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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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All the water I bathe in doesn't go on my skin.
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All the benefits I get from being in this world doesn't/don't help me alone. -Interpretation. Told by mother.
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The word Proverb is crossed out as a title.
The letter A in All is underlined twice.
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Bathe ; BODY ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; SKIN ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Blood is thicker than water.
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Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
The B of the word Blood is underlined.
Dup of WPP
Keyword(s): BLOOD ; BODY ; Clan ; FAMILY ; METAPHOR ; Obligation ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Like water off a duck's back.
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Original BN [V600, V200] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): ADAPTABILITY ; BIRD ; DUCK ; Resilience ; WATER ; Waterproof
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Proverb
Still waters run deep
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From - Uncertain
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Deep ; Depth ; Insight ; Intelligence ; Knowledge ; METAPHOR ; Quiet ; Run ; SILENCE ; Still ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink!
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Original BN [V500, V300] crossed out. replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Keyword(s): Control ; HORSE ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
watch pot never boils.
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A?? watch ed?? pot never boils
Original BN [V600] crossed out. replaced with current classifications.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): Boil ; METAPHOR ; PATIENCE ; Pot ; View ; Watch ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
A watched pot never boils.
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The informant learned this when she was a young girl in Chicago about 1910. She said it to me as I was looking out the window waiting for someone to come.
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Where learned: PORT LAMBTON
Keyword(s): Boil ; PATIENCE ; Pot ; Watch ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
A watched pot never boils.
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Learned from her mother
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
Keyword(s): Boil ; PATIENCE ; Pot ; Watch ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverbial Saying
Water seeks its own level
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Proverbial Saying
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): Control ; Level ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
A watched pot never boils
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): BOILS ; PATIENCE ; Pot ; Watch ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Retort
When someone says "Go to Hell!"
Retort: "I've been there but I got kicked out for peddling water."
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Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; HELL ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; WATER ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Proverb
Blood is thicker than water.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BLOOD ; FAMILY ; FRIENDS ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; Obligation ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
A watched pot never boils.
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If you stand and watch something, it seems to take twice as long.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTICIPATION ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Boil ; Kettle ; Maxim ; Pot ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Watch ; Watched ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
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I heard this in my home as a child in Ferndale, MI
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DRINK ; HORSE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Blood is thicker than water.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BLOOD ; FAMILY ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; Relationships ; VERSE ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Still water runs deep.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Deep ; Depth ; Intelligence ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; Still ; Superficial ; VERSE ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink.
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Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DRINK ; Free-will ; HORSE ; Instruct ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
You never miss the water till the well runs dry.
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Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Highland
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WATER ; Well
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
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 |
Vocabulary
Branch is a name for a stream of water
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Keyword(s): Branch ; Language ; River ; Stream ; Term ; Tributary ; Vocabulary ; WATER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |