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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Retort
If you speak of someone who you see in the near future you say:
"Speak of the devil and the imp appears."
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Taunt?
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; DEVIL ; Imp ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; SPEECH ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
"Bun it"
Submitter comment:
Whenever she wasnted you to stop something, or to quit bothering her she would say this.
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Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
James Callow Keyword(s): SPEECH
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Proverb
Speech of John F. Kennedy:
..."Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."
Submitter comment:
J.F.K.'s closing remarks of his inaugural speech in 1960.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; CHIASMUS ; Maxim ; PRESIDENT ; PROVERB ; SPEECH ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
One picture is worth a thousand words.
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From - Uncertain
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; Picture ; PROVERB ; SPEECH ; VERSE ; WORDS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Good Advice:
It's better to be thought dumb, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Submitter comment:
Informant frequently uses saying as a warning to children. The source is unknown.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Doubt ; Dumb ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Speak ; SPEECH ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RUSH ; SPEECH ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
A word to the wise is sufficient.
Submitter comment:
Our pastor used this all the time in his sermons, when he handed out report cards, etc.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; SPEECH ; VERSE ; Wise ; WORD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Actions speak louder than words.
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From - Uncertain
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Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): ACTION ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Loud ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Speak ; SPEECH ; VERSE ; WORDS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Language
Shor 'nuff
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Meaning "is that right?"
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Original BN [S200] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Classification?
Keyword(s): Dialect6 ; Enough ; Folk ; Language ; SLANG ; SPEECH ; Sure ; Term
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Proverbial Speech
WHEN IT IS SPRINKLING RAIN GOD IS CHEWING TOBACCO AGAIN.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Chew ; EUPHEMISM ; God ; Language ; PROVERB ; Raining ; SPEECH ; TOBACCO ; WEATHER
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Proverbial Speech
WHEN IT THUNDERS, THE DWARFS ARE BOWLING.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM ; Bowling ; Dwarfs ; EUPHEMISM ; Language ; PROVERB ; SPEECH ; Thunder ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
Tongue Twister
TOMMY THRESHER THREW THREE FREE THROWS (SAY IT THREE
TIMES RAPIDLY).
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; SPEECH ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
BORASS---MEANS TO PLAY A PRACTICAL JOKE ON SOMEONE.
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Where learned: INDIANA ; BLOOMINGTON
Keyword(s): JOKE ; Nickname ; PRACTICAL JOKE ; SLANG ; SPEECH
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
CHURCHES AS SANCTUARIES FOR DRAFT PROTESTERS
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN, HAS OFFERRED
ITSELF AS A SANTUARY FOR 17 PROTESTERS OF THE VIET NAM [sic] WAR.
AND THE DRAFT
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS ON THE RADIO
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTI-WAR ; CHURCH ; Free Speech ; Pacifist ; Protestor ; Sanctuary ; St. Paul's Episcopal Church ; VIETNAM ; WAR
James Callow Keyword(s): REFUGE
| Subject headings: | Custom CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
TARA TOOK TONY TOWARD TWO TINY TWISTED TWINKIES.
"I HAVE TWO COUSINS NAMED TARA AND TONY. WHEN THEY WERE
YOUNGER, TARA ALWAYS GAVE TONY TWINKIES THAT WERE SMASHED.
MY GRANDFATHER MADE UP THIS TONGUE TWISTER ABOUT THEM.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
Keyword(s): Language ; RIDDLE ; SPEECH ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- S5570 |
Date learned: 08-00-1985