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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Proverb
Whistling girls and crowing hens always come to some bad end.
Submitter comment:
Told to me when I was a small child.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crow ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Like father, like son
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Original BN [V700] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; FAMILY ; Father ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Son ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Two heads are better than one.
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Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; HEAD ; Knowledge ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Look before you leap.
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Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Forethought ; Leap ; Look ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Sight
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Love is blind.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BLIND ; LOVE ; Maxim ; PROVERB
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
He who hesitates is lost.
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Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Hesitate ; LOST ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Wait
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Haste makes waste
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Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Haste ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Waste
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Better to be safe than sorry.
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Original BN [V200] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Safe ; Sorry ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Tell me with whom you walk and I'll tell you who you are.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; CHARACTER ; Company ; FRIENDS ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Walk
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
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Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Rest ; RHYME ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; WISDOM ; Wise
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
A penny saved is a penny earned.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; COIN ; Maxim ; MONEY ; Penny ; PROVERB ; THRIFT ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Loss ; LOVE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Opportunity knocks but once.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Knock ; Maxim ; OPPORTUNITY ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
A word to the wise is sufficient.
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Our pastor used this all the time in his sermons, when he handed out report cards, etc.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; SPEECH ; VERSE ; Wise ; WORD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Look before you leap.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Forethought ; Jump ; Leap ; Look ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Death is nature's way of telling us to slow down.
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DEATH ; IRONY ; Maxim ; NATURE ; PROVERB ; SIGN ; Signal ; Slow ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Make love, not war.
Submitter comment:
Sit-ins.
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James Callow comment:
The term [sit-ins] is circled, and this is written next to it:
It would be better to put these comments a line or two lower so they won't appear to be part of the proverb.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; LOVE ; Maxim ; PLAY ON WORDS ; Protest ; PROVERB ; PUN ; SLOGAN ; VERSE ; WAR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Figures don't lie, but liars figure.
Submitter comment:
Given in math class.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cheat ; Figure ; Liar ; Lie ; Maxim ; NUMBERS ; Plan ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PROVERB ; PUN ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
He who laughs last laughs the best.
Submitter comment:
Learned in Childhood
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Best ; Last ; Laugh ; Laughter ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |