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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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RIDDLE
Q: WHAT IS SMALLER THAN AN ANT S MOUTH?
A: HIS TEETH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): INSECTS (Q) ; LITERAL NONOPPOSITIONAL ; PARTS OF THE BODY (A)
James Callow Keyword(s): PROPORTION RELATIVITY SIZE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
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 |
POLISH PROVERB
BETTER ARE BEANS AND CABBAGE AT HOME THAN A FAT DUCK ON THE BATTLE-
FIELD.
(TRANSLATION)
LEPSZA EV DOMU GROCH, KAPUSTA NIZ NA EVAJNIE KUNA TLUSTA. (POLISH)
Submitter comment: MY GRANDFATHER REMEMBERS THIS FROM POLAND.
Data entry tech comment: SEE 5X8 CARD FOR POLISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTI-WAR ; CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION ; RELATIVITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-15-1967
AMERICAN PROVERB
I HAD NO SHOES AND COMPLAINED, UNTIL I MET A MAN WHO HAD NO FEET.
Submitter comment:
THE COLLECTOR HEARD THIS PROVERB DURING A SERMON AT GARFIELD
BAPTIST CHURCH IN MOUNT CLEMENS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RELATIVITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: CA00001975
FLEMISH PROVERB
IN THE KINGDOM OF THE BLIND, THE ONE-EYED MAN IS KING.
TRANSLATION OF
FLEMISH TEXT NOT KEYPUNCHED. SEE ORIGINAL 5 X 8 INCH CARD.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN HE WAS VISITING DETROIT, MICHIGAN FROM
BELGIUM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): RELATIVITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
SONG
IN THE LAND OF ODEN
THERE IS A MOUNTAIN
WHICH IS TWENTY MILLION
MILES IN THE AIR.
AND EVERY MILLION YEARS
A LITTLE BIRD COMES A WINGING
TO SHARPEN HIS BEAK ON THAT MOUNTAIN;
THEN HE QUICKLY DISAPPEARS.
AND WHEN THAT MOUNTAIN
HAS WORN AWAY
THAT'S WHEN ETERNITY WILL BE
ONE SINGLE DAY
ONE SINGLE DAY
ONE SINGLE DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LAPEER ; CAMP O'FAIRWINDS
James Callow Keyword(s): ODIN ; RELATIVITY
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Religious BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Formation BELIEF -- Measure of time |
Date learned: 06-00-1979
If yo tink yo bundle of dirty clothes too heavy, try
picking up yo neighbor's own.
Submitter comment:
People always believe that they have the worst of everything
until they realize that other people have problems too.
Where learned: VIRGIN ISLANDS ; Saint Thomas
Keyword(s): tink = think ; yo = you or your
James Callow Keyword(s): Advice -- Positive ; Metaphor: problems = bundle of clothes ; RELATIVITY ; WEIGHT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-00-1991
Proverb
When in Rome, do as the Romans do!
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V400] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Adapt ; Culture ; RELATIVITY ; Roman
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |