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PROVERB
DON'T BITE OFF MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW.
Submitter comment: WHEN A TEENAGER IN NEIGHBORHOOD
James Callow comment: DON'T TAKE ON MORE THAN YOU CAN HANDLE
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERBIAL MAXIM
DON'T BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU.
Where learned: SCHOOL
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
PROVERB
DON'T BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS.
Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN.
James Callow comment: WARNING AGAINST INCAUTIOUS LIVING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
SPRING CHILLS
DON'T CAST YOUR FLOUT TILL MAY IS OOT.
Submitter comment:
THIS PROVERB WAS LEARNED BY THE INFORMANT FROM HER MOTHER, MRS.
HARRIET MALLINSON IN HER HOME IN GARY, INDIANA. (CIRCA 1925) HER
MOTHER IN TURN LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER, A MRS. SCOT, AS A CHILD
IN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. CK[ ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; FUNCTION
FLOUT=CLOD PLANTING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
SUPERSTITION
DON'T CHANGE HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-06-1971
A PROVERB
DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ANTICIPATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
PROVERB
DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY'RE HATCHED.
Submitter comment: SOURCE NOT REMEMBERED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ANTICIPATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-10-1967
CHICKENS
DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THE EGGS HATCH.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ANTICIPATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-12-1972
PROVERB
DON'T COUNT YOUR EGGS BEFORE THEY HATCH.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ANTICIPATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
DON'T CROSS THE BRIDGE UNTIL YOU REACH IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ANTICIPATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
DON'T CROSS THE BRIDGE BEFORE YOU COME TO IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATIONS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ANTICIPATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POLISH PROVERB
DON'T CRY HOP BEFORE YOU JUMP. (TRANSLATION)
NIE KRZYCZ HOP, AZ NIE YORZESKOCGYSG. (POLISH)
Submitter comment:
HOP IS AN EXPRESSION USED WHILE JUMPING. MY FATHER KNOWS THIS
FROM POLAND.
Data entry tech comment: JUMP IS AN EXPRESSION USED WHILE HOPPING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
PROVERB
DONT CRY OVER SPILLED MILK.
Submitter comment: FROM MY MOTHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
DON'T CRY OVER SPILT MILK.
Submitter comment: FORGET ABOUT ANYTHING LOST IN THE PAST - IT WON'T BRING IT BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
ITALIAN PROVERB
DON'T CRY OVER SPILLED OIL
Data entry tech comment: ITALIAN VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-22-1968
PROVERB
DON'T DESPISE THE GIFT BECAUSE IT IS SMALL.
Submitter comment: THE AMERICAN VERSION: GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
DON'T DIG A HOLE FOR OTHERS FOR YOU YOURSELF WILL FALL IN.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
CHASE
DON'T EVER CHASE A BOY OR A STREETCAR. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ONE
ALONG IN A MINUTE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 12-00-1965
PROVERB
DON'T EVER SAY, FOUNTAIN, I WILL NEVER DRINK YOUR WATER.
DIT JAMAIS, FOUNTAINE, JE BUVERAIS JARAIS TON EAU. (FRENCH)
Submitter comment: OLD SAYING HEARD IN NEW BRUNSWICK AND QUEBEC FROM 1930.
Data entry tech comment: FRENCH CANADIAN
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; NEVER SAY NEVER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
DON'T GET BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; CORNERED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-00-1970