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RIDDLE
Q: WITHOUT EARS, WITHOUT EYES IT LEADS THE BLIND.
A: A CANE.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HOUSEHOLD ITEMS (A) ; PARTS OF THE BODY (Q) ; PERSON (Q) BLIND
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
PROVERB IN VERSE
NEVER KISS BY THE GARDEN GATE,
FOR LOVE IS BLAND, (SIC) BUT THE NEIGHBORS AIN'T
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; BLIND ; GOSSIP ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
Saying
Blind as a bat.
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Keyword(s): Bat ; BLIND ; Language ; METAPHOR ; Saying ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Group of Vowels and Consonants, and of Words |
PROVERB: DENSITY
SHE CAN'T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
Keyword(s): BLINDNESS TO THE OBVIOUS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE LAIRD OF LENOX
A VERY THIN MAN WITH WHITE, SIGHTLESS EYES, RED SKINNED,
AND DRESSED IN STUART-TARTAN, EKED OUT A LIVING BY
BLOWING ON A BIG TIN WHISTLE. NOBODY EVER KNEW THE
TUNES THAT THE "LAIRD" PLAYED, BUT ALWAYS BEFORE
BEGINNING HIS RECITAL, HE WOULD REMARK: "WHO GAVE
ME THIS LONESOME WHISTLE?" "AH, I MIND NOO! THE
LAIRD OF LENNOX."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MUSICIAN, FLUTE BLIND MAN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 01-28-1971
THE LAIRD OF LENOX
A VERY THIN MAN WITH WHITE, SIGHTLESS EYES, RED SKINNED,
AND DRESSED IN STUART-TARTAN, EKED OUT A LIVING BY
BLOWING ON A BIG TIN WHISTLE. NOBODY EVER KNEW THE
TUNES THAT THE "LAIRD" PLAYED, BUT ALWAYS BEFORE
BEGINNING HIS RECITAL, HE WOULD REMARK: "WHO GAVE
ME THIS LONESOME WHISTLE?" "AH, I MIND NOO! THE
LAIRD OF LENNOX."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MUSICIAN, FLUTE BLIND MAN STUART: ALTERNATE SPELLING: STEWART
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 01-28-1971
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Belief: Animal
Catty Belief:
Blue eyed cats are deaf
(They are usually green eyed)
Submitter comment:
The date 11/7/69 is written in tiny numbers on the bottom left hand of the card.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [P500] crossed out. Replaced with Current Classification
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; BLIND ; BLINDNESS ; Blue ; CAT ; COLOR ; Eye ; eye color ; Green
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Proverb
Love is Blind
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
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James Callow comment:
Located in a pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Original BN [V300] crossed out. replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): BLIND ; Emotions ; HEART ; LOVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
You can't see the forest for the trees.
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
Keyword(s): BLIND ; Forest ; Outlook ; Proximity ; TREES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Proverb
Wellerism:
"I see" said the blind man, as he picked up the hammer and saw.
Submitter comment:
Heard frequently in New Brighton, MInn.
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Where learned: MINNESOTA
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BLIND ; Hammer ; Maxim ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PROVERB ; PUN ; Saw ; See ; Sight ; TOOLS ; VERSE ; Wellerism
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Proverb
Wellerism:
"I see" said the blind man, as he took up his hammer and saw.
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Where learned: OHIO
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BLIND ; Hammer ; Maxim ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PROVERB ; PUN ; Saw ; See ; Sight ; TOOLS ; VERSE ; Wellerism
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |