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IN ORDER TO GET THE FRUIT, YOU HAVE TO CLIMB THE TREE.
Submitter comment:
(YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD FOR WHAT YOU GET.) MARILOU'S INFORMANT WAS HE
GRANDMOTHER BRIDGET O'CONNOR, 81, WIDOWED, IRISH FROM LONDON,
ONTARIO.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): METAPHOR ; OBSERVATION ; PARALLELISM
James Callow Keyword(s): CANADA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
INSIDE INFORMATION HELPS.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ASSONANCE ; OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): USEFULNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
AFRICAN PROVERB
AN INTELLIGENT ENEMY IS BETTER THAN A STUPID FRIEND.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
Keyword(s): ASSONANCE ; CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
FLEMISH PROVERB
IN THE DARKNESS, ALL KITTENS LOOK ALIKE.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN HE WAS VISITING DETROIT, MICHIGAN FROM
BELGIUM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CAT ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
FLEMISH PROVERB
IN THE KINGDOM OF THE BLIND, THE ONE-EYED MAN IS KING.
TRANSLATION OF
FLEMISH TEXT NOT KEYPUNCHED. SEE ORIGINAL 5 X 8 INCH CARD.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN HE WAS VISITING DETROIT, MICHIGAN FROM
BELGIUM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): RELATIVITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
WEATHER RHYME
IN THE MORNING MOUNTAINS,
IN THE EVENING FOUNTAINS.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; FEMININE RHYME ; OBSERVATION PREDICTION ; PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-07-1969
POLISH PROVERB
IN THE OLD STOVE, THE DEVIL IS BURNING.
TRANSLATION OF
W STARYM PIECU DIABEL PALI. (POLISH)
Submitter comment:
THE CONTEXT IS INTERESTING. IT IS GENERALLY APPLIED TO AN OLDER MAN
WHO SHOWS INTEREST IN A YOUNGER GIRL OR GIRLS.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ASSONANCE ; OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): OLD AGE DOES NOT RULE OUT AMOROUS INCLINATIONS. ; SYMBOL: FIERY DEVIL FOR SEXUAL INTEREST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
IN THE STOCK MARKET YOU WILL NEVER GO BROKE MAKING A PROFIT - AS
SMALL AS IT MAY BE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM ONE OF HIS FRIENDS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): MONEY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-11-1971
IN WINE THERE'S TRUTH.
TRANSLATION OF
IN VINO VERITAS. (LATIN)
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): LATIN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
COUNTING-OUT RHYME
ACKA BACKA,
SOWED THE CROCKA,
ACKA BACKA BOO.
IN COMES UNCLE SAM,
AND OUT GOES Y*O*U}}
Submitter comment: INFORMANT IS FROM PENNSYLVANIA
Data entry tech comment:
IN THE LATE 1960'S
I LEARNED A VARIANT OF THIS COUNTING-OUT RHYME AS A CHILD IN DETROIT
ACKA BACKA SODA CRACKA
ACKA BACKA BOO
IF YOUR FATHER CHEWS TOBACKA
OUT GOES YOU.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): NONSENSE WORDS ; REPETITION ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): SODA CRACKER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
ANIMAL RHYME
THE ELEPHANT IS A PRETTY BIRD,
IT FLITS FROM BOUGH TO BOUGH.
IT BUILDS ITS NEST IN A RHUBARB TREE
AND WHISTLES LIKE A COW.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative C820.442 |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
THE BROLGA
THE BROLGA OR AUSTRALIAN CRANE
HOLDS DANCING ORGIES ON THE PLAIN;
AND STUDENTS OF THE RUSSIAN BALLET
HAVE CREPT IN CROWDS ACROSS THE MALLEE
FAR BEYOND THE DESERT GRASSES
TO WHERE THE BROLGA HOLDS ITS CLASSES;
AND MANY A MOTIF FOR THE LEG
HAS EMANATED FROM AN EGG.
BUT CERTAIN PURISTS DO NOT CARE
FOR SUCH TECHNIQUE AND PRUDES DECLARE
SPECIFIC MOVEMENTS OF THE BROLGA
UNACADEMIC, IF NOT VOLGA.
Where learned: AUSTRALIA ; TOORAK ; VICTORIA
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ASSONANCE ; DANCE ; HUMOR ; MONOLOGUE ; PRONUNCIATION ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative C820.444 |
THE ECHIDNA
THE MALE ECHIDNA WITH ITS MATE
SURVIVES THE MOST PRECARIOUS STATE;
HE ROLLS HER, HAIR AND SPINES AND ALL
INTO AN EENZY-WEENZY BALL--
AND BURIES HER; AND IN THIS WAY
PROVIDES AGAINST A RAINY DAY.
BUT, LIKE AS NOT, THIS SAME ECHIDNA
FORGETS JUST IF, OR WHERE, HE'S HID NA.
Where learned: AUSTRALIA ; TOORAK ; VICTORIA
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; MONOLOGUE ; PRONUNCIATION ; RHYME: AABB ; SLANG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative C820.442 |
Date learned: CA10001968
THE MARSUPIAL MOLE
LIKE MILTON, THE MARSUPIAL MOLE
PURSUES HIS OWN UNWORLDLY GOAL.
SIGHTLESS HE SLEEPS WITHIN THE EARTH
REMOVED FROM MADNESS AND FROM MIRTH.
AS DAYS AND NIGHTS AND SEASONS PASS
OVER THE CHANGING DESERT GRASS
HE FLOATS UPON HIS SECRET STREAMS
OF MARVELLOUS MARSUPIAL DREAMS,
AND MIXES WITH CELESTIAL BREEDS
MORE SUITED TO HIS AIMS AND NEEDS--
CONSORTING WITH (UPON THE WHOLE)
A BETTER TYPE OF LADY MOLE.
Where learned: AUSTRALIA ; TOORAK ; VICTORIA
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; HUMOR ; MONOLOGUE ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative C820.44I |
Date learned: CA10001968
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THE DOVES
OUTSIDE MY WINDOW PANE
THE DOVES ARE MATING ONCE AGAIN
THEY BOW, THEY BILL, THEY FLAP, THEY FLUTTER
FROM ROOF TO RAIL, FROM GATE TO GUTTER.
THEY PECK AND PREEN AND SCRATCH AND SCATTER,
MAKING THE MOST INFERNAL CHATTER--
A COURSE OF CONDUCT OPPORTUNE,
NO DOUBT, TO SUCH A MONTH AS JUNE.
AND YET, I MUST CONFESS I FIND
SUCH BEDLAM (TO THE TEMPERATE MIND),
WHEN EMPHASISED WITHOUT ABATEMENT,
MERELY BECOMES AN OVER-STATEMENT.
Where learned: AUSTRALIA ; TOORAK ; VICTORIA
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; HUMOR ; MONOLOGUE ; ONOMATOPAEIA ; PHONETIC INTENSIVE: FLAP, FLUTTER ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative C820.444 |
Date learned: CA10001968
PRAYER SUPPLICATION
WHEN SOMEONE SNEEZES REPLY:
GOD BLESS YOU.
MAY THE ANGELS KISS YOU
AND THE DEVILS MISS YOU.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; BLESSING ; METAPHOR ; PARALLEL STRUCTURE
James Callow Keyword(s): FINAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.646 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
MY FIRST EXPERIENCE
THE SKY WAS DARK, THE MOON WAS HIGH,
WE WERE ALONE, JUST HER AND I.
HER HAIR WAS SO SOFT, HER EYES SKY BLUE,
I KNEW JUST WHAT I HAD TO DO.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW, BUT I DID MY BEST.
I RAN MY FINGERS DOWN HER SPINE
I PUT MY HAND AGAINST HER BREAST.
I'LL NEVER FORGET MY BEATING HEART,
AS SHE SLOWLY SPREAD HER LEGS APART.
NOW ITS ( IT'S ) DONE--ITS ( IT'S ) OVER NOW
MY FIRST EXPERIENCE MILKING A COW.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANTICLIMAX ; HUMOR ; MONOLOGUE ; SURPRISE ENDING
James Callow Keyword(s): PRETENDED OBSCENE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative C820.660 |
Date learned: 09-30-1970
PROVERB
I GOT THE ROTTEN END OF THE DEAL.
Submitter comment: UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): BAD DEALS
James Callow Keyword(s): CHEATED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
PROVERB
I GOT THE SHORT END OF THE STRAW.
Submitter comment: UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): BAD DEALS
James Callow Keyword(s): CHEATED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1964