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PROVERB
ONE MAN, TWO WOMEN, ONE ROOF EQUAL TROUBLE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBERS ; PROPHESIES
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; DOMESTIC RELATIONS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
SAYINGS
ONE ROTTEN APPLE SPOILS THE BARREL
Submitter comment: FROM RELATIVES
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGION ; FRUIT ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONE SWALLOW DOESN'T MAKE A SUMMER
Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): WEATHER
James Callow Keyword(s): BIRD ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001964 ( SUMMER )
POLISH PROVERB
KTO NIE MA NIE TROCI (POLISH)
THE ONE THAT HAS NOTHING LOSES NOTHING
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; RATIONALIZATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
SAYING
ONE THREAD OF KINDNESS DRAWS MORE THAN A HUNDRED HORSES
Submitter comment: W. W. BREESE, M.D., "WELL SPRINGS OF TRUTH," 1883, P. 144.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Number P686.1.100 PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-05-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ONE TODAY IS WORTH TWO TOMORROWS
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; BELIEF ; Maxim ; NUMBERS ; NUMBERS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE ; CARPE DIEM ; Positive
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-21-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONE WHO DOESN'T LISTEN TO HIS PARENTS LISTENS TO THE DOG SKIN
Submitter comment:
TRANSLATED FROM THE POLISH
DOG SKIN MEANS , LOWERS HIS OWN DIGNITY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; DISCIPLINE ; OBEDIENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM- POLISH
THE ONE WHOM YOU LIKE THAT ONE IS PICKED ON OR TEASED
KTO SIE LUBI TEN SIE CZUBI (POLISH)
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT ; TRANSLATION ; HURT
James Callow comment: LOOKS LIKE IT RHYMES IN POLISH--F. M. PAULSEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DISMEMBERMENT ; RESPECT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Weather Proverb V800.20? |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONE WILL ALWAYS HAVE SQUAW WINTER, A COLD SPELL, BEFORE
HAVING INDIAN SUMMER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-01-1969
WEATHER PROVERB
ONION'S SKIN VERY THIN
MILD WINTER COMING IN
ONION'S SKIN THICK AND TOUGH
COMING WINTER COLD AND ROUGH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): PREDICTION ; SYMBOL ; VEGETABLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THEIR TOYS
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO INFORMANT IN 1969 BY A MARRIED MAN
ABOUT 21 YEARS OF AGE. THE MAN SAW IT AS A TRUE PROVERB.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME ; OBSERVATION ; QUALITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Maturity PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
WELLERISM
"ONLY SEVEN MORE DAYS," DICK SAID, WEEKLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): PUN
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 01-00-1972
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ONLY THE FINGERS OF A BABY CAN TIE A UNITING KNOT THAT WILL PULL
TWO FAMILIES TOGETHER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LIVES IN ASHIYA, JAPAN
Data entry tech comment:
THE ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD INDICATES THAT THE INFORMATION WAS
RECEIVED IN A LETTER
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; NUMBER
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-28-1964
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ONLY THE IGNORANT MAN BECOMES ANGRY, THE WISE MAN UNDERSTANDS.
IT TAKES LITTLE THOUGHT FOR A MAN TO LOSE HIS TEMPER, BUT IT
TAKES A WISE MAN TO COMPREHEND AND COPE WITH ANY SITUATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
OLD JEWISH SAYING TRANSLATED
ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT ALL I FEAR IS THAT THEY MIGHT SAY,
IF YOU HAVE
LEARNED AND GATHERED WISDOM WHERE IS ITS CROP?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB IN VERSE
NA SW GRZEGORZA POJDZIE ZIMI DO MORZA (POLISH)
ON THE FEAST OF ST. GREGORY THE WINTER GOES TO THE SEA.
Data entry tech comment:
ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
TRANSLATED BY MRS K J UNIECHOWSKI
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 12 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 25 BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
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PROVERB IN VERSE
AN OPEN FOE MAY PROVE A CURSE
BUT A PRETENDED FRIEND IS WORSE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ENEMY ; HIPOCRISY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERBIAL MAXIM
THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME MUST BE SEIZED WITHIN THE LIFE-
TIME OF THE OPPORTUNITY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; INTERNAL ITERATION ; OBSERVATION ; PROMPTNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
BLASON POPULAIRE
AN OPTIMIST LOOKS AT A DONUT AND SEES THE DONUT, A PESSIMIST
SEES THE HOLE.
Submitter comment: I WAS REMINDED OF THIS MANY TIMES AS A YOUNG GIRL.
Keyword(s): DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1951