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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Proverbial Saying
A dimple in your cheek,
Many hearts you will seek.
A dimple in your chin,
Many hearts you will win.
Submitter comment:
My grandmother used to tell me this because I have a dimple in
my chin, and did not like it.
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James Callow comment:
Puckett, Ohio, no. 12841: "A dimple on the chin, /
Many lovers you will win." -- Irish - Dutch - German informant.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
Keyword(s): Apothegm ; Cheek ; Dimple ; LOVE ; Maxim ; PROVERB
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00001950S
Proverbial Saying
Dimples:
A dimple in your cheek, Gentle and Meek.
A dimple in your chin, Devil within.
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Where learned: Anonymous
Keyword(s): Apothegm ; DEVIL ; Dimple ; Gentle ; Maxim ; Meek ; PROVERB ; Saying ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Marriage |
Proverb
Goldfish:
In a world where all is water, who can tell when goldfish weep?
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I found these words written on the wall of MRI 305 with no author.
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Keyword(s): ; Apothegm ; Cry ; Goldfish ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WATER ; Weep
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Maxim
Album Rhyme:
On this page in memory pressed,
May my name forever rest.
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I can remember writing this in grade school friends' autograph books.
Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Saying ; Signature ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Proverbial Apothegm Maxim
He'd lose his head if it wasn't attached.
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Keyword(s): Apothegm ; Attached ; HEAD ; Lose ; Man ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Saying
Paddle your own canoe
(Mind your own business)
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Where learned: FLORIDA ; Plant City
Keyword(s): Busybody ; CANOE ; Maxim ; Paddle ; PROVERB ; Saying
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Proverb
The article states a need for investigation into American author's use of proverbs. says in looking for proverbs in a work, that the definition of a proverb should be taken in its widest sense.
The Mieder study lists 322 different proverbs in "The People, Yes."
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Where learned: Proverb of Carl Sanburgs Poem, The People Yes ; Southern Folklore Quarterly
Keyword(s): AMERICAN ; Authors ; DEFINITION ; Investigation ; poem ; PROVERB ; Sandberg ; Study
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- PROVERB |
Proverbial Saying
Curiosity killed the cat.
(usually answered with:)
Satisfaction brought it back.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Not a Proverb?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; PLAYGROUND
Keyword(s): CAT ; CURIOSITY ; Killed ; PROVERB ; Resurrection ; Satisfaction ; Saying
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Proverbial Saying
Retort:
Can't come in cans; cans come in success.
Submitter comment:
In school, 7th grade St. Theodore, SSJ, had on blackboard.
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Meaning?
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; CAN ; Can't ; Language ; Maxim ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PROVERB ; PUN ; RETORT ; SUCCESS ; VERSE ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Maxim
A dream of sweets is worth a pound of sours
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Keyword(s): Apothegm ; Dream ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Saying ; Sour ; Sweet ; VALUE ; VERSE ; Worth
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Saying
When someone says "I thought..." you say "You know what Mr. Thought did."
They probably will want to know what he did so you tell him: "He thought a razor blade was toilet paper and he cut his behind."
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Original BN [V501] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Taste??
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Answer ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; QUESTION ; razor ; RETORT ; Saying ; Think ; Thought ; Toilet Paper
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
BLUE - RARITY OF INCIDENTS - PROVERBIAL STATEMENTS
1) I'LL BE A BLUE-NOSED MONKEY!---SURPRISE AT AN EVENT OR
UNFAMILIAR OBJECT
2) ONCE IN A BLUE MOON---SELDOM
3) A BLUE APPLE---SOMETHING RARE
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Apple ; Blue ; COLOR ; METAPHOR ; Monkey ; MOON ; PROVERB ; Rarity ; SURPRISE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
DO IT TOMORROW; YOU'VE MADE ENOUGH MISTAKES TODAY.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Mistakes ; PARODY ; PROCRASTINATION ; PROVERB
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
Proverbial Speech
WHEN IT IS SPRINKLING RAIN GOD IS CHEWING TOBACCO AGAIN.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Chew ; EUPHEMISM ; God ; Language ; PROVERB ; Raining ; SPEECH ; TOBACCO ; WEATHER
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Proverbial Speech
WHEN IT THUNDERS, THE DWARFS ARE BOWLING.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM ; Bowling ; Dwarfs ; EUPHEMISM ; Language ; PROVERB ; SPEECH ; Thunder ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
FAR BE I FOR ME
TO PASS JUDGMENT ON THEE.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Judgment ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Saying
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
DON'T LET YOUR BOOKS INTERFERE WITH YOUR EDUCATION.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Books ; EDUCATION ; HUMOR ; JOKE ; PROVERB ; PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
IF YOU SING BEFORE YOU EAT
YOU WILL CRY BEFORE YOU SLEEP.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Cry ; Eat ; PROVERB ; Sing ; SLEEP ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
IF YOU SING IN BED,
YOU'LL WISH YOU WERE DEAD.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Bed ; BELIEF ; Dead ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Saying ; Sing
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1972