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AFRICAN PROVERB
ALL THE WATER I BATHE WITH DOESN'T GO ON MY SKIN.
Submitter comment: MEANING: ALL MY GOOD FUTURES IN LIFE ARE NOT FOR ME ALONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CUSTOMS ; HUMAN BODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
SARCASTIC PROVERB
ANYTHING WORTH DOING IS WORTH DOING HALF-ASSED.
Submitter comment:
THIS SAYING IS USUALLY APPLIED TO SOMEONE ABOUT TO UNDERTAKE A
PROJECT FOR WHICH THERE IS LITTLE ENTHUSIASM, I.E., A SOCIAL SERVICE
PROJECT, SCHOOL PROJECT, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-10-1970
Religious Verse
Men's book with heaps of chaff are stored
God's book doth "golden grains" afford.
Then leave the chaff and spend thy pains
In gathering up thy golden grains.
Submitter comment:
Found in an autograph book from 1880's
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Chaff ; God ; Golden ; Grain ; Language ; Man ; RELIGION ; RHYME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
PROVERB
AN ARM HOLDING A CUP CANNOT STRETCH OUTWARDS.
Submitter comment:
A MAN FEELS A DEEPER LOVE TOWARDS HIS INTIMATES THAN TOWARDS OTHER
PEOPLE; BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER.
Data entry tech comment: KOREAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; KOREA ; SEOUL
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BROAD SHOULDERS
AS BROAD BETWEEN THE SHOULDERS AS A HERRING IS BETWEEN THE EYES.
(DESCRIBING A GUY WITH SLENDER SHOULDERS.)
Submitter comment:
MAUREEN'S INFORMANT WAS HER 82 YEAR OLD GRANDMOTHER EVA HARMON
OF FRENCH DESCENT CURRENTLY RESIDING IN ALGONAC, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; FISH ; HUMAN BODY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
COMPARISON
AS GRACEFUL AS A BULL IN A CHINA SHOP.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; DEFINITION ; HUMAN CREATION
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY CLUMSINESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS NERVOUS AS A CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; HUMAN CREATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
PROVERB
AS ONE TENDS HIS FENCE HE ALSO TENDS HIS FARM.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATIONS
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PROVERB
AS SKINNY AS A SAWHORSE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; DEFINITION ; HUMAN CREATIONS
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
FLEMISH PROVERB
AS THE CLOCK TICKS AT HOME, IT TICKS NOWHERE ELSE. ZOOALS HET KLOKJE THUIS TIKT, TIKT HET NERGENS. (FLEMISH)
Submitter comment: THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN HE WAS VISITING DETROIT, MICH. FROM BELGIUM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATIONS ; ONOMATOPEIA
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; OBSERVATION ; TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
PROVERB
AT THE END OF A ROD GROWS A DEEP LOVE.
Submitter comment:
PARENTS SPANK THEIR CHILDREN, TEACHERS WHIP THEIR PUPILS, AND
HUSBANDS SLAP THEIR WIVES IN LOVE. THE LOVED ONES KISS THE ROD AND
RETURN MORE LOVE WITH THANKS. (SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD.)
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATION
James Callow Keyword(s): DISCIPLINE ; OBSERVATION ; PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AFRICAN PROVERB
BABY NOT BORN YET, AND HIS EYE CAN SEE.
Submitter comment: MEANING: DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY ARE HATCHED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
SAYING
BABY NOT BORN YET, ITS EYES CAN SEE"
Submitter comment: MEANING: DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
A BACHELOR IS A ROLLING STONE WHO GATHERS NO BOSS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM A PARTY ASHTRAY.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; SEMANTICS
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 10-14-1967
INDIAN EXPRESSION
A BAMBOO FISH TRAP
IN INDIA, A WORLDLY MAN WOULD BE COMPARED TO 'A BAMBOO FISH TRAP.'
Submitter comment:
THE IDEA IS THAT TO MAKE A BAMBOO FISH TRAP THE BAMBOO
MUST BE CARVED TO ADMIT
THE FISH AND PREVENT HIS ESCAPE. WHEN APPLIED TO A MAN,
THIS MEANS HE IS BENT TO THE WORLD AND ITS PLEASURES, RATHER THAN
STRAIGHT AND SEEKING THE INFINITE.
Data entry tech comment: BUDDHA WEEPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FISH ; HUMAN CREATION ; PLANT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
PROVERB
BEAUTY IS IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY ; SENSES
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-09-1964
PROVERB
BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-20-1969
PROVERB
BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP, BUT IT HELPS.
Submitter comment: CORRUPTION OF THE FAMILIAR.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; HOME
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PREDICTION: AIRPLANES
IRON DEVILS IN THE SKY
BEFORE THERE WERE AIRPLANES PEOPLE USED TO SAY, 'IT WONT BE LONG
AND THERE WILL BE IRON DEVILS IN THE SKY.'
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS FROM HER FATHER WHO WAS COMMENTING ON WHAT
OTHER PEOPLE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT THE INVENTIONS BEING MADE AROUND THE
TURN OF THE CENTURY. OBVIOUSLY SOME PEOPLE WERE RATHER AGAINST SOME
OF THE INVENTIONS BEING MADE AT THAT TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATIONS ; PROPHESY ; RELIGION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-05-1971
PROVERB
THE BELL CALLS OTHERS TO CHURCH BUT ITSELF NEVER MINDS THE SERMON.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): ANIMATED NATURE ; HUMAN CREATIONS ; RELIGION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-00-1968