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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ABSENCE SHARPENS LOVE, PRESENCE STRENGTHENS IT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): VARIANT
James Callow Keyword(s): BALANCE ; OBSERVATION ; PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-15-1965
POLISH PROVERB
AN ACHING FINGER AND A HEADACHE ARE TYPICAL EXCUSES FOR
MISSING SCHOOL.
PALUSZEK I GLOWKA TO SZKOLNA WYMOWKA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ETHNIC ORIGIN (POLISH)
James Callow Keyword(s): ABSENTEEISM ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
Data entry tech comment: WHAT CAN I SAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PERSONIFICATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
AN ADULT IS ONE WHO SCOLDS HIS CHILDREN FOR ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE
REALITY, WHILE HE ORDERS HIS THIRD MARTINI.
Data entry tech comment: SONNY ELIOT IS A LOCAL TV WEATHERMAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; HYPOCRISY ; LIQUOR ; OBSERVATION ; PARADOX
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ADVICE IS ONE THING THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD RATHER GIVE THAN GET.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT MENTIONED THIS FACT A NUMBER OF TIMES DURING A RELIGIOUS
RETREAT HELD THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL ALMOST EVERY YEAR. HE WAS THE
ADVISOR OF MY GROUP IN MY SENIOR YEAR. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
LISTEN TO THIS BIT OF WISDOM AT LEAST FIVES TIMES. PERHAPS HE WAS
TRYING TO PROVE THE POINT.
Where learned: WASHINGTON DC
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1966
AFTER THE RAIN
AFTER THE DAYS OF UNPLEASANT WEATHER AND RAIN THE LORD BRINGS FORTH
DAYS OF SUNSHINE AND CHEER AGAIN. (ETTER REGN OCHOVADER, LATER
GUDATERIGEN SOLEN SKINA.)
SWEDISH
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS OLD SWEDISH PROVERB FROM OVER SIXTY
YEARS AGO. IT REFLECTS A BASIC RELIGIOUS FAITH IN GOD.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; STURGEON LAKE
Keyword(s): ETHNIC ORIGIN: SWEDISH ; RELIGIOUS ; WEATHER SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-28-1970
WEATHER PROVERB
AFTER THE FEAST OF ST. DOROTHY THE SHIRT WILL DRY ON THE FENCE.
PO SWIETEJ DOROCIE, WYSECHNIE KOSZULA NA PLOCIE. (POLISH)
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT WARMER WEATHER AND SPRING WILL SOON BE HERE. THE
FEAST OF ST. DOROTHY IS FEBRUARY FOURTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February 4 BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
PROVERBIAL PHRASE IN VERSE FORM
ALL ARE ARCHITECTS OF FATE,
WORKING IN THE WALLS OF TIME.
SOME WITH MASSIVE DEEDS OF GREAT,
SOME WITH ORNAMENTS OF RHYME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; OCCUPATIONS ; POETS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
METAPHOR
ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; COLOR
James Callow Keyword(s): ILLUSION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY.
James Callow comment:
IT'S INTERESTING THAT STEVENSON LISTS THIS UNDER "JACK"
RATHER THAN "WORK" -- F. M. PAULSEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FUNCTION
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; NAME: JACK FOR MALE OR PERSON ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-29-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK AND PLENTY OF IT.
Data entry tech comment: PARODY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ECONOMICS ; PUN ON JACK AS SLANG FOR MONEY.
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: ; FUNCTION ; OBSERVATION ; PARODY ; PUN: JACK FOR MONEY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK. JACK MEANS MONEY.
Submitter comment:
MAUREEN'S INFORMANTS WERE BOTH HER FATHER EDWARD, OF IRISH AND
FRENCH DESCENT, AND HER MOTHER, PATRICIA, OF IRISH AND BOHEMIAN
DESCENT.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; OBSERVATION ; PARODY ; PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
PROVERB
ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JOHNNY A DULL BOY.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; FUNCTION ; JACK ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
SPANISH PROVERB
ALTHOUGH A GIRL IS DRESSED IN SILK, SHE REMAINS A GIRL.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER SPANISH TEACHER, MR. FARRELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CLOTHING
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PRETENTION?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
APOTHEGM
AMBITION: A BOY'S FUTURE; A MAN'S PAST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; ELLIPSIS
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
AMBITION AND LOVE ARE THE WINGS TO GREAT DEEDS
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN NORWALK, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): BIRDS ; DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
AMBITION KILLED CAESAR.
Where learned: USS FRED T BERRY (DD-858)
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: ; CAESAR FOR POLITICIAN ; NAME SYMBOLISM ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
AMONG THE BLIND, THE ONE-EYED MAN IS KING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): EYESIGHT ; OBSERVATION ; RELATIVITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
APOTHEGM
ANGER IS NEVER WITHOUT A REASON BUT SELDOM WITH A GOOD ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERBIAL PHRASE (CN:S TITLE)
ANGER IS SELDOM WITHOUT REASON, BUT SELDOM A GOOD ONE.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |