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IT IS BETTER THAT A GUILTY MAN GO FREE, THAN AN
INNOCENT MAN BE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): JUSTICE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-20-1965
POLISH PROVERB
THE MOUNTAIN BROUGHT FORTH A MOUSE.
TRANSLATION OF:
GORA PORODZITA MYSZ.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED WHEN THE RESULTS ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN EXPECTED.
MY FATHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTICLIMAX
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
PROVERB
MONKEY WORKS AND BABOON DRAWS.
Submitter comment: MEANING: SOMEONE DOES ALL THE WORK AND THE OTHER PERSON BENEFITS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INJUSTICE ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
MONEY DOESN'T CARE WHO HAS IT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): PATHETIC FALLACY ; PERSONIFICATION ; WEALTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
THOSE WHO NEVER DO MORE
THAN THEY'RE PAID FOR
NEVER GET PAID FOR
ANY MORE THAN THEY DO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): JUSTICE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-09-1964
TO GIVE HIM HIS COMEUPPANCE
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): JUSTICE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
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UANS APPANA TAIM UAS TRI BERRES: MAMA BERRE, PAPPA BERRE, E BEIBE
BERRE. LIVE INNE CONTRI NIRE FORESTA. NAISE AUSE. NO MOGHEGGIA.
UANNA DEI PAPPA, MAMMA, E BEIBE GO BICE, OLIEL, A FURGHETTE
LOCCHE DI DOOR.
BAI ENNE BAI COMMESE GOLILOCCHESE. SCI GARRA NATTINGHE TO
DU BATTE MEICHE TROBLE. SCI PUSGIE OLLA FUDDE
DAON DI MAUTE. NO LIVE CROMME. DEN SCI GOS APPESTERRESE
ENNE SLIPSE IN OLLE BEDDSE. LEISI SLOBBE.
BAI ENNE BAI COMMESE OMME DI TRI BERRES, OLLE SONNEBRONE
ENNESEND INNE SCIUS. DEI GARRA NO FUDDE! DEI GARRA NO BEDDSE. EN UARA
DEI GOINE DU TU GOLDILOCCHESE? TRO ER AUTE INNA STRIT? COLLE
POLISSEMENNE? FETTE CIENZE!
DEI UAS ITALIEN BERRES, ENNE DES SLIPPE ONNA FLORRE.
GOLDILOCCHESE STEI DERRE TRI UICASE! ITTE AUTE AUSENOMME,
EN GIUSTE BICOSE DEI ISCHE ERRE TU MEICHE DI BEDDSE, SCI SEI "GO TU
ELLE," ENNE RUNNE OMME CRAIN' TU ERRE MAMMA, TELLENERRE AUT
SAINIMABICESE DI TREE BERRESE UER.
UAT-IE-USE? URA GOINE DU? - - -
GO COMPLEINE SITTIOLLE?
TRANSLATION: ONCE UPON A TIME WAS THREE BEARS: MAMA BEAR,
PAPA BEAR, AND BABY BEAR. LIVE IN THE COUNTRY NEAR FOREST.
NICE HOUSE. NO MORTGAGE. ONE DAY PAPA, MAMA, AND BABY GO
BEACH, ONLY THEY FORGET LOCK THE DOOR.
BY AND BY COMES GOLDILOCKS. SHE GOT NOTHING TO DO BUT
MAKE TROUBLE. SHE PUSH ALL FOOD DOWN THE MOUTH. NO LEAVE
CRUMB. THEN SHE GOES UPSTAIRS AND SLEEPS IN ALL BEDS. LAZY
SLOB.
BY AND BY COMES HOME THE THREE BEARS, ALL SUNBURNED AND SAND
IN THEIR SHOES. THEY GOT NO FOOD. THEY GOT NO BEDS. AND WHAT ARE
THEY GOING TO DO TO GOLDILOCKS? THROW HER OUT IN THE STREET?
CALL POLICEMEN? FAT CHANCE!
THEY WERE ITALIAN BEARS, AND THEY SLEEP ON THE FLOOR.
GOLDILOCKS STAYED THERE THREE WEEKS. EAT OUT OF HOUSE & HOME
AND JUST BECAUSE THEY ASK HER TO MAKE THE BEDS, SHE SAY "GO TO
HELL," AND RUN HOME CRYING TO HER MAMA, TELLING HER WHAT
SON OF A BITCH THE THREE BEARS WERE.
WHAT'S THE USE? {WHAT} ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
GO COMPLAIN AT CITY HALL?
James Callow comment: THE ABOVE TRANSLATION IS FURNISHED BY PAC AND JTC.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): LINGUISTIC HUMOR
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
RIDDLE
WHY DID TEXAS SHORTEN ITS NAME TO TEX?
BECAUSE THE ASS IS IN WASHINGTON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): POLITICS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RUSSIAN POLITICIAN AND AN
AMERICAN POLITICIAN? ONE OF THEM RUNS FOR OFFICE WHILE THE
OTHER RUNS FOR THE BORDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): POLITICS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
RUSSIAN RIDDLE
WHAT MOVES BUT LEAVES NO TRAIL, AND CHOPS BUT LEAVES
NO CHIPS?
-- A MAN IN A ROW BOAT.
Where learned: HOME ; RUSSIA ; TOLD AT ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): NAUTICAL BOATING
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1905
Potus Sack
In Ireland, people wear potus sacks around their neck to ward off illness.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Holistic ; ILLNESS ; IRELAND ; MEDICINE ; Potus
James Callow Keyword(s): ILLNESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Omen
A cat on board a ship will keep death and disaster away.
Data entry tech comment:
Motif added by T.R. Davidson
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; TORONTO
Keyword(s): CAT ; DEATH ; Disaster ; Nautical ; OMEN ; PREVENTION ; Ship
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Numerology
If you are not sure of a true or false answer on a test, take the number of the question, divide it by 2 (drop the fraction if there is one), and add 7 to that number. If the final answer is even, then the answer to the question is true, and if odd, the answer is false.
Data entry tech comment:
Motif submitted by TRD.
Where learned: APARTMENT
Keyword(s): Cheat ; MATHEMATICS ; NUMEROLOGY ; TEST ; True or False
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMEROLOGY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Nine Times Tables
Easy way to multiply by nine:
1x9=9
2x9=18
3x9=27
4x9=36
5x9=45
6x9=54
7x9=63
8x9=72
9x9=81
Count from one to eight for the first didgits top down, and then again from the bottom up (for the second digits).
Data entry tech comment:
Possible name variations for Collector: Cuisloh, Crisloh, Cisloh
Possible name variations for Informant: Frabiky, Frabilsy, Zrabiky, Zrabilsy
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Arithmetic ; Calculation ; Cheat ; COUNTING ; MATHEMATICS ; MULTIPLICATION ; Multiplication Tables ; NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Numbers System of counting Calculation |
Play on Words
Did you hear about the nearsighted optician who fell into a lens-grinding machine and made a spectacle of himself?
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original Boggs Numbers [W400, B667] crossed out and B660 Substituted.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Anecdote ; HUMOR ; IRONY ; Jest ; Optician ; PUN ; Silly
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Play on Words
Sermon Using Names of Soaps and Detergents
Are you SOFT SOAPING God? DUZ you DRIFT along with the TIDE? VEL now is the time to CHEER up. If you want real JOY, the TREND is to BREEZE to church regularly on Sunday mornings. But too many WOODBURY their heads in a pillow and remain in bed or work in their yard to make it sparkle, forgetting that the Lord's Day is made for LESTOIL.
But where the Lord is given foremost consideration a DOVE will never have to send an S.O.S.. Don't trust LUX chances by neglecting our worship together.
Maybe we ought to DIAL you and remind you of those IVORY palaces up yonder. This is not just silly BAB-O. Worship is intended to add to your LIFEBOUY, so why not be faithful and WISK yourself out of bed early Sunday. Dress up SPIC'N'SPAN, DASH like a COMET to God's house of prayer. DRAISE to God, you'll get a wonderful KLENZER for your soul. PLEDGE yourself and PRIDE of conscience will be yours. Life will be full of ZEST.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [B644, B667] crossed out and replaced with S570.
Original title [STORY Using Names of Soaps and Detergents] is modified to read SERMON Using Names of Soaps and Detergents.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVERTISING ; Anecdote ; Cleanser ; Consumerism ; Domesticity ; HOME, DOMESTIC PURSUITS ; HOUSECLEANING ; PARODY ; Sermon ; Soap
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Mnemonic Device
When one is having problems spelling the word arithmetic, just remember the sentence: "A Rat In The House May Eat The Ice Cream."
Submitter comment:
Informant's teacher told this to him when he was in third grade in 1956 at St. Francis D'Assisi School in Detroit, MI.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
BN V300 used due to previous entries/classifications using the same mnemonic device.
James Callow comment:
Mnemonic Device; Spelling
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Arithmetic ; MATHEMATICS ; MEMORY ; MNEMONIC ; SCHOOL ; SPELLING
James Callow Keyword(s): Mnemonic Device ; SPELLING
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Mnemonic Device
The following sentence has been used in grade schools in aiding the memory of spelling arithmetic: A Rat In The House May Eat The Ice Cream.
Submitter comment:
During the informant's grade school years (1961-3) at Beard School in Detroit this mnemonic device was used.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
BN V300 was chosen because of previous entries and classifications with this exact mnemonic device.
James Callow comment:
The original BN [C534] is crossed out and the word Mnemonic is written next to it.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Arithmetic ; MATHEMATICS ; MEMORY ; MNEMONIC ; Mnemonic Device ; SCHOOL ; SPELLING
James Callow Keyword(s): Mnemonic Device ; SPELLING
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Spelling Aid
Arithmetic: A Rat In Tom's House May Eat Tom's Ice Cream.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
BN V300 and MNEM chosen due to previous/existing classification of such entries using the same mnemonic device.
James Callow comment:
Original BN [A784] Crossed out and replaced with the term Mnemonic Device.
Submission Card was located in a pile marked To Be Classified.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Arithmetic ; EDUCATION ADVICE ; MATHEMATICS ; MEMORY ; Mnemonic Device ; SPELLING
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |