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PROVERB
APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLANTS ; WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; RHYME
OAK
AS THE TWIG IS BENT, SO IS THE OAK INCLINED.
Submitter comment:
REFERS TO CHILD RAISING, THE TWIG BEING THE CHILD, THE OAK, THE
ADULT.
Where learned: SENT BY LETTER
Keyword(s): PLANT
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; ENVIRONMENT ; EXAMPLE ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-06-1970
PROVERB
AS THE TWIG IS BENT SO IS THE TREE INCLINED.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLANT
James Callow Keyword(s): EXAMPLE ; OBSERVATION COMPARISON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
PROVERB
AS YOU SOW, SO SHALL YOU REAP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLANTS
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; HOMEOPHONE: SOW SO ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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
DON'T PROMISE PEARS ON A WEEPING WILLOW TREE. (TRANSLATION)
GRUSZKI NA UREIZBIE OBIECYWAI. (POLISH)
Where learned: COLLECTED BY LETTER
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
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
DEFINITION
A BUCCANEER IS A HELL OF A PRICE TO PAY FOR CORN.
Submitter comment: HEARD IT AT WORK.
Where learned: ON A FISHING TRIP
Keyword(s): ECONOMICS ; FOOD ; PLANT ; PUN
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PUN ; SLANG: BUCK FOR DOLLAR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
PROVERB
CAN'T SEE THE FOREST THROUGH THE TREES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): IRONY ; PLANTS ; SEMANTICS
James Callow Keyword(s): MINUTE DETAILS OBSCURE GOAL ; SHORTSIGHTEDNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERB
THE CAULIFLOWER IS A CABBAGE WITH A COLLEGE EDUCATION.
Submitter comment: DOES NOT REMEMBER
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; PLANT
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY?
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Plant PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-29-1967
MOON BELIEF
IF THE MOON IS FULL THE CROPS GROW TALL.
THIS WAS NOT GOOD FOR POTATOES BECAUSE THEY WERE ON THE GROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANTING BELIEF
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 02-07-1972
LEAF BELIEF
IF THE LEAVES TURN UP, AND UNDER, IT'S GOING TO RAIN.
Submitter comment:
IT USUALLY DOES RAIN IF THIS HAPPENS. IT IS A VERY GOOD
SIGN FOR PREDICTING RAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BELIEF ; PLANT
| Subject headings: | 46O BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
HOME STORM PROTECTION
WHENEVER A STORM WOULD ARISE MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD PUT
A BLESSED PALM IN THE WINDOW TO PREVENT LIGHTNING FROM STRIKING
THE HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
HAZELWOOD TREE LEGEND.
THERE IS A LEGEND ABOUT THE HAZELWOOD TREE.
WHEN MARY AND JOSEPH AND JESUS WERE FLEEING TO EGYPT, THEY CAME
TO A POPLAR TREE THAT WAS BIG AND TALL AND STRAIGHT. MARY
ASKED THE POPLAR TREE TO COVER HER UP AND PROTECT HER FROM
THE RAIN. THE POPLAR TREE WOULD NOT. MARY SAID,'MAY YOU NEVER
HAVE YOUR LIMBS DOWN AND MAY YOUR LEAVES NEVER REST.
THIS IS WHY THE POPLAR TREE IS ALWAYS TREMBLING, IN WIND OR NOT.
THE NEXT TREE THAT MARY CAME TO, WAS THE HAZELWOOD TREE.
THEY DO NOT GROW VERY HIGH, ARE SQUATTY, AND ALWAYS HAVE A LOT OF
BRANCHES ON THEM. MARY ASKED THE HAZELWOOD TREE TO COVER HER AND
IT DID. SHE BLESSED THE TREE IN RETURN, SAYING? 'MAY YOU BE BLESSED
FOR ETERNITY BECAUSE YOU HAVE SHELTERED ME. MAY YOUR LEAVES BE A
MEDICINE TO PEOPLE THAT NEED YOU. HEAL THEM OF DISEASES, AND MAY
YOU GROW FRUIT FOR MANKIND AND BEASTS.' SINCE THEN THE HAZELWOOD
TREE HAS PRODUCED LOTS OF NUTS CALLED FILBERTS.
James Callow comment:
POPLAR BRANCHES REACH UP, AS IF ARMS EXTENDED IN PRAYER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero Food Drink -- Plant food Nut BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Plant |
GARLIC BELIEF
GARLIC BUILDS UP THE BLOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-20-1969
FLOWER BELIEF
IF YOU RECEIVE FLOWERS FROM SOMEONE, DON'T THANK THEM.
OTHERWISE, THEY WON'T GROW. GOD SHOULD BE THANKED FOR
CREATING FLOWERS AND MAKING THEM GROW.
Where learned: WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creator BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
PLANT LORE
IF YOU STEAL A ROSE THAT HAS THREE LEAVES GROWING ON ONE
STEM BELOW THE FLOWER, YOU CAN PLANT IT AND IT WILL GROW.
Submitter comment:
ROSE CUTTINGS ARE HARD TO TRANSPLANT.
Where learned: ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-01-1970
DANDELION BELIEF
MAKE A WISH AND BLOW ON A DANDELION THAT HAS GONE TO SEED
AND THE SEED WILL CARRY THE WISH TO THE FOUR WINDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT WEED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
CORN BELIEF
A BELGIAN FRIEND, RENE CODDERS, TOLD MY HUSBAND
CORN IS FOR THE ANIMALS NOT THE PEOPLE.
Submitter comment:
A BELGIAN FRIEND, RENE CODDENS, TOLD MY HUSBAND THIS, AND
HE WILL NOT EAT CORN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT VEGETABLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1964