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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; EXHORTATORY OR HOMILETIC (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
YOUR LIFE LIES BEFORE YOU,/ LIKE A BANK OF SNOW,/ BE CAREFUL HOW YOU
TREAD IT,/ FOR EVERY STEP WILL SHOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB ; SIMILE FROM NATURE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Exhortatory or homiletic, "to be a good girl" |
Date learned: 00-00-1940 ; 12-05-1967
FOLK VERSE (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; GOOD WISHES (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
MAY YOUR JOYS BE AS DEEP AS THE OCEAN
AND YOUR SORROWS AS LIGHT AS ITS FOAM.
Submitter comment: MINNIE LORENZ WROTE THIS IN INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA
Keyword(s): RHYME: AA ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 00-00-1929
BIRDS IN THE WILDERNESS
HERE WE STAND LIKE BIRDS IN THE
WILDERNESS, BIRDS IN THE WILDERNESS,
BIRDS IN THE WILDERNESS, HERE WE STAND
LIKE BIRDS IN THE WILDERNESS, WAITING
TO BE FED, WAITING TO BE FED, WAITING
TO BE FED, HERE WE STAND LIKE BIRDS
IN THE WILDERNESS, WAITING TO BE FED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ITERATION ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Daily Life Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
UNINFORMED
A GREAT MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM, APPARENTLY,
FORGET TO LET THEIR FACES KNOW ABOUT IT.
Submitter comment: NO RECORD OF SOURCE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): PEOPLE WHO DON,T SMILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 09-22-1967
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
ORANGES GROW IN CALIFORNIA.
THEY GROW IN FLORIDA TOO.
BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN,
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
Data entry tech comment: LINE DIVISION CHANGED BY KEYPUNCHER
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; FRUIT ; PRAISE ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
I SLEEP LIKE A LOG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): METAPHOR, SLEEP, OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): SIMILE ; WOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
LOVE IS LIKE AN ONION
WE TASTE IT WITH DELIGHT
BUT AFTER WHILE WE WONDER
WHAT EVER MADE US BITE.
Submitter comment:
ENTRY DATED 11141930 IN ALBERTA LARABELL'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK IN DETROIT,
1930-33
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD ; OBSERVATION ; RHYME: ABCB ; RIDICULE OF LOVE ; SIMILE
James Callow Keyword(s): PESSIMISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 11-14-1930
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
THOUGH YOUR TASKS ARE MANY
AND YOUR REWARDS ARE FEW
REMEMBER THAT THE MIGHTY OAK
WAS ONCE A NUT LIKE YOU}
Submitter comment: ENTRY DATED MARCH 8, 1962
Where learned: AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; PUN: ON NUT ; QUATRAIN ; SIMILE: COMPARISON TO A NUT. ; SURPRISE ENDING
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE ; INSULT ; METER: ; SLANG--NUT ; UNREWARDED EFFORT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 03-08-1962
PROVERB
KNOWLEDGE IS LIKE A RUNNING BROOK. THE DEEPER IT IS THE
QUIETER IT WILL RUN.
Submitter comment:
THIS SAYING MEANS THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE LOUD AND TALK
CONSTANTLY DON'T HAVE MUCH INTELLIGENCE. THOSE WHO DO ARE
QUIET AND SOFT SPOKEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RIPLEY
James Callow Keyword(s): SIMILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1972
Saying
Hot as a snake
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Hot ; Language ; METAPHOR ; Saying ; SIMILE ; Snake
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Group of Vowels and Consonants, and of Words |
Saying
Stubborn as a mule.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Language ; METAPHOR ; Mule ; Saying ; SIMILE ; Stubborn
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Group of Vowels and Consonants, and of Words |
Saying
Grouchy as a bear.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Bear ; Grouchy ; Grumpy ; Language ; METAPHOR ; Saying ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Group of Vowels and Consonants, and of Words |
Saying
Stubborn as a billygoat
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Billygoat ; Goat ; Language ; METAPHOR ; Saying ; SIMILE ; Stubborn
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Group of Vowels and Consonants, and of Words |
Saying
Blind as a bat.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Bat ; BLIND ; Language ; METAPHOR ; Saying ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Group of Vowels and Consonants, and of Words |
MARCH
MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION AND GOES OUT LIKE A LAMB, OR VICE VERSA.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-06-1968
WEATHER PROVERB
MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION AND OUT LIKE A LAMB (VICE VERSA).
Submitter comment: AS A CHILD IN NEIGHBORHOOD
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
WEATHER PROVERB - IN VERSE
MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION; GOES OUT LIKE A LAMB.
IF IT COMES IN LIKE A LAMB, IT WILL GO OUT LIKE A LION.
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Measure of time Month |
RIDDLE
WHAT CAN A PERSON WEAR THAT IS NEVER OUT OF STYLE?
-- A SMILE.
Where learned: HOME ; MINNESOTA ; TOLD AT ; MINNEAPOLIS
Keyword(s): TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSATIVE VERB "TO SMILE."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
Expression
Proverbial Comparison:
Like a bull in a china shop
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Bull ; China ; Clumsy ; Expression ; Graceful ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; Shop ; SIMILE ; Store ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Proverbial Comparison
Is it clear now?
"Oh yes, Clear as mud."
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V600] crossed out. replaced wtih current classification
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; SARCASM ; SIMILE ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |