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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NEVER WALK WHEN YOU CAN RIDE
Submitter comment: HEARD DURING CONVERSATION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): "TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT." ; ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; LAZINESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
KNOCK KNOCK JOKE
KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
LION.
LION WHO?
LION DOWN ON THE JOB, EH?
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
Keyword(s): LAZINESS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 12-03-1967
SPIDER IN HAIR
A TEENAGE GIRL RATTED HER HAIR AND DIDN'T COMB IT OUT FOR TWO WEEKS.
SHE DIED SUDDENLY. AN AUTOPSY HAD TO BE PERFORMED TO DETERMINE THE
CAUSE OF DEATH. THEY FOUND THAT SPIDERS HAD MADE THEIR HOME IN HER
HAIR AND HAD EATEN THEIR WAY INTO HER BRAIN.
Submitter comment: HEARD SEVERAL TIMES ON U-D CAMPUS.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEATH INSECT LAZINESS ; FATAL HAIRDO
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Body part Senses |
SAYING
SLEEPING YOUR BRAINS INTO TRAIN ILE (OIL).
Where learned: WORK
Keyword(s): LAZINESS SLOTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |