERVICE--DRAFT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SPEECH
DRESSED OUT OF THE BANDBOX.
Submitter comment: MEANING DRESSED IN FINERY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
Keyword(s): CLOTHING
James Callow Keyword(s): DRESSED FIT TO KILL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DRINKING SAYING
TO SAY THAT ONE DRINKS LIKE A FISH IS A FALLACY BECAUSE FISH DRINK
VERY LITTLE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): FISH
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PARADOX
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
DROP BY DROP AND SOON EVEN BOULDERS ARE WASHED AWAY.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PERSISTENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
PROVERB
A DROWNING MAN CLUTCHES AT STRAWS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DESPERATION ; HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
DRUNK AS AN OWL.
Submitter comment: PICKED UP BY THE INFORMANT FROM SOUTHERN KENTUCKY FRIENDS.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BIRD
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; WIDE-EYED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-21-1969
PROVERB
A DRY MARCH BRINGS A WET APRIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION
Date learned: 10-07-1967
DRY MARCH AND WET MAY WILL BRING A FLOURISHING
HARVEST OF (RYE) GRAIN.
MARZEC SUCHU, A MOKRY MAJ-ZYTO JAKO GAJ. (POLISH ASSUMED)
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
DUCK GOT WATER TO PLAY IN, FOWL WISH HE HAD IT TO DRINK.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS ANOTHER SAYING: IT MEANS A LOT WHEN YOU STOP AND THINK.
NOT EVERY SOUL IN LIFE IS ENDOWED WITH WEALTH AND BEAUTIFUL FORTUNE
SO MAKE THE BEST USE OF WHAT YOU HAVE -- AND DO SO WITH CAUTION.
Where learned: WRITTEN DOWN BY INFORMANT
Keyword(s): BIRD
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUGALITY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-01-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
DUMB AS A DOORKNOB
Submitter comment:
USED WHEN POINTING OUT HOW IGNORANT A PERSON OR ANIMAL IS IN A
GIVEN SITUATION. INFORMANT USES THIS SOMETIMES WHEN HE WAS ANGRY.
HE HAS HEARD IT USED BY MANY OTHERS AT WORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; STUPIDITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-05-1971
GERMAN PROVERB
THE DUMBEST FARMER HAS THE BIGGEST POTATOES. (TRANSLATION)
DIE DUMMSTER BAURN HAM DIE GROPTEN KARTOFEL. (GERMAN)
Submitter comment: MORE LUCK THAN BRAINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PARADOX
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
PROVERB
DUMBER THAN A BOX OF ROCKS.
IN INDIANAPOLIS, IN ORDER TO INDICATE THAT SOMEONE ISNT VERY
BRIGHT, WE SAY THAT HE IS : DUMBER THAN A BOX OF ROCKS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): STUPIDITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
DUMBER THAN YOU LOOK
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): STUPIDITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
SHREWD CHARACTER
DUMB LIKE A FOX
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERB
BE NO TIME FOR CHEERS AND LAUGHTER, IN THE COLD GRAY DAWN OF THE
MORNING AFTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RHYME
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE (IMPLIED) ; HANGOVER ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-10-1968
VERSE
BE NOT THE FIRST BY WHOM THE NEW IS TRIED
NOR THE LAST TO SET THE OLD ASIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LEXINGTON
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-09-1969
RUSSIAN PROVERB
THE BERRIES MAY BE RED AND RIPE, BUT CAN OF TIME BE BITTER.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; COLOR ; FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): (OFT?) ; CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1910
BEST DAY
THE BEST DAY IS TODAY.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDFATHER BELIEVES IN LIVING EACH DAY TO ITS FULLEST. HE HAS
TOLD ME THIS PROVERB MANY TIMES.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; STURGEON LAKE ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
James Callow Keyword(s): CARPE DIEM ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
PROVERB
THE BEST LAID PLANS OF MICE AND MEN OFTEN GO ASTRAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRENTON
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): COMMON MISQUOTATION ; OBSERVATION ; ROBERT BURNS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 12-25-1969
PROVERB
THE BEST PLACE TO FIND A HELPING HAND IS AT THE END OF YOUR OWN ARM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |