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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONE LARK MAY MAKE A FALL
BUT ONE ROBIN DOES NOT MAKE A SPRING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- V800 |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONE SWALLOW DOESN'T MAKE A SUMMER
Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): WEATHER
James Callow Keyword(s): BIRD ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001964 ( SUMMER )
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONE WILL ALWAYS HAVE SQUAW WINTER, A COLD SPELL, BEFORE
HAVING INDIAN SUMMER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-01-1969
WEATHER PROVERB
ONION'S SKIN VERY THIN
MILD WINTER COMING IN
ONION'S SKIN THICK AND TOUGH
COMING WINTER COLD AND ROUGH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): PREDICTION ; SYMBOL ; VEGETABLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB IN VERSE
NA SW GRZEGORZA POJDZIE ZIMI DO MORZA (POLISH)
ON THE FEAST OF ST. GREGORY THE WINTER GOES TO THE SEA.
Data entry tech comment:
ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
TRANSLATED BY MRS K J UNIECHOWSKI
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 12 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 25 BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERB IN VERSE
PALE MOON DOTH RAIN
RED MOON DOTH BLOW
WHITE MOON DOTH NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; SAGINAW
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 09-07-1969
PROVERB
PURE AS THE DRIVEN SNOW.
Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): HONESTY ; SYMBOL ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00001964 ( SUMMER )
GOOD WEATHER MEANS MONEY
DOWN IN FLORIDA, THE SUN SHINES EVERY DAY__ AND IF ON ANY DAY IT
DOES NOT SHINE, THE NEWSPAPER COMPANIES DISTRIBUTE COPIES FREE
OF CHARGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; SAINT MARYS RECTORY
Keyword(s): MONEY WEATHER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
HAPPY IS THE BRIDE THE SUN SHINES ON
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): MARRIAGE ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-22-1970
HAPPY IS THE BRIDE THAT THE SUN SHINES ON,
HAPPY IS THE CORPSE THAT THE RAIN FALLS ON.
Submitter comment: MRS. DEVEREUX LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER AS A CHILD
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
SHINING SUN
HAPPY THE CORPSE THE SUN SHINES ON
Submitter comment:
(I MYSELF, HAVE HEARD THIS
PROVERB BEFORE BUT THE WORD
BRIDE WAS USED INSTEAD OF
CORPSE.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
THE WEATHER ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH
SHOULD REFLECT THE TYPE OF WEATHER FOR THE
FIRST 15 DAYS OF THAT MONTH.
Submitter comment: MENTIONED REPEATEDLY
Where learned: COLLECTED AT HOME
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- P010 BELIEF -- P0201 BELIEF -- P030 BELIEF -- P040 BELIEF -- P0501 BELIEF -- P060 BELIEF -- P070 BELIEF -- P080 BELIEF -- P090 BELIEF -- P100 BELIEF -- P110 BELIEF -- P120 |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONE LARK MAY MAKE A FALL
BUT ONE ROBIN DOES NOT MAKE A SPRING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONE SWALLOW DOESNT MAKE A SUMMER
Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001964 ( SUMMER )
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONE WILL ALWAYS HAVE SQUAW WINTER, A COLD SPELL, BEFORE
HAVING INDIAN SUMMER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-01-1969
WEATHER PROVERB
ONION S SKIN VERY THIN
MILD WINTER COMING IN
ONION S SKIN THICK AND TOUGH
COMING WINTER COLD AND ROUGH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB IN VERSE
NA SW GRZEGORZA POJDZIE ZIMI DO MORZA
ON THE FEAST OF ST. GREGORY THE WINTER GOES TO THE SEA.
Data entry tech comment:
ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
TRANSLATED BY MRS K J UNIECHOWSKI
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
SUPERSTITION
IF A NEW QUARTER OF THE MOON LIES IN THE SKY, THE MOON HOLDS WATER
Where learned: RESIDENCE
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
IF BEES STAY AT HOME
RAINS WILL SOON COME.
IF THEY FLY AWAY
FINE WILL BE THE DAY.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): PREDICTING WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.880 |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
RAIN ON EASTER SUNDAY
IF IT RAINS ON EASTER SUNDAY, IT WILL RAIN ON THE SUCCEEDING SEVEN
SUNDAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 10-00-1968