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PERUVIAN PROVERB
A MAN IS WHAT HE IS, NOT WHAT HE USED TO BE.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PAST VS. PRESENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
PROVERB
MAN IST, WAS ESST.
(TRANSLATION: A MAN IS, WHAT HE EATS.)
Where learned: GERMAN CLASS
James Callow Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; FOOD ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
MAN DOES NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE.
Submitter comment: FROM - UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): BIBLE: DEUTERONOMY VIII:3 ; OBSERVATION ; SUSTENANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
MAN AND FATE ARGUE OVER LIFE FOR HOURS;
BUT AS USUAL, FATE HAS THE LAST WORD.
Where learned: MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
SAYING
AS MAINE GOES, SO DOES THE NATION.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A SAYING THAT EVOLVES FROM POLITICAL CIRCLES.
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE PRETZELS, HE'D BE ENTIRELY ON A
LIQUID DIET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLISM ; BEER ; DRINKING ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DEBATE: IT LURES DE FISH.
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; HUMOR ; PUN FOR THE BAIT.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-29-1970
MORBID: A COMMON PHRASE USED BY AN AUCTIONEER.
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; HUMOR ; PUN ON MORE BID.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-29-1970
YOU CAN'T SWIM IN A POOLROOM.
James Callow comment: LIKE YOU CAN'T BOUNCE A MEATBALL, SAYS COLLECTOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LEXINGTON
James Callow Keyword(s): AMBITION? ; JOKE? ; WORK?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-14-1969
CANADIAN PROVERB
LET YOUR LIFE BE LIKE ARITHMETIC: JOYS ADDED, SORROWS
SUBTRACTED, FRIENDS MULTIPLIED, AND LOVE UNDIVIDED.
Keyword(s): ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLICATION, DIVISION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
STAY WITH A GROUP FOR ABOUT FORTY DAYS, AND YOU
EITHER BECOME PART OF THEM OR YOU LEAVE THEM.
Where learned: MARYGROVE COLLEGE
Keyword(s): {ORIGINAL ARABIC PROVIDED ON CARD}
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERBS (POLISH)
STILL WATERS RUN DEEP.
CICHA WODA BRZEGI RWIE (POLISH).
IN AN OLD STOVE THE DEVIL LIVES (OR BURNS).
WSTANYM PIECU DIABEL PALI (POLISH)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TWO PROVERBS ON ONE CARD ?!
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
WEATHER PROVERB
SUNDAY SAIL, NEVER FAIL
FRIDAY SAIL, ILL LUCK AND GALE
Submitter comment:
NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE, B. A. BATKINS,
CROWN PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Keyword(s): BOAT WATER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
SAYING
THE SWAN'S SON IS A SWIMMER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL BIRD WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
TEN ACRES OF SAND AND A RED-HEADED WIFE
IS UAUALLY {SIC} THE END OF A PINHEAD'S LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): THINKS, PINHEAD MEANS DULL-WITTED.} ; {MEANING? COLLECTOR DOESN'T KNOW. PROBABLY, SHE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
POLISH PROVERB
THAT KIND OF CHICKEN, THAT KIND OF SKIN (LITERALLY),
OR : ONCE A THIEF, ALWAYS A THIEF.
JAKA KURA TAKA SKORA (SKOORA)
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSLATED BY MRS. K. J. UNIECHOWSKI
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700 |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
THIMK
Keyword(s): STUPIDITY FOLLY ERROR ABSURDITY THOUGHT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
THIS WAS HIS WAY OF TELLING A YOUNG BOY HOW TO PLAY
THE OUTFIELD. HE WAS INDEED A FINE LITTLE LEAGUE MANAGER.
IT IS EASIER FOR AN OUTFIELDER TO RUN IN FOR A FLY BALL,
THAN IT IS FOR HIM TO RUN OUT. THEREFORE, PLAY THE OUTFIELD
DEEP.
Where learned: BOSTON ; Massachusetts
Keyword(s): BASEBALL SPORTS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
THREE IS A CROWD
Keyword(s): BUS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
THREE STRIKES
THREE STRIKES AND YOU'RE OUT.
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS IN GRADE SCHOOL
Keyword(s): BASEBALL FAILURE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-04-1967