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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NOTHING BUT MONEY IS SWEETER THAN HONEY
James Callow Keyword(s): ECONOMY ; FOOD ; VALUE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
AN OLD CHINESE PROVERB STATES:
A DOLLAR EARNED, 99 CENTS SPENT EQUALS HAPPINESS
A DOLLAR EARNED, $1.01 SPENT EQUALS UNHAPPINESS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ECONOMY ; TERMINAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A PENNY EARNED IS A PENNY SAVED
Submitter comment: THIS IS THE WAY SHE SAID IT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ECONOMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-19-1971
PENNY SAVED
A PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY EARNED
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS WHEN I WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): ECONOMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-04-1967
PROVERB
PENNY WISE, DOLLAR FOOLISH.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS PICKED UP IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
SPENDING IRREGULARITIES OF A GROUP OF STUDENTS IN AN APARTMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ECONOMICS ; ELLIPSIS
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ECONOMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
PENNY - WISE, POUND - FOOLISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; THREE RIVERS
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ECONOMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1935
PROVERB
POOR AS A CHURCH MOUSE.
Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ECONOMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00001964 (SUMMER)
RUSSIAN PROVERB
A PROMISE IS WORTH MORE THAN MONEY.
Where learned: WESTERN RUSSIA
Keyword(s): METONYMY
James Callow Keyword(s): ECONOMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |