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IT'S THE ROVING BEE THAT GATHERS THE HONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
Keyword(s): ANIMAL INSECT FOOD WORK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
THE MORE YOU EAT, THE MORE YOU WANT.
Where learned: CRACKER JACK SLOGAN
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD ; GREED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001950S (INFORMANT REMEMBERS IT FROM THE 50'S)
PROVERB
MAN IST, WAS ESST.
(TRANSLATION: A MAN IS, WHAT HE EATS.)
Where learned: GERMAN CLASS
James Callow Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; FOOD ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
GERMAN PROVERB
SAUERKRAUT AND PORK MAKE AN OLD LADY FAT.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
SOFT FIRE MAKES SWEET MALT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-02-1968
THE SOLDIER'S BREAD IS BLOODY, THE BEGGAR'
BREAD IS DIRTY, AND THE LORD'S IS WHITE.
Submitter comment:
"LORD" HERE REFERS TO THE FEUDAL SYSTEM, RATHER
THAN TO ANY RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
TOM SWIFTY
"SOMEBODY STOLE MY PINEAPPLES," HE SAID DOLEFULLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL 203 ;
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
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THIS BREAD IS AS HARD AS A ROCK.
(OR) THIS BREAD IS TOUGHER THAN NAILS.
Submitter comment:
WHEN A PIECE OF BREAD IS HARD OR STALE, A POPULAR,
TRADITIONAL COMPARISON IS:
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-27-1970
TO BRING HOME THE BACON
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): FOOD MONEY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
TOO MANY COOKS, SPOIL THE BROTH.
Submitter comment:
{GERMAN} ZUVIELE KOECHE, VERDERBEN DEN BREI.
INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 12-04-1967
POLISH PROVERB
TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE STEW.
Submitter comment:
{POLISH:} GDZIE KUCHAREK SZESC, TAM NIE MA
JESC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SACRED HEART SEMINARY
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
POLISH PROVERB
TO THINK ABOUT BLUE ALMONDS.
Submitter comment:
POLISH: MUSLEC A NIEBIESKICH MIGDATACH.
USED WHEN ONE DREAMS OF SOMETHING IMPOSSIBLE.
I LEARNED THIS FROM MY MOTHER.
Keyword(s): FOOD NUTS
| Subject headings: | -- |
COMPARISON
TWIXT OPTIMIST PESSIMIST BUT DIFFERENCES GROW: THE OPTIMIST
SEES THE DONUT AND THE PESSIMIST THE HOLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
VINEGAR CATCHES NO FLIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD INSECTS ODOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
A WARRIOR USES A TOOTHPICK EVEN WHEN HE HAS NOT
EATEN (NO MEAL)
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LIVES IN JAPAN.
Keyword(s): WAR FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-28-1964
A COOKING POT
A WATCHED POT NEVER BOILS.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SAID WHEN ONE HAS HIGH HOPES FOR SOMETHING AND
LITTLE PATIENCE TO WAIT FOR IT TO HAPPEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-23-1971
THE WAY TO A MAN'S HEART IS THROUGH HIS STOMACH.
Keyword(s): FOOD LOVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
SEE THE ROAST
WE DON'T WANT SMOKE, WE WANT TO SEE THE ROAST.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TAUGHT THIS BY HIS FATHER IN ITALY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD FIRE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1964