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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Proverb
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Submitter comment:
You can't always teach an old person the enw way certain things are done.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): AGE ; ANIMAL ; DOG ; METAPHOR ; New ; Old ; Tricks ; YOUTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Play on Words
A specimen is an Italian astronaut.
Submitter comment:
I heard this while I was at Sacred Heart Seminary
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Submission card located in pile marked These don't sound traditional. Do not file yet.
Keyword(s): ETHNIC ; Italian ; Language ; PUN ; Spaceman ; Specimen ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
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Toast
Although another year has passed, we will act no older than the last.
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Small grammar correction written on submission.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
Keyword(s): AGE ; Maturity ; Social: Drinking ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
Two retorts to the "Age Before Beauty" line are:
"Only in the dictionary" or,
"But Beauty was a HORSE."
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These are lines frequently used in grade school.
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The word Smart is crossed out from the title.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): AGE ; BEAUTY ; COMEBACK ; Dictionary ; HORSE ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
Question: How old are you?
Retort: Old enough to know better.
OR
That's for me to know and you to find out.
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Keyword(s): AGE ; COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
Ridicule:
You said it, Cabbage, you've got the head for it.
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[A Retort? To What? ] is written across the top of the card.
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Keyword(s): Cabbage ; COMEBACK ; HEAD ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Belief: Marriage
Marriage Prediction:
Years ago, when the girls would wash clothes on the washboard and would get the front of their dresses sopping wet, everyone would say that she would marry a drunkard.
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P870 - Omen?
P545 - Belief about Marriage?
They don't believe it, but they say it when the occassion arises
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): Dishes ; Domestic ; DRUNK ; Duties ; MARRIAGE ; PREDICTION ; Relationship ; RETORT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage SPEECH -- Formula |
Proverbial Comparison
Only the good die young.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bad ; BEHAVIOR ; DEATH ; Die ; Good ; Maxim ; Old ; PROVERB ; Young
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverbial Saying
To keep your wife at home: keep her barefoot or keep her pregnant.
Submitter comment:
This saying was especially popular during World War II.
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Informant and collector share the same surname and residence.
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Duplicate
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; informant's home
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; MARRIAGE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Wife
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Omen:
There are old pilots / And there are bold pilots / But there are never old, bold, pilots.
Submitter comment:
This is taught to pilots early in their training - beware of being too confident - never step out of the realm of your experience.
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Keyword(s): AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bold ; Maxim ; Old ; OMEN ; Pilot ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
No fool like an old fool
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Keyword(s): AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Fool ; Maxim ; Old ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
No fool like an old fool.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Fool ; Maxim ; Old ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WISDOM ; YOUTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
We grow old too soon and smart too late.
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Informant was told this by his father in the year 1929.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; Old ; PROVERB ; TIME ; VERSE ; WISDOM ; Wise ; Young
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
He is wise beyond his years.
Submitter comment:
Informant heard this remark in school in the year 1927.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WISDOM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Superstition: Wedding
IF YOU PUT A WEDDING CAKE UNDER YOUR PILLOW, YOU WILL GET
MARRIED SOON.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Cake ; MARRIAGE ; Pillow ; SLEEP ; SUPERSTITION ; WEDDING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dream about future husband |
Date learned: 04-01-1970
Legend
DURING THE REVOLUTION, THERE WAS A DESERTER WHO LIVED IN A SHACK
WITH A WOMAN THAT HE KIDNAPPED, AND FROM THIS WOMAN HE HAD A SON
WHO LATER DID THE SAME THING AS HIS FATHER AND IT HAS GONE ON LIKE
THIS FOR GENERATIONS. IT IS RUMORED THAT THE MAN IS STILL
LOOKING FOR HIS WIFE BUT HAS NOT FOUND HER YET.
Submitter comment:
LEROY SAW THE CABIN AND SAYS HE GOT THE LEGEND FROM THIS
EXPERIENCE.
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Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ABDUCTION ; Common Law ; DESERTER ; ILLEGITIMACY ; MARRIAGE ; MILITARY ; REVOLUTIONARY WAR ; Shack
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Supernatural Being |
Date learned: 09-25-1967
Proverb
There is no fool like an old fool.
Submitter comment:
Proverbial Apothegm
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Keyword(s): AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Fool ; Maxim ; Old ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Wise ; Young
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Good cookin' lasts, kissin' don't.
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Pennsylvania Dutch Saying
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Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; COOK ; COOKING ; DUTCH ; ETHNIC ; KISS ; KISSING ; MARRIAGE ; Maxim ; PENNSYLVANIA ; PROVERB ; REGIONAL ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Too soon old, too late smart.
Submitter comment:
A favorite saying of informant's German grandfather.
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RATHSKELLER
Keyword(s): AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Fool ; Late ; Maxim ; Old ; PROVERB ; Smart ; Soon ; Stupid ; VERSE ; Wise ; Young
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |