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SAYING
A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID SHE ALWAYS HEARD IT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CURIOSITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
PENNY - WISE, POUND - FOOLISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; THREE RIVERS
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ECONOMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1935
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM ONE OF HER FRIENDS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; CRITICSM ; FUNCTION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
ARABIAN SAYING
A PERSIAN (LIGHT-SKINNED) IS THE SAME AS AN ARABIAN (DARK-
SKINNED), JUDGE HIM ON WHAT HE DOES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
BLASON POPULAIRE
THE PERSON WHO THINKS TOO LITTLE USUALLY TALKS TOO MUCH.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; GARULOUSNESS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
BLASON POPULAIRE
PHI KAPPS NEVER GET DRUNK, IF THEY DO THEY NEVER STAGGER,
IF THEY STAGGER THEY NEVER FALL. IF THEY FALL THEY FALL ON THEIR
FACES, SO THEIR PINS NEVER SHOW.
Submitter comment: SPOKEN WHILE DRINKING AT THE 20'S WITH SOME FRATERNITY BROTHERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RESEMBLES A CHAIN TALE.
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ; ITERATION ; WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
A PHILOSOPHER IS A BLIND MAN IN A DARK ROOM LOOKING FOR A BLACK
CAT... THAT ISN'T THERE.
Submitter comment: HEARD ON RADIO.
Where learned: OHIO
Keyword(s): DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; COLOR ; INSULT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
PROVERB
A PICTURE IS A MUTE POEM.
Submitter comment: DOES NOT REMEMBER
Where learned: HOME ; BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; DEFINITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-15-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
PIGS IS PIGS.
Submitter comment:
I REMEMBER CERTAIN PEOPLE FROM MY HIGH SCHOOL DAYS
IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK, USING THE FOLLOWING PROVERB TO INDICATE THE
FACT THAT WHATEVER WAS BEING DISCUSSED WAS OBVIOUS OR SELF EVIDENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PINT
A PINT IS A POUND THE WORLD AROUND.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COSMOS ; ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; QUANTITY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): DISCIPLINE ; INITIAL AND TERMINAL ITERATION ; INTERNAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
THIS IS MY OWN PHILOSOPHY ON GETTING THINGS ACCOMPLISHED.
PLAN YOUR WORK, AND WORK YOUR PLAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS
James Callow Keyword(s): DISCIPLINE ; INITIAL AND TERMINAL ITERATION ; INTERNAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
PLAYING BOTH ENDS AGAINST THE MIDDLE IS A FAT MAN
TRYING TO BUCKLE HIS BELT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): CLOTHING ; FUTILITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
PROVERB
PLAYING HORSE WITH A BILLY GOAT
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): ANIMALS
James Callow Keyword(s): FUTILITY?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
IRISH PROVERB
PLOW DEEP WHILE THE SLUGGARDS SLEEP,
SHALL HAVE CORN TO SELL AND CORN TO KEEP.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ELLIPSIS ; INDUSTRIOUSNESS ; VEGETATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 04-15-1971
THE POT FIGHTS WITH THE KETTLE BUT THEYRE BOTH BLACK.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR ; COOKING UTENSIL ; HOSTILITY ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
PROVERB ( LITHUANIAN )
POUND THE IRON WHILE IT IS STILL HOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADAPTABILITY ; ADVICE: ; MALLEABLE ; STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-07-1968
PRAY FOR SUNSHINE. ALWAYS BE PREPARED FOR RAIN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN NORWALK, OHIO.
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION ; HOPE FOR THE BEST, BUT EXPECT THE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
PROCRASTINATION IS A ROBBER OF VALUABLE TIME.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT EXPRESSED THE FEELING THAT SHE DOES NOT BELIEVE
THIS SAYING BECAUSE ALL MAJOR DECISIONS SHOULD BE
THOUGHT OVER CAREFULLY. CANNOT RECALL WHERE SHE FIRST HEARD IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; FUNCTION ; OBSERVATION ; PROMPTNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM MAXIM
PROPERTY IS THEFT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; YOU CAN'T LOSE WHAT YOU DON'T OWN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-10-1969