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Proverb
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
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From - Uncertain
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Beggars ; HORSES ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WISHES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
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Learned in Detroit, from reading something.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Chicken ; Egg ; Gamble ; Hatch ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
If wishes were horses all beggars would ride
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Informant heard this from his grandmother
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Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Beggar ; HORSE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WISH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
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My mother would always tell me this whenever I would plan on something before it happened.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Chickens ; Eggs ; Gamble ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Beggars cannot be choosers.
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Informant remembers her mother telling her this in Detroit in the early 1930's.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Beggar ; Chooser ; Greedy ; Maxim ; Picky ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Autograph Rhyme
Album Rhyme:
Yours, till airplanes lay eggs.
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Keyword(s): AIRPLANES ; Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; BIRDS ; Devotion ; Eggs ; HUMOR ; PUN ; Signature ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Food: Recipe
Wheat Griddle-Cake:
Sift Together:
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
Beat three eggs and add to 3 cups sweet milk and tablespoon of melted butter; mix all into smooth batter, as thick as will run in a stream from the lips of a pitcher.
Bake on a well grease, hot griddle, a light nice brown. Very good.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Baking Powder ; Eggs ; Flour ; FOOD ; Griddle ; Griddlecakes ; RECIPE ; Salt ; Wheat
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Process Food Drink -- Plant food Cereal |
IT IS BAD LUCK TO PLACE EGGS ON A FRESHLY MADE BED.
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Updated on 09-01-11
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; Bed ; Eggs ; LUCK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 11-22-1972
BABIES WHO WALK BEFORE THEY ARE A YEAR OLD WILL BE
BOWLEGGED.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BABY ; BELIEF ; Bowlegged ; CHILD
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Lower body, legs BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-14-1973
I HAD A LITTLE CHICKEN WHO WOULDN'T LAY AN EGG
SO I RUBBED HOT WATER UP AND DOWN HER LEG.
THE LITTLE CHICKEN CRIED
AND THE LITTLE CHICKEN BEGGED
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Chicken ; CHILD ; CHILDREN ; Children's Song ; Egg ; Hard Boiled ; Kid ; RHYME ; SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
BELIEF
ALWAYS CRUSH EGG SHELLS COMPLETELY BEFORE THROWING THEM AWAY.
IF YOU DON'T THE SHELL HALVES WILL PROVIDE A SHELTER FOR
DANGEROUS SPIRITS.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
Keyword(s): Eggs ; GHOST ; Shells ; SPIRIT ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
BELIEF
OLIVES AND EGGS ARE PASSION FRUITS.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): APHRODISIAC ; Consume ; Consumption ; Eat ; Eggs ; FOOD ; Olives ; Passion
James Callow Keyword(s): APHRODISIACS
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 10-01-1965