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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

NO MAN IS AN ISLAND

Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS COMMENT WRITTEN IN THE MARGIN
THE COMMEN'T IS AS FOLLOWS- SHOULDNT THE STUDENT KNOW THAT
THIS IS A QUOTATION FROM DONNE ?

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00001950 S

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

NO MATTER HOW THICK OR THIN YOU SLICE IT, IT'S STILL BALONEY

Where learned: UNKNOWN

James Callow Keyword(s): FALSEHOOD ; SLANG ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-28-1967

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR-- FLEMISH

NO NEED FOR CANDLELIGHT OR MONOCLE IF THE OWL IS BLIND.
NO USE IN ARGUING. THE OTHER PERSON DOESN'T LISTEN.

Submitter comment: THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN HE WAS VISITING DETROIT, MICHIGAN
FROM BELGUIM.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION?

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-01-1967

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PROVERB ABOUT AN ANT

NONE PREACHES BETTER THAN AN ANT AND SHE SAYS NOTHING

Submitter comment: TRADITIONAL SEMINARY JOKE

Where learned: CONNECTICUT ; STAMFORD ; SAINT GREGORYS SEMINARY

James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; CLERGY ; IRONY ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00-00-1957

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

NO ONE CAN SEE THE HUMP OF HIS OWN BACK BUT EVERYONE ELSE CAN

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): FAULTS ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-03-1971

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

A NOSE IS BLOWN ON THE COOKED PORRIDGE.
IF ONE BLOWS HIS NOSE ON THE PORRIDGE THAT HAS ALREADY
BEEN COOKED IT CAN NOT BE EATEN SO THIS IS SAID OF SOMETHING
WHICH SUDDENLY FAILS AT THE MOMENT OF SUCCESS DUE TO AN
UNFORESEEN ACCIDENT

Where learned: KOREA ; SEOUL

James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1965

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SPANISH PROVERB

NOTHING DRIES SO FAST AS A TEAR

Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER SPANISH TEACHER, DR. ESPINOSA

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

James Callow Keyword(s): CONSOLATION ; SORROW

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 03-31-1967

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

NOTHING DRIES SOONER THAN A TEAR

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): CONSOLATION ; SORROW

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 07-17-1964

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PROVERB
OF ALL THE SLAVES THE LOWEST IS HE WHO IS A SLAVE TO HIS PASSIONS

Submitter comment: FROM CICERO

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS, ASSUMED

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; HEDONISM ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 12-00-1963

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PROVERB

OH WHAT A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE
WHEN AT FIRST WE PRACTICE TO DECEIVE

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; DISHONESTY ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb

Date learned: 10-31-1969

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PROVERB

DER ALT BULL BLAERRT FAERT BIS IN DI EWICHKEIT
THE OLD BULL BELLOWS ON FOREVER

Submitter comment: TRADITION OF PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH

Where learned: CULINARY ARTS PRESS ; PAGE 23

James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; CONVERSATION ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-00-1965

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PROVERB

OLD CHINESE PROVERB IS THERE IS GOLD IN BOOKS

Submitter comment: TOLD DURING A LECTURE

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS, ASSUMED

James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR ; EDUCATION ; SYMBOL ; WEALTH

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-28-1971

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PROVERB

AN OLD DOG WILL LEARN NO NEW TRICKS

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM

James Callow Keyword(s): AGE ; ANIMAL ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 11-10-1967

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PROVERB

THE OLDER THE FIDDLE THE SWEETER THE TUNE

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS

James Callow Keyword(s): AGE ; MUSIC ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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PROVERB

I'M ON THE WAGON

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

James Callow Keyword(s): MEANING: I'M NOT DRINKING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ; WATER WAGON

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: 00-00-1964

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

ONE LARK MAY MAKE A FALL
BUT ONE ROBIN DOES NOT MAKE A SPRING

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB

James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually.
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- V800

Date learned: 00-00-1969

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

ONE SWALLOW DOESN'T MAKE A SUMMER

Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Keyword(s): WEATHER

James Callow Keyword(s): BIRD ; SYMBOL

Subject headings: 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually.
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00001964 ( SUMMER )

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WEATHER PROVERB

ONION'S SKIN VERY THIN
MILD WINTER COMING IN
ONION'S SKIN THICK AND TOUGH
COMING WINTER COLD AND ROUGH

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS

Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB

James Callow Keyword(s): PREDICTION ; SYMBOL ; VEGETABLE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb
BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

OLD JEWISH SAYING TRANSLATED
ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT ALL I FEAR IS THAT THEY MIGHT SAY,
IF YOU HAVE
LEARNED AND GATHERED WISDOM WHERE IS ITS CROP?

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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PROVERB IN VERSE

ON YOUR WEDDING DAY YOU SHOULD WEAR SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW,
SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE, AND A PENNY IN YOUR
SHOE FOR GOOD LUCK

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): CLOTHING ; COLOR ; MONEY

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.400
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Wear something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue

Date learned: 03-20-1967

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