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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS COLD AS A WITCH'S TIT.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NEW ROCHELLE
Keyword(s): CLIMATE ; DEFINITION ; SUPERNATURAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS INDEPENDENT AS A HOG ON ICE.
Where learned: HIS HOME
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; CLIMATE ; DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
COW
AS THE COW SAID TO THE MAINE FARMER, 'THANKS FOR A WARM HAND
ON A COLD MORNING.'
Submitter comment:
MR. MENZIES HEARD THE LATE JOHN F. KENNEDY USE THIS LINE TO OPEN
A SPEECH ON A COLD MORNING. HE WAS THANKING THE CROWD FOR THEIR
WARM WELCOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; CLIMATE ; POLITICS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
COLDER THAN A WELL-DIGGERS ASS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD THIS STORY: BEFORE THE AGE OF MACHINERY WHEN PEOPLE
DUG THEIR OWN WELLS THEIR BACKSIDES WERE CLOSE TO THE SIDE OF THE
WELL WALL BECAUSE THE HOLE WAS SO NARROW. BECAUSE OF THE DAMP GROUND
THE WELL-DIGGER'S BACKSIDE OFTEN GOT VERY COLD.
Data entry tech comment: GOOD GRIEF
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CLIMATE
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM: BACKSIDES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire SPEECH -- Folk etymology PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
COLD
COLDER THAN A WELL-DIGGERS REAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CLIMATE
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
DON'T TREAD ON THIN ICE.
FAVORITE EXPRESSION OF INFORMANT'S FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): CLIMATE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
BREAK THE ICE.
James Callow comment:
ACTUALLY NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS--CLIMATE--ALTHOUGH
I REALIZE YOU WANT LITERAL IDENTIFICATIONS--F.M. PAULSEN
Where learned: WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Keyword(s): CLIMATE
James Callow Keyword(s): CONVERSATION STARTER? ; IDENTIFYING?
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-20-1968