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A POLISH PROVERB
CHOOSE A WIFE BY HER EARS, NOT HER EYES. (TRANSLATION)
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND.
Data entry tech comment: POLISH TEXT GIVEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; MATRIMONY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Marriage PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
PROVERB IN VERSE
NEEDLES AND PINS, NEEDLES AND PINS
WHEN A MAN MARRIES, HIS TROUBLE BEGINS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; MATRIMONY ; OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- P545.0 |
PROVERB IN VERSE
NEEDLES AND PINS NEEDLES AND PINS
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED YOUR TROUBLES BEGIN
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER REMEMBERS BEING TOLD THIS PROVERB IN HER YOUTH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; MATRIMONY ; OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- P545.0 |
Date learned: 04-04-1970