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PROVERBIAL PHRASE
NOT YET DRY BEHIND THE EARS
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): IMMATURITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
Custom/Belief
Irregular Festival:
It is a custom in my family to have a big family gathering, celebration, reunion, and party whenever someone in the fammily has made the Sacrament of Confirmation or 1st Communion. The recipient recieves gifts and/or money from every other member of the fmaily. It roughlyparallels the Bar Matzvah of the Jewish Religion.
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Where learned: NEW YORK ; Myself ; LeRoy
Keyword(s): Celebration ; CUSTOM ; Maturity ; PARTY ; RELIGION ; RELIGIOUS ; Rite-of-Passage
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Maturity |
Toast
Although another year has passed, we will act no older than the last.
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James Callow comment:
Small grammar correction written on submission.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
Keyword(s): AGE ; Maturity ; Social: Drinking ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |