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PROVERBS
MONEY ISN'T EVERYTHING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; WEALTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
PROVERBS
MONEY FLIES AWAY IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PUT IT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
PROVERB FROM A BLACK AMERICAN
MONEY DON'T GET EVERYTHING IT'S TRUE,
BUT WHAT IT DON'T GET I CAN'T USE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; WEALTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
MISS IS AS LONG AS A MILE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A MISS IS AS GOOD AS A MILE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
A MISER ISN'T MUCH FUN TO LIVE WITH--
BUT HE MAKES A WONDERFUL ANCESTOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INHERITANCE ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
A POLISH PROVERB
A MIRACLE HAPPENED ONCE WHEN THE OLD MAN SPOKE TO THE PORTRAIT,
AND THE PORTRAIT SAID NOTHING.
TRANSLATION OF:
STAT SIE CUD PEWNEGO RAZU,
PRZEMOWIT DZIAD DO ABRAZU,
A OBRAZ DO NIEGO NIC.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A POPULAR SAYING WHEN ONE TALKS AND IS NOT HEARD.
MY FATHER OFTEN USES THIS. HE KNOWS IT FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): REBUKE TO INATTENTIVE PERSON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-17-1967
BELIEF
THE MILLS OF GOD GRIND VERY SLOWLY, BUT VERY FINE.
TRANSLATION OF:
GOTTES MUEHLEN MALEN LANGSAM, ABER TREFFLICH FEIN.
Submitter comment:
IN THE SENSE THAT GOD'S PATIENCE IS ENDURING, BUT THERE WILL BE
A DAY OF RECKONING.
INFORMANT SAID THIS IS A VERY OLD GERMAN SAYING AND BELIEF
SHE HEARD OFTEN WHEN LIVING IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GERMANY ; FERNDALE ; REGENSBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): GERMAN OBSERVATION ; GERMAN WARNING ; PROPHECY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 12-04-1967
WELL FORMED DESTINY
THE MILLS OF THE GODS GRIND SLOWLY BUT EXCEEDINGLY FINE.
THE MILLS OF GOD ARE GRINDING MORE SLOWLY THAN USUAL.
Where learned: LETTER
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
PROVERB
MILK FOR THE YOUNG,
MEAT FOR THE MAN,
BEER FOR THE AGED.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THIS AS HE PULLED A BEER FROM THE ICEBOX.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MEDIAL ITERATION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-00-1971
PROVERB
A MIGHTY OAK FROM AN ACORN GROWS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-00-1964
MEN'S EVIL MANNERS WE CARVE IN BRASS;
THEIR VIRTUES WE WRITE ON WATER.
Where learned: USS FRED T BERRY (DD-858)
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERB
MEN MAKE HOUSES, BUT WOMEN MAKE HOMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION FOR CONTRAST ; CONTRASTS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
PROVERB
MEETING IS THE BEGINNING OF PARTING.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INEVITABILITY? ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-06-1969
PROVERB
THE MEASURE OF A MAN'S REAL CHARACTER IS WHAT HE WOULD DO IF HE
KNEW HE WOULD NEVER BE FOUND OUT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; TRENTON
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-01-1970
A FLEMISH SAYING AT HOME
THE MEANEST WEASELS GET THE EGGS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM: EVIL REWARDED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
POLISH PROVERB
MARTIN WAS TEACHING LITTLE MARTIN, BUT HE HIMSELF
WAS AS STUPID AS A PIG.
TRANSLATION OF:
ULCZYT MARCIN MARCINN, A PAM GTUPI JAK S'IVINIA.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS USED IN REFERENCE TO SOMEONE WHO TRIES TO IMPRESS OTHERS
WITH SOMETHING HE KNOWS LITTLE ABOUT.
MY GRANDMOTHER KNOWS IT FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; POLAND
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVANCE ; PERSONAL NAME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
PROVERB
MARRY IN HASTE; REPENT IN LEISURE.
Where learned: Sylvania ; OHIO, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001950S
MARRIAGES ARE MADE IN HEAVEN. MEN ARE LIKE WATERMELONS --
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY ARE LIKE UNTIL YOU LIVE WITH THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT HOME ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
MARRIAGE LICENSE BUREAU
THE MARRIAGE LICENSE BUREAU IS THE TWO DOLLAR WINDOW WHERE
EVERYBODY LOSES.
Submitter comment:
MR. COTTINGHAM IS ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED OF THE VERACITY OF THE
ABOVE, BUT HE HAS NEVER BEEN MARRIED -- HE'S ONLY 21 -- SO HE HAS
YET TO FIND OUT HOW CORRECT HE IS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT HIS HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; RACING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-19-1970