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CLOSED BOOK
IF YOU KEEP YOUR BOOK CLOSED YOU'RE A DUMMY. TRANSLATION OF
LIBRO CERRADO NO SACA LETRADO.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): LAZY STUDENT
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY: BOOK FOR BOOKS ; READING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
SWIFTIES, TOM
"I HAVE VERY FEW IN MY GARDEN." HE SAID LACKADAISICALLY.
Where learned: WASHINGTON ; WASHINGTON DC
Keyword(s): LAZY DAISY
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
LOCAL LEGEND
NORTHERN JONES WAS A COLORED HANDYMAN ABOUT TOWN
YEARS AGO. WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HIM, THEY SAY
HE WAS KINDA SLICK, OR IN OTHER WORDS, SHIFTLESS.
ONE DAY THE WHITE MAN FOR WHOM HE WORKED WAS HEARD
TO BE GIVING NORTHERN JONES A LONG STRING OF JOBS
TO GET DONE. WHEN HE WAS TOLD THAT NORTHERN JONES
COULD NEVER BEGIN TO DO ALL OF THEM, THE WHITE
MAN REPLIED: "SHUCKS, IF HE GETS ONE OF 'EM DONE,
I'LL BE SATISFIED!"
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; HOLLY SPRINGS
James Callow Keyword(s): LAZY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
Proverb
An idle mind is the devils workshop.
Submitter comment:
Source not remembered
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Found in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Keyword(s): DEVIL ; LAZY ; Mind ; Weakness
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
An Old Saying:
An idle mind is the devil's workshop.
Submitter comment:
Sister claims to have heard this from her novice mistress in 1948.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Saint Frederick Convent ; PONTIAC
Keyword(s): DEVIL ; LAZY ; Mind ; Weakness
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
An idle mind is the Devil's workshop
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Keyword(s): DEVIL ; LAZY ; Mind ; Weakness
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
A rolling stone gathers no moss
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James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): Busy ; LAZY ; METAPHOR ; Moss ; Rolling ; Sedentary ; Stagnant ; STONE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
A rolling stone gathers no moss
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Busy ; LAZY ; METAPHOR ; Moss ; Rolling ; Sedentary ; STONE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
a rolling stone gathers no moss
Submitter comment:
Source not remembered
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James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): Busy ; LAZY ; METAPHOR ; Moss ; Rolling ; Sedentary ; STONE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse.
[A rolling stone gathers no moss]
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James Callow comment:
Trans. by Mrs. K.J. Uniechowski
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Keyword(s): Busy ; FRENCH ; Language ; LAZY ; METAPHOR ; Moss ; Rolling ; Sedentary ; STONE
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMATED NATURE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
The sleeping fox catches no poultry.
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James Callow comment:
Original Bn [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ATTENTION ; Aware ; Chicken ; Fox ; Hunt ; LAZY ; METAPHOR ; Poultry ; SLEEP
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.
Lazy man's version:
Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; LAZY ; Maxim ; PROCRASTINATION ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
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