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PROVERB GOOD FIREWOOD IS NOT WITHOUT ANTS. THE AMERICAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMPENSATION
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-15-1971
PROVERB
IF YOU DANCE, YOU HAVE TO PAY THE FIDDLER.
Submitter comment: NONE
Data entry tech comment: YOU CAN'T GET ANYTHING FOR FREE, SO YOU PAY FOR EVERYTHING.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): COMPENSATION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
UNDER EACH CLOUD IS A SILVER LINING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CELESTIAL BRIGHTNESS ; UNDISCLOSED MERIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPENSATION ; CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
BLOODY BONES
THERE WAS THIS LITTLE BOY AND HIS MOTHER SENT HIM TO
THE STORE TO GET SOME LIVER. BUT INSTEAD THE LITTLE
BOY BOUGHT CANDY. ON HIS WAY HOME HE PASSED A GRAVEYARD
AND DECIDED TO GO DIG UP A LIVER TO TAKE HOME. HE CAME
TO A HEADSTONE WITH THE NAME BLOODY BONES ON IT AND BEGAN
TO DIG. AT DINNER, EVERYONE RAVED ABOUT HOW GOOD THE
LIVER WAS. AFTER DINNER EVERYONE WENT TO BED, BUT WHILE
THE BOY WAS SLEEPING HE HEARD A VOICE. THE VOICE SAID,
"BLOODY BONES GONNA GET YA TONIGHT. BLOODY BONES IN
YOUR CLOSET TONIGHT." FRIGHTENED, THE BOY RAN INTO THE
KITCHEN, BUT THE VOICE FOLLOWED AND SAID, "BLOODY BONES
GONNA GET YA TONIGHT. BLOODY BONES IN THE KITCHEN TONIGHT."
HE TRIED TO ESCAPE BY GOING INTO HIS PARENTS' ROOM BUT
BLOODY BONES FOLLOWED HIM. FINALLY, BLOODY BONES KILLED
HIM AND TOOK HIS LIVER.
Submitter comment:
THE STORY WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT TO FRIGHTEN HER INTO
OBEYING. IF SHE DID SOMETHING WRONG HER GRANDFATHER
WOULD SAY, "BLOODY DONES GONNA GET YA!"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPENSATION AND POETIC JUSTICE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale |
Date learned: 04-00-1983
MY MOTHER TOLD ME THAT IF YOU SING AT THE DINNER TABLE,
YOU WILL CRY BEFORE YOU GO TO BED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPENSATION ; CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
MY MOTHER ALWAYS TELLS ME THAT TO BE TOO HAPPY
MEANS THAT SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN TO YOU TO
BALANCE THE MEASURE. SO IF THINGS ARE GOING RIGHT,
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS, BUT DON'T BE TOO VOCAL, OR
SOMETHING BAD IS SURE TO OCCUR!!!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPENSATION CYCLICAL THINKING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 09-00-1985
IF YOU DREAM THAT A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY IS DYING THEN SOMEONE IN
YOUR FAMILY IS PREGNANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPENSATION ; OPPOSITES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00-00-1965 ; 10-20-1987
EVIL EYE
IF YOU BRAG ABOUT A CHILD, OR YOUR WIFE, OR ABOUT ANYTHING, THE
EVIL EYE WILL TAKE IT AWAY. TO AVOID THIS, WHENEVER BRAGGING
YOU SHOULD END THE ADULATION WITH A CRITICAL COMMENT.
Submitter comment:
AS AN EXAMPLE, INSTEAD OF SAYING, "MY SON IS SO PERFECT. HE
ALWAYS GETS GOOD MARKS IN SCHOOL." A CAUTIOUS PERSON WOULD SAY,
"MY SON IS SO PERFECT. HE ALWAYS GETS GOOD MARKS IN SCHOOL, BUT
HE NEVER CLEANS HIS ROOM."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WEST BLOOMFIELD
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; COMPENSATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 09-12-1990
If it rains on the day of a funeral, it is felt to be a sign
that the dead person lived a life filled with love and laughter.
Submitter comment:
This was said at the funeral of my aunt, whose life was truly
filled with love and laughter.
Keyword(s): COMPENSATION
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00-00-1989
ALSO IN THE THEATRE, EVERYONE ALWAYS HOPES FOR AN AWFUL
DRESS REHEARSAL, BECAUSE THEN THE OPENING NIGHT
PERFORMANCE IS SUPPOSED TO BE TERRIFIC. USUALLY THIS
IS TRUE, TOO.
Where learned: HOME ; NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPENSATION CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | Observation DRAMA -- D000 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
IF A CHILD IS BORN BALDHEADED, HE WILL HAVE A LOT OF HAIR.
IF HE IS BORN WITH A LOT OF HAIR THEN HE WILL BE BALD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST REVERSAL COMPENSATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BELIEF
IF A BABY IS CUTE WHEN BORN, IT WILL BE UGLY WHEN IT GROWS UP. AND
VICE VERSA.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPENSATION
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1972