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Proverb
Too many cooks spoil the stew (or broth)
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Learned from her mother
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
Keyword(s): Broth ; Chef ; Cooks ; Spoil ; Stew
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
That's as funny as a screen door in a submarine
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Wet Floor
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): Funny ; JOKE ; SARCASM ; Screen Door ; SIMILE ; Submarine ; Unfunny
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Proverb
That's the way the ball bounces
Submitter comment:
While Mr. DuCharme, a fellow student in a Folklore course at the University of Detroit, was giving his presentation on a comparative study of ballad variation, he used the phrase: "That's the way the cookie crumbles." I was reminded that when I was about his age, we used to say "That's the way the ball bounces." But it still means the same thing!
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): Ball ; Bounce ; Inevitable ; LIFE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Proverb
That's the way the cookies crumble...
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Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): Cookies ; Crumble ; Inevitable
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Proverb
A rolling stone gathers no moss
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): Busy ; LAZY ; METAPHOR ; Moss ; Rolling ; Sedentary ; Stagnant ; STONE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
A rolling stone gathers no moss
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Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Busy ; LAZY ; METAPHOR ; Moss ; Rolling ; Sedentary ; STONE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
a rolling stone gathers no moss
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Source not remembered
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): Busy ; LAZY ; METAPHOR ; Moss ; Rolling ; Sedentary ; STONE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse.
[A rolling stone gathers no moss]
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Trans. by Mrs. K.J. Uniechowski
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): Busy ; FRENCH ; Language ; LAZY ; METAPHOR ; Moss ; Rolling ; Sedentary ; STONE
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMATED NATURE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
A stitch in time saves nine
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Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): Forethought ; Nine ; NUMBER ; PREVENTION ; Stitch ; TIME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
A stitch in time saves nine
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Keyword(s): Forethought ; METAPHOR ; Nine ; NUMBERS ; PREVENTION ; Stitch ; TIME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Six of one, half dozen of another
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My pet answer to probably any question put to me.
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Question mark next to Collector's comment.
Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
MM Six...another CO [THIS IS] my pet answer to...
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): Choice ; Dozen ; Either ; Half ; Indifference ; One ; Six
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Superstition:
Sing before breakfast, cry before supper.
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Original BN [P880] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
KW:EZX,X9X
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Breakfast ; Cry ; Dinner ; Emotion ; FOOD ; PROPHECY ; Sing ; SONG ; SUPERSTITION ; Supper
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Snug as a bug in a rug
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Original BN [V300] crossed out. replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
KW: ALX, RRM
Keyword(s): Bug ; Comfort ; Rug ; SIMILE ; Snug
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Proverb
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
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Original BN [V500] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): BEAUTY ; Ear ; Pig ; Purse ; Silk ; Sow ; UGLINESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
You can't see the forest for the trees.
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
Keyword(s): BLIND ; Forest ; Outlook ; Proximity ; TREES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Proverb
Old Proverb:
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
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Informant's grandmother says this quite often.
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Original BN [V400] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BEAUTY ; Improvement ; Pig ; Purse ; Silk ; Sow ; UGLINESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
watch pot never boils.
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A?? watch ed?? pot never boils
Original BN [V600] crossed out. replaced with current classifications.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): Boil ; METAPHOR ; PATIENCE ; Pot ; View ; Watch ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
A watched pot never boils.
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The informant learned this when she was a young girl in Chicago about 1910. She said it to me as I was looking out the window waiting for someone to come.
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: PORT LAMBTON
Keyword(s): Boil ; PATIENCE ; Pot ; Watch ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
A watched pot never boils.
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Learned from her mother
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
Keyword(s): Boil ; PATIENCE ; Pot ; Watch ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
What's good for the Goose is good for the Gander.
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This originated from mother of informant
The name Mrs. Lucy Perry is crossed out from the top right hand corner of the submission card
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Original BN [V200, C880.200] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): BIRDS ; Equality ; Fair Play ; FOWL ; Gander ; Goose ; METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |