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SAYING
THAT'S A STORM THAT WILL CURDLE MILK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS SAYING WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD (1920'S),
BUT DOES NOT USE IT NOW, JUST HAPPENED TO REMEMBER IT.
Where learned: HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
THERE ARE BLESSINGS IN THE RAIN.
REGEN BRINGT SEGEN. {GERMAN}
Submitter comment:
(IN THE SENSE THAT RAIN MAY BRING DISCOMFORT BUT IT
HELPS FLOWERS TO BLOOM, ETC.)
INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
POLISH PROVERBS
TO THOSE WHO RISE EARLY, GOD GIVES THE DAY. {AND}
FROM A BIG CLOUD LITTLE RAINS FALL.
Submitter comment:
KTO RANO STAJE TEMN PAN BOG DAJE.
Z DUZY CHMNNY MALY DESZCZ.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER SLEEP ; {IT'S NOT MY FAULT THERE ARE TWO ON ONE CARD.}
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
A WARM JANUARY, A COLD MAY
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V890 |
Date learned: 00001940S
SHALL ALL HANG SEPARATELY.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): DEATH BROTHERHOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
A WET MAY, A WARM JUNE.
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
A WET ST. BARBARA'S DAY MEANS AN ICY CHRISTMAS.
Submitter comment:
POLISH: SWIETEJ BARBARY P WODZIE,
BOZE NARODZENIE PO LODZIE.
THIS REFERS TO THE BELIEF THAT ONE CAN PREDICT CHRISTMAS
WEATHER BY THE KIND ON THE FEAST OF ST. BARBARA.
I KNOW THIS FROM HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
WHAT THE FARMER DOESN'T KNOW HE WON'T EAT.
Submitter comment: GERMAN: WAS DER BAUER NICHT KENNT DAS FRIST ER NICHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): "FRIST" HERE IS FROM THE VERB "FRESSEN," WHICH MEANS "TO ; EAT LIKE AN ANIMAL."
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
WEATHER BELIEF
WHEN A COLD WATER PIPE SWEATS, IT WILL RAIN WITHIN
TWENTY FOUR HOURS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER PLUMBING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
WEATHER PROVERB OR RHYME
WHEN CHRISTMAS IS WHITE
THE GRAVEYARD IS LEAN
BUT FAT IS THE GRAVEYARD
WHEN CHRISTMAS IS GREEN.
Submitter comment:
BALKINS, B.A. _NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE_
CROWN PUBLISHERS: NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Keyword(s): DEATH SNOW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
WHEN CLOUDS APPEAR LIKE ROCKS AND TOWERS
THE EARTH'S REFRESHED BY FREQUENT SHOWERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER RAIN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
JOKE
IN ST. CROIX, VIRGIN ISLANDS, THE WEATHER NEVER CHANGES. IT'S
SUNNY AND WARM FROM JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER. THUS WHEN
SOMEONE FROM THE STATES WRITES OR ASKS OVER THE PHONE "HOW'S
THE WEATHER DOWN THERE?" THE VIRGIN ISLANDER ANSWERS
"IT'S PRETTY GOOD, BUT YOU KNOW WE HAVEN'T HAD TOO MUCH
SNOW THIS YEAR."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
FUNERALS
AS ME SAINTED MOTHER USED TO SAY, "WHEN YOU DIE I HOPE YOU
ARRIVE IN HEAVEN A HALF HOUR BEFORE THE DEVIL FINDS OUT
YOU ARE DEAD."
Where learned: LETTER ; FLORIDA ; LAUDERDALE
Keyword(s): DEATH
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-10-1970
LOOKING IN CORNERS
WHEN SOME PERSON YOU KNOW IS CONSTANTLY SNOOPING AROUND YOU CAN SAY
"ONLY MONKEYS LOOK IN CORNERS."
WHEN YOU WRITE A LETTER OR A NOTE YOU CAN WRITE "ONLY MONKEYS LOOK
IN CORNERS."
Submitter comment:
THESE TWO GO TOGETHER BECAUSE OFTEN PEOPLE LOOK FOR MISTAKES IN
LETTERS THEY RECEIVE AND BY PUTTING THE PHRASE IN ONE OF THE CORNERS
YOU ARE SAYING THAT THE PERSON SHOULD ENJOY THE LETTER AND NOT LOOK
FOR MISTAKES. THIS IS A COMMON PRACTICE FOR THE INFORMANT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
Keyword(s): ANIMAL COMPARISON
James Callow Keyword(s): PARA-RIME: BUY BE ; TREATING TO DRINKS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 01-24-1971
I'M GOING TO GET YOU
THERE IS AN ITALIAN GESTURE IN WHICH ONE BITES HIS HAND
WITH HATE IN HIS EYES (AS ONLY THE ITALIANS CAN DO IT)
WHICH MEANS, I'M GOING TO GET YOU! (GOD HELP YOU).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): THREAT THREATENING GESTURE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Derision Scorn |
Date learned: 02-17-1970
JOKE
"DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THERE (CEMETERY)
ARE DEAD?"
-- ALL OF THEM.
Submitter comment: TOLD WHILE PASSING A CEMETERY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS CAR
Keyword(s): DEAD DEATH CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE
THERE WAS A MAN-DEAD-LYING IN THE DESERT WITH A
POUCH ON HIS BACK. HE WAS LYING FACE DOWN AND THERE
WERE NO FOOTPRINTS OR SIGNS OF ANYTHING AROUND HIM.
HOW DID HE DIE?
-- HE WAS A PARATROOPER AND HIS PARACHUTE DIDN'T
OPEN IN TIME CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO HIS DEATH.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): PARATROOPER PARACHUTE DEATH DEAD
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 12-23-1971
RIDDLE
WHY CAN'T IT RAIN FOR TWO DAYS IN A ROW?
-- THERE IS ALWAYS A NIGHT IN BETWEEN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): WEATHER TIME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
RIDDLE
THE MAN WHO MAKES IT DOESN'T USE IT;
THE MAN WHO BUYS IT DOESN'T NEED IT;
THE MAN WHO USES IT DOESN'T KNOW IT;
WHAT IS IT?
-- A COFFIN
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS COLLECTED FROM MY SISTER, A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL
WHO HEARD IT FROM A STUDENT IN HER STUDY HALL.
Keyword(s): DEATH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-24-1967