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POLISH PROVERB
A CROW WILL NOT PLUCK ANOTHER CROW'S EYE.
KRUK KRUKOWI OKA NIE WYKOLE. (POLISH)
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BIRD
James Callow Keyword(s): "BIRDS OF A FEATHER STICK TOGETHER" ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-25-1967
PROVERB
A PER'SON WHO WANTS TO DO ANOTHERS TRADE IS LIKE SOMEONE
WHO PUTS SOUP INTO A BASKET.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS THIS IN ITALIAN. SHE LEARNED IT FROM A FRIEND
IN ITALY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD ; STICK TO WHAT YOU KNOW ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
KNOCK KNOCK JOKE
KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
DICK
DICK WHO?
DICK 'EM UP-I'M TONGUE TIED.
Submitter comment: FROM HIS BROTHER
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): NAME ; STICK @EM UP
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-20-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR: STICKY SITUATION
YOU'LL BE UP SALT RIVER FOR SURE.
Submitter comment:
SAID BY NEIGHBOR, MRS. FLOYD SHRADER, IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,
1945-1972 TO EXPRESS THAT SOMEONE WAS LOST, OR THAT THEY
COULDN'T GET OUT OF A PARTICULAR SITUATION WITHOUT A LOT OF
TROUBLE. SHE SAID THAT HENRY CLAY WENT UP SALT RIVER IN
KENTUCKY TO CAMPAIGN AND GOT LOST UP THERE AND COULDN'T FIND
HIS WAY OUT. MRS. SHRADER WAS FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. BUT LIVED
IN LOUISVILLE, WHERE HER HUSBAND WAS WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS
IN THE GROUND WATER DIVISION.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): STICKY SITUATION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Bumper Sticker Wisdom
Don't Eat Yellow Snow!
Submitter comment:
I first saw this in Detroit in 1971 on the bumper of a car.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
The original BN [Z220] is crossed out, with the note Why Z220? written next to it.
Submission Card located in pile marked To Be Classified
Keyword(s): Allusion ; Bumper Sticker ; SNOW ; URINE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Retort
Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Verse?
Keyword(s): Language ; NAMES ; RETORT ; RHYME ; Sticks ; STONES ; TAUNT ; Tease ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
TREE BELIEF
THERE IS A CERTAIN KIND OF TREE, I DO NOT REMEMBER THE NAME,
THAT IS CALLED THE STICKER TREE BECAUSE IT HAS HUGE THORNS
AND IS THE SHAPE OF A CROSS, BECAUSE IT IS THE WOOD
OF WHICH THE CROSS OF CHRIST WAS MADE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Keyword(s): Botany ; Christ ; Cross ; Pricker ; Sticker ; SYMBOLISM ; Thorns ; Tree ; WOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 09-20-1969
IF YOU LICK YOUR THUMB BEFORE YOU MAKE A SHOT IN POOL,
IT WILL BRING YOU GOOD LUCK WHILE SHOOTING.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Billiards ; Cue ; CUSTOM ; GAMES ; Lick ; Pool ; Stick ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Good luck P881.22 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES,
BUT WORDS WILL NEVER HURT ME.
Submitter comment:
REPLY TO A TAUNT.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; GRADE SCHOOL
Keyword(s): BONES ; Defense ; poem ; Reverse Taunt ; RHYME ; SONG ; Sticks ; STONES ; TAUNT ; WORDS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse BELIEF -- P870 P870.570 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MASH UP RED BERRIES FOR LIPSTICK AND PUT ON LIPS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BEAUTY ; Berries ; Lipstick ; Makeup
James Callow Keyword(s): ADORNMENT BEAUTIFICATION ; COSMETICS
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Human or animal body ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Color Design |
Date learned: 09-17-1973