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PROVERB
EVERYONE MUST EAT A BUSHEL OF DIRT BEFORE HE DIES.
Submitter comment:
SEE DORSON: BUYING THE WIND NO. 351
PAGE 138
EACH ONE MUST EAT SEVEN POUNDS OF DIRT AND A HANK OF TOW PER YEAR.
I HAVE HEARD THIS PROVERB FROM MY MOTHER AND OTHER PEOPLE SINCE
DHILDHOOD.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INEVITABILITY ; OBSERVATION ; UNCLEANLINESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
PROVERB
EVERY POLE IS SMART AFTER THE DAMAGE IS DONE.
POLISH: KARZDY POLAK JERT MADUY PO SZKODZIE.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY ; OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION
Submitter comment: HE OFTEN REFERS TO THIS PROVERB AT HIS OFFICE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): CAUSE AND EFFECT ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NOT BRICHT EISEN
NECESSITY KNOWS NO LAW
CASSELL'S GERMAN DICTIONARY (INSTRUCTORS COMMENT)
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB IN VERSE
NEEDLES AND PINS, NEEDLES AND PINS
WHEN A MAN MARRIES, HIS TROUBLE BEGINS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; MATRIMONY ; OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- P545.0 |
PROVERB IN VERSE
NEEDLES AND PINS NEEDLES AND PINS
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED YOUR TROUBLES BEGIN
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER REMEMBERS BEING TOLD THIS PROVERB IN HER YOUTH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; MATRIMONY ; OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- P545.0 |
Date learned: 04-04-1970
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NEVER EXPLAIN- YOUR FRIENDS DON'T NEED IT AND YOUR ENEMIES WON'T
BELIEVE IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
Keyword(s): NEGATIVE INJUNCTION
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-18-1970
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NEVER LOSE YOUR TEMPER, THE RESULTS OF ANGER ARE OFTEN
WORSE THAN THE CAUSES
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID SHE SELDOM LOSES HER TEMPER BECAUSE OF THIS REASON
INFORMANT SAID SHE LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD FROM HER MOTHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NEGATIVE INJUNCTION
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NEVER RETURN SALT BECAUSE YOUR FRIENDSHIP WILL BE DISSOLVED
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO AND STILL BIDES BY IT TODAY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MISFORTUNE ; OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A NEW BROOM SWEEPS BETTER
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; POLITICS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; POLITICS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-06-1971
BLASON POPULAIRE
REGARDING THE COMELINESS OF THE COEDS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
IT IS COMMON BELIEF THAT NINE OUT OF TEN GIRLS ARE BEAUTIFUL
AND THE TENTH GOES TO MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
James Callow Keyword(s): EDUCATION ; IRONY ; OBSERVATION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 686 686.1.9 PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NOBODY LOVES A WET DOG
Data entry tech comment: NOT TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY, I'M SURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OSCODA
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ANIMAL ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NO DOCTOR AT ALL IS BETTER THAN THREE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBER ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NO GUTS, NO GLORY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; ELLIPSIS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; BRAVERY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NONE ARE SO BLIND AS THOSE WHO CAN'T SEE
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY ; OBSERVATION ; PUN ; STUBBORNNESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR-- FLEMISH
NO NEED FOR CANDLELIGHT OR MONOCLE IF THE OWL IS BLIND.
NO USE IN ARGUING. THE OTHER PERSON DOESN'T LISTEN.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN HE WAS VISITING DETROIT, MICHIGAN
FROM BELGUIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NOT EVERYTHING IS GOLDEN BECAUSE IT SHINES. THIS REFERS
TO THE IDEA THAT EXTERNAL BEAUTY AND QUALITY ARE DISTINCT
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM RELATIVE IN UKRAINE
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS UKRAINIAN TEXT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ILLUSION ; OBSERVATION ; QUALITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-14-1967
A POLISH PROVERB
NOT EVERYTHING IS GOLD THAT SHINES
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER KNOWS THIS PROVERB FROM USE IN POLAND
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ILLUSION ; OBSERVATION ; QUALITY ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NOT EVERYTHING THAT SPARKLES IS GOLD BECAUSE THE SUN COMING
THROUGH A HOLE SPARKLES BUT IS NOT GOLD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ILLUSION ; OBSERVATION ; QUALITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-02-1971