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WELL FORMED DESTINY
THE MILLS OF THE GODS GRIND SLOWLY BUT EXCEEDINGLY FINE.
THE MILLS OF GOD ARE GRINDING MORE SLOWLY THAN USUAL.
Where learned: LETTER
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
PROVERB
MILK FOR THE YOUNG,
MEAT FOR THE MAN,
BEER FOR THE AGED.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THIS AS HE PULLED A BEER FROM THE ICEBOX.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MEDIAL ITERATION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-00-1971
PROVERB
A MIGHTY OAK FROM AN ACORN GROWS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-00-1964
MEN'S EVIL MANNERS WE CARVE IN BRASS;
THEIR VIRTUES WE WRITE ON WATER.
Where learned: USS FRED T BERRY (DD-858)
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERB
MEN MAKE HOUSES, BUT WOMEN MAKE HOMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION FOR CONTRAST ; CONTRASTS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
PROVERB
MEETING IS THE BEGINNING OF PARTING.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INEVITABILITY? ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-06-1969
PROVERB
THE MEASURE OF A MAN'S REAL CHARACTER IS WHAT HE WOULD DO IF HE
KNEW HE WOULD NEVER BE FOUND OUT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; TRENTON
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-01-1970
A FLEMISH SAYING AT HOME
THE MEANEST WEASELS GET THE EGGS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM: EVIL REWARDED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
PROVERB
MARRY IN HASTE; REPENT IN LEISURE.
Where learned: Sylvania ; OHIO, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001950S
MARRIAGES ARE MADE IN HEAVEN. MEN ARE LIKE WATERMELONS --
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY ARE LIKE UNTIL YOU LIVE WITH THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT HOME ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
MARRIAGE LICENSE BUREAU
THE MARRIAGE LICENSE BUREAU IS THE TWO DOLLAR WINDOW WHERE
EVERYBODY LOSES.
Submitter comment:
MR. COTTINGHAM IS ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED OF THE VERACITY OF THE
ABOVE, BUT HE HAS NEVER BEEN MARRIED -- HE'S ONLY 21 -- SO HE HAS
YET TO FIND OUT HOW CORRECT HE IS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT HIS HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; RACING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-19-1970
RUSSIAN PROVERB
MARRIAGE IS ONLY ONE 'YES' PRECEDED BY THOUSANDS OF 'NO'S'.
Where learned: WESTERN RUSSIA
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001898-1905
MARCH
MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION AND GOES OUT LIKE A LAMB, OR VICE VERSA.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-06-1968
WEATHER PROVERB
MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION AND OUT LIKE A LAMB (VICE VERSA).
Submitter comment: AS A CHILD IN NEIGHBORHOOD
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
WEATHER PROVERB - IN VERSE
MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION; GOES OUT LIKE A LAMB.
IF IT COMES IN LIKE A LAMB, IT WILL GO OUT LIKE A LION.
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Measure of time Month |
PROVERB
MANY HANDS LIFT A HEAVY LOAD.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
PROVERB
AS LONG AS THEY ARE FAR FROM MY PLATE.
LITERAL TRANSLATION OF:
TANTE MANE, DIO DI BEN OGNI FORTE DE MIO PIATTO.
Submitter comment: MANY HANDS CAN DO MANY GOOD THINGS,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-22-1968
PROVERBIAL SAYING
MANY A SLIP BETWEEN THE CUP AND THE LIP.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
MANY ARE CALLED BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN.
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |