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TIE THE DONKEY WHERE HIS MASTER SAYS.
OCBOT IL HANAE FEIN IGHEIDLU SIDU {MALTESE}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): {MEANING? YOU SHOULD OBEY AUTHORITY, SAYS COLLECTOR}
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
A LATIN AMERICAN PROVERB:
(TO) HE WHO DOESN'T CRY, WILL NOT SUCKLE.
Submitter comment:
{TRANSLATION} EL QUE NO LLORA, NO MAMA.
LITERALLY, THE EXPRESSION TRANSLATES (TO)...FIGURATIVELY,
ONE MUST EXPRESS HIS VIEWS TO ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BABY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1964
TOMMY, FREEDOM IS IN YOUR HOME.
Submitter comment:
POLISH: WOLNOSC TOMKU
W SWOJEM DOMKU.
THE NAME TOMMY IS USED IN THIS PROVERB BECAUSE IT RHYMES
WITH HOME. TOMMY REPRESENTS ANYONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): POLISH EQUIVALENT OF "A MAN'S HOME IS HIS CASTLE." ; THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS PROVERB, WHICH IS THE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
TOUGH
TOUGH, ROUGH, AND HARD TO DIAPER.
Keyword(s): BABY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
TWO CALABASHES
TWO CALABASHES CANNOT REMAIN ON THE WATER WITHOUT TOUCHING EACH
OTHER.
Where learned: WEST AFRICA
Keyword(s): CALABASHES=GOURDS?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
WAS BITTER IST IM MUNDE DAS IST DEM HERZ GESUNDE.
Where learned: RESIDENCE
Keyword(s): IS HEALTHY IN THE HEART. ; {KEYPUNCHER'S TRANSLATION} : WHAT IS BITTER IN THE MOUTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
WASTE NOT, WANT NOT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GARBAGE DESIRE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
SHALL ALL HANG SEPARATELY.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): DEATH BROTHERHOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
WER DES PSENNIG NICHT EHRT IST DES TAHLERS NICHT MEHRT.
Where learned: RESIDENCE
Keyword(s): PENNY. ; {NO TRANSLATION GIVEN, BUT I SUSPECT "PSENNIG" IS "PFENNIG," OR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMALS BIRDS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-20-1965
WHAT THE FARMER DOESN'T KNOW HE WON'T EAT.
Submitter comment: GERMAN: WAS DER BAUER NICHT KENNT DAS FRIST ER NICHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): "FRIST" HERE IS FROM THE VERB "FRESSEN," WHICH MEANS "TO ; EAT LIKE AN ANIMAL."
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
WEATHER BELIEF
WHEN A COLD WATER PIPE SWEATS, IT WILL RAIN WITHIN
TWENTY FOUR HOURS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER PLUMBING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
WHEN WRITING OR PRINTING, IF YOU CIRCLE YOUR "I'S"
IT MEANS SOME SORT OF AFFECTION, USUALLY "I LOVE YOU."
IF YOU PUT A STAMP UPSIDE DOWN ON AN ENVELOPE,
IT MEANS, "I LOVE YOU."
Where learned: SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
A TRADITIONAL ABBREVIATION FOR A BACON, LETTUCE,
AND TOMATO SANDWICH IS BLT.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ABBREVIATION ; ACRONYM ; Bacon ; BLT ; FOOD ; LETTUCE ; Sandwich ; Tomato
James Callow Keyword(s): ACRONYM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, THE OUTHOUSE IS CALLED THE "DAISY," AND THE
CONTENTS ARE CALLED "HONEY," WHICH MUST BE BURNED ONCE A WEEK.
Submitter comment: REMEMBERED FROM HER CHILDHOOD HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BATHROOM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
HOT DOGS ARE CALLED "TUBESTEAKS" IN SOUTHERN TENNESEE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BALLPARK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
THE WELL RETORT
SOME PERSONS WHEN THEY THINK SAY "WELL...." A RETORT IS TO SAY
"THAT'S A DEEP SUBJECT" MEANING THAT THE SUBJECT-WELL- IS
DEEP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 04-00-1971
THAT'S THE WAY THE COOKIE CRUMBLES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
YOU NEED THAT LIKE A HOG NEEDS SIDE POCKETS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-00-1971