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( IRISH PROVERB )
IN ALL THINGS TWO.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS AN OLD IRISH SAYING. INFORMANT GOT THIS FROM HER FRIEND WHO'
( WHOSE ) GRANDMOTHER SAID IT. THE GRANDMOTHER WAS MARY DELAHAUTE WH
YATES ( YEATS ) WROTE HIS LOVE POEMS TO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROCHESTER
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; OBSERVATION PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
AN INDUSTRIOUS WIFE IS THE BEST SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
Keyword(s): MARRIAGE ; OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): BANKING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
BIRD PROVERB (SPANISH)
IN LAST YEAR'S NESTS THERE ARE NO BIRDS TODAY.
TRANSLATION OF
SPANISH TEXT NOT KEYPUNCHED. SEE ORIGINAL 5 X 8 INCH CARD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): METAPHOR ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
IN LOVE, THERE IS ALWAYS ONE WHO KISSES AND ONE WHO OFFERS THE CHEEK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): METAPHOR ; OBSERVATION ; REPETITION
James Callow Keyword(s): LEADING AND FOLLOWING AMONG LOVERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-05-1971
INNOCENCE IS ITS OWN DEFENCE ( DEFENSE ).
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ASSONANCE ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
IN ORDER TO GET THE FRUIT, YOU HAVE TO CLIMB THE TREE.
Submitter comment:
(YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD FOR WHAT YOU GET.) MARILOU'S INFORMANT WAS HE
GRANDMOTHER BRIDGET O'CONNOR, 81, WIDOWED, IRISH FROM LONDON,
ONTARIO.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): METAPHOR ; OBSERVATION ; PARALLELISM
James Callow Keyword(s): CANADA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
INSIDE INFORMATION HELPS.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ASSONANCE ; OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): USEFULNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
AFRICAN PROVERB
AN INTELLIGENT ENEMY IS BETTER THAN A STUPID FRIEND.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
Keyword(s): ASSONANCE ; CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
FLEMISH PROVERB
IN THE DARKNESS, ALL KITTENS LOOK ALIKE.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN HE WAS VISITING DETROIT, MICHIGAN FROM
BELGIUM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CAT ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
FLEMISH PROVERB
IN THE KINGDOM OF THE BLIND, THE ONE-EYED MAN IS KING.
TRANSLATION OF
FLEMISH TEXT NOT KEYPUNCHED. SEE ORIGINAL 5 X 8 INCH CARD.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN HE WAS VISITING DETROIT, MICHIGAN FROM
BELGIUM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): RELATIVITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
WEATHER RHYME
IN THE MORNING MOUNTAINS,
IN THE EVENING FOUNTAINS.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; FEMININE RHYME ; OBSERVATION PREDICTION ; PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-07-1969
POLISH PROVERB
IN THE OLD STOVE, THE DEVIL IS BURNING.
TRANSLATION OF
W STARYM PIECU DIABEL PALI. (POLISH)
Submitter comment:
THE CONTEXT IS INTERESTING. IT IS GENERALLY APPLIED TO AN OLDER MAN
WHO SHOWS INTEREST IN A YOUNGER GIRL OR GIRLS.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ASSONANCE ; OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): OLD AGE DOES NOT RULE OUT AMOROUS INCLINATIONS. ; SYMBOL: FIERY DEVIL FOR SEXUAL INTEREST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
IN THE STOCK MARKET YOU WILL NEVER GO BROKE MAKING A PROFIT - AS
SMALL AS IT MAY BE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM ONE OF HIS FRIENDS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): MONEY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-11-1971
IN WINE THERE'S TRUTH.
TRANSLATION OF
IN VINO VERITAS. (LATIN)
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): LATIN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
A SWARM OF BEES IN MAY
IS WORTH A LOAD OF HAY;
A SWARM OF BEES IN JUNE,
IS WORTH A SILVER SPOON.
A SWARM OF BEES IN JULY,
ISN'T WORTH A FLY.
Submitter comment:
ANOTHER OLD SAYING OF HIS FATHER, CLOSELY LINKED TO THE
TIME WHEN BEES PRODUCE THE MOST HONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COUPLET ; HONEY ; INCOME ; MONTHS OF YEAR ; OBSERVATION ; PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 03-10-1968
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
LOVE IS LIKE AN ONION
WE TASTE IT WITH DELIGHT
BUT AFTER WHILE WE WONDER
WHAT EVER MADE US BITE.
Submitter comment:
ENTRY DATED 11141930 IN ALBERTA LARABELL'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK IN DETROIT,
1930-33
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD ; OBSERVATION ; RHYME: ABCB ; RIDICULE OF LOVE ; SIMILE
James Callow Keyword(s): PESSIMISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 11-14-1930
NAME VERSE
TABLES ARE ROUND
CHAIRS ARE SQUARE
YOU AND _____
MAKE A GOOD PAIR.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS WRITTEN IN THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF COLETTE BY A
SCHOOLMATE.
Data entry tech comment: ANY NAME CAL BE FILLED IN THE BLANK SPACE
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): LOVE ; OBSERVATION ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
AUTOGRAPH BOOK RHYME
THINGS ARE HARD TO REMEMBER.
THINGS ARE HARD TO FORGET.
BUT THE HARDEST THING TO REMEMBER
IS TO REMEMBER NOT TO FORGET.
Submitter comment: RHYME FROM INFORMANT'S JUNIOR HIGH AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Keyword(s): CONTRADICTION ; INFORMATIVE ; METER: TROCHEES ; OBSERVATION ; PARADOX ; QUATRAIN ; REMEMBRANCE ; REPETITION ; RHYME: ABAB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
WHATEVER SKIES MAY FIND ABOVE YOU,
WHEN XMAS COMES IT'S NICE TO KNOW
THAT THERE ARE FRIENDS WHO FONDLY LOVE YOU,
HOWEVER FAR AWAY YOU GO.
Where learned: KANSAS ; HUDSON
James Callow Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; FEMININE RHYME ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
New broom sweep clean, but old broom know the corners.
Submitter comment:
This is in reference to younger people taking over an
older person's job. The younger person may do a good job
but the older person can do it twice as well.
Where learned: VIRGIN ISLANDS ; Saint Thomas
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1991