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A WORTHWHILE THOUGHT
EVER READY, EVER PRESENT,
NEVER READY, NEVER PLEASANT.
Submitter comment:
A FAVORITE SAYING OF MRS. HYATT'S FATHER THAT SHE REMEMBERS FROM
HER CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; INITIAL ITERATION ; PARALLELISM ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
RUSSIAN PROVERB
EVERY BIRD BRAGS ABOUT ITS OWN SWAMP.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; EGOTISM ; SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
EVERY BEAN HAS ITS BLACK.
Submitter comment: FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; COLOR ; FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): FAULTS ; OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-26-1967
PROVERB
EVERY BEAST ROARS IN ITS OWN DEN.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-15-1971
BIRD IN THE NEST
EVERY BIRD LIKES HIS OWN NEST BEST.
PEOPLE LIKE WHAT IS FAMILIAR TO THEM.
Submitter comment:
MARY LOU'S INFORMANT WAS HER GRANDMOTHER, BRIDGET O'CONNER, 81,
WIDOWED -- LONDON, ONTARIO.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
PROVERB
EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE WEATHER BUT NOBODY DOES ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
RHYME
EVERY DAY GO OUT OF YOUR WAY
TO TO DO A KIND DEED FOR SOMEONE IN NEED.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CHARITY ; HELPFULNESS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HER FATHER IN THE YEAR 1933.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): REVENGE ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
PROVERB
EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT USED THE PROVERB IN A CONVERSATION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): REVENGE ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
PROVERB
EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY; EVERY CAT HAS HIS NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; LETCHERY ; PARALLELISM ; REVENGE ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
ITALIAN PROVERB
EVERY DOG IS A LION AT HOME.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
DRUNKARD
EVERY DRUNK SPEAKS HIS SOBER THOUGHTS.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): "IN VINO VERITAS." ; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ; IRONY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
A JEST
EVERY FAMILY TREE HAS ITS SAP.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): HEREDITY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
PROVERB
EVERY GIRL CAN KEEP HOUSE LIKE HER MOTHER UNTIL SHE TRIES.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS WAS A FAVORITE EXPRESSION OF HER MOTHER.
SHE ALSO ADDED THAT IT HAS BECOME A FAVORITE OF HERS.
Data entry tech comment: IT IS A FAVORITE OF OURS.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CRITICISM IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-12-1971
PROVERB
EVERY HOUSE HAS ITS CROSS.
Submitter comment: MISS VANNESTE LEARNED THIS FROM HER FLEMISH GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGION
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM ; SYMBOL ; TROUBLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-02-1967
WELLERISM
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
"EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS," SAID THE OLD LADY AS SHE URINATED INTO
THE OCEAN.
Data entry tech comment:
GOOD GRIEF
Where learned: ONTARIO
Keyword(s): SCATOLOGICAL
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Entry filtered.
PROVERB
EVERY MAN IS THE ARCHITECT OF HIS OWN FORTUNE.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; OBSERVATION ; RESPONSIBILITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-15-1965
PROVERB
EVERY OLD CROW THINKS HER OWN THE BLACKEST.
Data entry tech comment: WE BELIEVE THIS REFERS TO MATERNAL PRIDE IN OFFSPRING.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIRD
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; OBSERVATION ; PREJUDICE ; UNOBJECTIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
PROVERB
"EVERYONE TO HIS TASTE," SAID THE FARMER AS HE KISSED HIS COW.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): INDEPENDENCE ; IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 10-24-1968