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Proverb
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
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INformant heard this from his grandmother.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; Moss ; PROVERB ; Rolling ; STONE ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; GLASS ; House ; Hypocrite ; Judge ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; STONE ; Throw ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
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Informant heard this from his grandmother.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; GLASS ; House ; HYPOCRISY ; Judge ; Judgment ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; STONES ; Throw ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
One bird in the hand is better than two in the bush.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BIRD ; Bush ; Maxim ; NUMBER ; One ; PROVERB ; Two ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
A penny saved is a penny earned.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; COIN ; Earn ; Maxim ; MONEY ; Penny ; PROVERB ; Save ; THRIFT ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; GLASS ; House ; Hypocrite ; Judgment ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; STONE ; Throw ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
People who live in glass houses shouldn't get stoned.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DRUGS ; HUMOR ; Judgment ; Marijuana ; Maxim ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PROVERB ; PUN ; STONE ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Language: Rhyme
Married Rhyme:
When you get married and live in a shack,
Send me your money in a paper sack.
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Keyword(s): Language ; MARRIAGE ; MONEY ; Paper ; RHYME ; Sack ; Shack ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C70o |
Autograph Verse
Album Rhyme:
Roses are red, violets are blue,
Lend me $10.00, and then I'll love you.
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Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; Blue ; COLOR ; FLOWERS ; LOVE ; MONEY ; poem ; Red ; RHYME ; Roses ; Signature ; VERSE ; Violets
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
riddle
Question: What's black and white and red all over?
Answer: A newspaper.
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Keyword(s): Black ; COLOR ; Homophone ; Language ; NEWSPAPER ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; Read ; Red ; RIDDLE ; White ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Language
Copper is another name for a penny
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Keyword(s): Copper ; Language ; METAL ; MONEY ; Penny ; SLANG ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Language: Rhyme
When you get old and out of shape, remember Sears has corsets for 2.98
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Keyword(s): AGE ; Corset ; Language ; MONEY ; Old ; poem ; RHYME ; Sears ; SHAPE ; VERSE ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Saying
Term used for those first dates when a parent drives you to or from an activity: Mommy-date.
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Keyword(s): Chaperone ; DATE ; Drive ; Language ; Mommy ; Nickname ; Saying ; SLANG ; Term ; TRANSPORTATION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Entertainment: Song
Song:
I gave my love a cherry that had no stone.
I gave my love a chicken that had no bone.
I gave my love a ring that had no end.
I gave my love a baby with no crying.
How can there be a cherry that has no stone?
How can there be a chicken that has no bone?
How can there be a ring that has no end?
How can there be a baby with no crying?
A cherry when it's bloomin', has no stone.
A chicken when it's pippin', it has no bone.
A ring when it's rollin', it has no end.
A baby when it's sleeping, has no crying.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BABY ; Blooming ; Bone ; Cherry ; Chicken ; CRYING ; Entertainment ; Folksong ; MUSIC ; Pippin ; RHYME ; RING ; Rolling ; Sleeping ; SONG ; STONE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
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Entertainment: Game
Engine, engine, number 9
Going down Chicago's line,
If the train should jump the track,
Would you want your money back?
yes, no, maybe.....(repeat until a miss)
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CHICAGO ; Engine ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Jump ; Jump Rope ; Line ; MONEY ; Nine ; NUMBER ; RHYME ; Track
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Superstition
The fisherman have two kinds of folk belief: magic and empirical. Magic have no rational explanation-porpoises bring good luck. Empirical can be explained or have a rational line of thought - Circle around moon means bad weather. There is a rational connection between moon, ring, and bad weather.
Beneath the instrumental function of beliefs (to explain something) there is a phycological [sic] function (to ease the dangers of their hazardous occupation.)
Black suitcase is a very bad taboo object. Going out (in boat) on Friday - bad luck. The word alligator - bad luck. Throw change overboard - good luck.
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Where learned: The Function of Magic Among Texas Coastal Fisherman ; Journal of American Folklore
Keyword(s): Alligator ; BELIEF ; Boat ; Change ; Empirical ; Fisherman ; Friday ; LUCK ; MAGIC ; MONEY ; MOON ; Ocean ; Porpoise ; Sail ; Sailor ; SEA ; Ship ; Suitcase ; SUPERSTITION ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Still water Large body. BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Retort
Do you think money grows on trees?
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Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Language ; MONEY ; RETORT ; SLANG ; Tree
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Saying
Telephone Answer:
"Riedy's Morgue, you kill 'em, we chill 'em!"
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Verse?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Answer ; Chill ; GREETING ; Kill ; Morgue ; RHYME ; Saying ; TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |