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SAYING

BORN OF THE SWORD; DIES OF THE SWORD.

Submitter comment: TRADITIONAL

Data entry tech comment: CORRUPTION OF BORN OF THE GUN..

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Keyword(s): ANIMATED NATURE

James Callow Keyword(s): CAUSE AND EFFECT ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; MEDIAL ITERATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 09-00-1967

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MAXIM

CAN'T WIN FOR LOSING.

Submitter comment: NOT ABSOLUTELY SURE BUT PROBABLY HEARD THIS FROM MY FATHER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS

James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Bad luck
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 11-11-1967

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PROVERB

CHANGE THE NAME AND NOT THE LETTER, MARRY FOR WORSE AND NOT FOR

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): CUSTOMS ; RHYME

James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; OBSERVATION ; RHYME ; USUALLY, IF YOU CHANGE. . . .

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb
BELIEF -- Marriage
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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THE CLOSER, THE SWEETER

THE CLOSER TO THE BONE, THE SWEETER THE MEAT.

Submitter comment: VERSE USED TO GRAB MEAT NEAR THE BONE.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Keyword(s): FOOD

James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

CLOTHES MAKE MAN.

Submitter comment: THE AMERICAN VERSION: CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): CLOTHING

James Callow Keyword(s): APPEARANCE ; ELLIPSIS ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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PROVERB

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CONFUCIUS SAY: LAY GIRL IN STRAWBERRY PATCH, GET SELF IN JAM.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Keyword(s): FOOD ; PUN ; SEX

James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; PARODY ; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
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Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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CARD BELIEF

CUT THIN AND WIN. CUT DEEP AND WEEP.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

James Callow Keyword(s): CARD-PLAYING ; ELLIPSIS ; RHYME PARALLELISM

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion
BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance
SPEECH -- Game Pastime Sport S555.500
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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GOLF

NEVER UP, NEVER IN.

Submitter comment:

MEANING IF THE BALL NEVER LEAVES THE GROUND, IT WILL

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON

James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS PARALLELISM

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion
SPEECH -- Game Pastime Sport S555.500
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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PROVERB

EASY COME, EASY GO.
(GERMAN) WIE GEWONNEN, SO ZERONNEN.

Submitter comment: IN THE SENSE THAT WHAT ONE HAS GIVEN TO HIM, HE FINDS IT EASY TO
GIVE AWAY. OR IN THE SENSE THAT WHAT WE STRUGGLE FOR, WE HOLD MORE
TENACIOUSLY.
INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE

Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS

James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION

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

Date learned: 12-04-1967

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PROVERB

ECONOMICAL IN THE INEXPENSIVE, AND EXTRAVEGANT IN THE EXPENSIVE.

Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL GREEK TEXT CAN BE SEEN ON 5X8 CARD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ELLIPSIS ; EXTRAVAGANCE ; PARALLELISM

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

EYES THAT DO NOT SEE; HEART THAT DOES NOT FEEL.
(SPANISH) OJOS QUE NO VEN, CORAZON QUE NO SIENTE

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS

James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSLATION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye
PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: 00-00-1953

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HARD HEART

EYES THAT DONT SEE, HEART THAT DOESN'T FEEL.
(SPANISH) OJOS QUE NO VEN, CORAZON QUE NO SIENTE.

Submitter comment: LEARNED THROUGH THE STUDY OF SPANISH.

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS

James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSLATION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 10-05-1967

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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM

NO GUTS, NO GLORY

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

Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; ELLIPSIS

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; BRAVERY ; OBSERVATION

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

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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM

NO SOONER SAID THAN DONE

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS

James Callow Keyword(s): PROMPTNESS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 12-00-1968

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

NOTHING VENTURED NOTHING LOST

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM

Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS

James Callow Keyword(s): AMBITION ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-15-1967

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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM

NOTHING VENTURE, (SIC) NOTHING GAINED

Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
SOURCE NOT REMEMBERED

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE

Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS

James Callow Keyword(s): AMBITION ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 10-18-1967

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

NOW THAT YOU HAVE JOINED IN THE DANCE YOU MUST DANCE

Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS GREEK TEXT

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK

Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS?

James Callow Keyword(s): COMMITTMENT ; TRANSLATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1969

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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM

NO WORK, NO EAT

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ELLIPSIS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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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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ONCE A PAUPER, ALWAYS A PAUPER

Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS GREEK TEXT

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK

Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS

James Callow Keyword(s): "NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS." ; CYNICISM ; POVERTY

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

Date learned: 00-00-1969

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