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PROVERB
THE HIGHER THEY GO THE FARTHER THEY DROP.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): SUCCESS AND FAILURE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
PROVERB
THE HIGHER YOU FLY, THE HARDER YOU FALL.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): SUCCESS AND FAILURE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
LIMERICK
THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN OF AUSTRALIA,
WHO PAINTED HIS BUM LIKE A DAHLIA.
THE DRAWING WAS FINE,
THE COLOR DIVINE,
THE SCENT - AH}THAT WAS A FAILURE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): BUTTOCKS ; IMPERFECT RHYME: DAHLIA/FAILURE ; RHYME: AABBA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
ITALIAN WOMEN
WHAT DO THEY CALL A BATHTUB FULL OF ITALIAN WOMEN?
THE BAY OF PIGS.
Submitter comment:
THE BAY OF PIGS HAS SIGNIFICANCE IN THIS JOKE, BECAUSE
THERE IS ACTUALLY A PLACE HAVING THAT NAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW CUBA'S CASTRO. ; CUBA ; KENNEDY'S PRESIDENCY, ALLUDING TO FAILURE OF ; POLITICAL REFERENCE TO INCIDENT DURING JOHN F.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote ITAL |
NOT GIVEN
THIRD TIME'S A CHARM.
Submitter comment:
THIS STATES A BELIEF THAT WHEN SOMETHING IS DONE FOR THE
THIRD TIME, IF IT HAS FAILED THE FIRST TWO TIMES, THE
THIRD TIME WILL SUCCEED. IF SUCCESSFUL THE FIRST TWO
TIMES, THE THIRD TIME WILL FAIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): SUCCESS FAILURE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
STRIKE THREE AND YOU'RE OUT.
Submitter comment: SAYING DERIVED FROM BASEBALL.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RESIDENCE HALLS
Keyword(s): FAILURE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
THREE STRIKES
THREE STRIKES AND YOU'RE OUT.
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS IN GRADE SCHOOL
Keyword(s): BASEBALL FAILURE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-04-1967