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INHERITANCE
HE'S A FOOL THAT MAKES HIS DOCTOR HIS HEIR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): METAPHOR DEATH INHERITANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
DRINK
HE'S ALWAYS AT THE BOTTLE
Submitter comment: HE ALWAYS DRINKS.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
Keyword(s): METONYMY: CONTAINER FOR THE CONTAINED. ; PHRASE METAPHOR DRINKING HABITS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
DYING
HE'S WALKING SLOW, BUT HE'S GOING FAST.
Submitter comment:
WHEN A MAN IS IN THE HOSPITAL IS FAILING AND DYING FAST THE IRISH
SAY THIS.
JUDY LEARNED THIS FROM THE IRISH INTERNS WHEN SHE WAS WORKING AT
MOUNT CARMEL HOSPITAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): HEALTH ; METAPHOR PROVERBIAL PHRASE DEATH OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
HIGH AS A KITE
HE'S COOKING WITH HELIUM.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): PHRASE METAPHOR HEIGHT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-24-1969
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
HE'S ONLY A WOLF IN SHEEPS CLOTHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
IRISH PROVERB
THE HEN SEES THE DAWN, BUT LETS THE ROOSTER CROW ABOUT IT.
Where learned: MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
TIGER PROVERB.
HE WHO RIDES A TIGER DARE NOT DISMOUNT (EAST INDIAN).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; OFFICE ; BRIGGS 338 ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): WILD ANIMAL METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
CHINESE PROVERB
HE WHO RIDES THE BACK OF A TIGER NEVER KNOWS WHERE OR WHEN HE WILL
FALL OFF.
Where learned: CHINA
Keyword(s): WILD ANIMAL METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
HIGH ON THE HOG.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ANIMAL METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
AUTOGRAPH VERSE (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; HUMOROUS ALLUSION TO LOVE (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
ORANGES GROW IN FLORIDA,/ CALIFORNIA TOO,/ BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE
MICHIGAN/ TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS WRITTEN IN THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF YVONNE BY A CLASSMATE
IN 1958.
Data entry tech comment: COLLECTOR'S LINE DIVISION ALTERED BY KEYPUNCHER
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): COMPLIMENT PRAISE ; FRUIT FRIENDSHIP ; METAPHOR ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1958 ; 11-01-1967
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
AS YOU SLIDE DOWN THE BANNISTER OF LIFE, REMEMBER ME WHO WAS A
SPLINTER IN YOUR CAREER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 04-11-1979
SAILING DOWN LIFE'S RIVER,
IN A LITTLE BARK CANOE,
HOPE YOU HAVE A PLEASANT JOURNEY
AND ROOM ENOUGH FOR TWO.
Submitter comment:
TOLD IN GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN
1939 BIRCH TREE, MISSOURI
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
YULE-TIDE GREETINGS
YULE-TIDE GREETINGS
I WISH YOU HAPPINESS TO-DAY
AND EACH CHRISTMAS WHEN
JOY-BELLS CHIME}
THE PASSING YEARS ALL GOLDEN BEADS
IN THE ENDLESS ROSARY OF TIME.
Where learned: VERSE FROM HIS POSTCARD COLLECTION
Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCDC
James Callow Keyword(s): GOOD WISHES ; RELIGIOUS METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.1225 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Greetings, wishes, prayers, cards |
LYRICAL VERSE DEATH
HERE LIES THE BODY OF SOLOMON PEASE.
UNDER THE DAISIES, UNDER THE TREES.
BUT PEASE ISN'T HERE, ONLY THE POD
PEASE SHELLED OUT AND WENT HOME TO GOD.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): EPITAPH COUPLETS DEATH VEGETABLES-PEAS METAPHOR PUN-SLANG ; RHYME:AA
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 04-02-1968
TELEPHONE PRANK
CALL A BAR; ASK IF THEY HAVE POP IN BOTTLES. IF ANSWER IS YES, SAY
"YOU'D BETTER LET HIM OUT, MOM WANTS HIM AT HOME."
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM MY CHILDHOOD
Where learned: SUN PRAIRIE ; WISCONSIN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): HUMOR PRACTICAL JOKE METAPHOR SODA
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
SAYING
I CAME TO THE END OF MY ROPE AND DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO TIE A KNOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
Keyword(s): DESPERATION ; METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: DATE UNKNOWN
PROVERB
IDLE HANDS ARE TOOLS FOR THE DEVIL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED FROM MOTHER.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
PROVERB
AN IDLE MIND IS THE DEVIL'S WORKSHOP.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: EARLY CHILDHOOD
PROVERB
MEHWE BKYCUW, CKOPWE IUKHEW. ( UKRAINIAN )
IF YOU BITE LESS OFF, YOU'LL SWALLOW IT FASTER. TRANSLATION.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM RELATIVES IN UKRAINE.
THIS REFERS TO NOT ATTEMPTING MORE THAN YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): AMBITION ; EATING METAPHOR ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 10-14-1967
AS FUNNY AS
IS AS FUNNY AS A RUBBER CRUTCH IN A POLIO WARD.
Data entry tech comment: IS PRECEDED ON 5 X 8 CARD BY ( BLANK-- WHATEVER THE OBJECT IS )
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): METAPHOR HUMOR
James Callow Keyword(s): DISEASE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |