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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
A HALF-TRUTH IS A WHOLE LIE.
Submitter comment: ORIGIN: FA(FATHER? FROM?) WILL RYAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
NEXT MORNING
NOCHES ALEGRES, MANANAS TRISTES; HAPPY NIGHTS, SAD MORNINGS
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
HARD HEAD
A HARD HEAD MAKES A SOFT TAIL
Submitter comment: A SAYING BY INFORMANTS PARENTS
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-10-1969
LYRICAL VERSE- DAILY LIFE:
SING BEFORE YOU EAT. CRY BEFORE YOU SLEEP.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; IMPERFECT RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.330 |
Date learned: 04-02-1968
PROVERB
THE FOOL ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP HAS A BETTER VIEW THAN THE WISE MEN
IN THE VALLEY.
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1970
PROVERB GIRLS WITH CURVES ARE USUALLY SURROUNDED BY MEN
Where learned: EAST DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
GIVE A MAN A FISH AND HE EATS FOR ONE DAY. TEACH A MAN HOW TO FISH AND HE EATS FOR A LIFETIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TROY
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
IRISH PROVERB
GOD MADE TIME, BUT MAN MADE HASTE.
Submitter comment:
A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY TOLD ME THIS PROVERB WHEN I WAS ONLY ELEVEN
YEARS OLD. I DON,T REMEMBER HIS NAME, BUT I DO REMEMBER THE PROVERB
VERY VIVIDLY, BECAUSE IT SEEMED SO TRUE.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
PROVERB
GOD NEVER CLOSES A DOOR, BUT HE ALWAYS OPENS A WINDOW.
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1970
POLISH PROVERB
MITE Z TEGO POCZASTKI.
"GOOD BEGINNING-BAD ENDING."
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
PROVERB
GO TO BED LATE, STAY VERY SMALL
GO TO BED EARLY, GROW VERY TALL.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; RISING AND RETIRING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-17-1964
SAYING
GREAT MINDS DISCUSS IDEAS,
ORDINARY MINDS DISCUSS EVENTS,
SMALL MINDS DISCUSS PEOPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
AFRICAN PROVERB
AN INTELLIGENT ENEMY IS BETTER THAN A STUPID FRIEND.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
Keyword(s): ASSONANCE ; CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
PRAYER SUPPLICATION
WHEN SOMEONE SNEEZES REPLY:
GOD BLESS YOU.
MAY THE ANGELS KISS YOU
AND THE DEVILS MISS YOU.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; BLESSING ; METAPHOR ; PARALLEL STRUCTURE
James Callow Keyword(s): FINAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.646 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
GRATITUDE IS THE LEAST OF VIRTUES, BUT
INGRATITUDE THE WORST OF VICES.
Submitter comment: SHE BELIEVES IT.
Where learned: JAMAICA ; PRINCETON
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1977 ; 00-00-1985
PROVERB
THE MORE THERE IS OF MINE, THE LESS THERE IS OF YOUR'S.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DOESN'T REMEMBER WHERE OR WHEN SHE FIRST HEARD IT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; CONTRAST ; PROPERTY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001967 (AUTUMN)