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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NOTHING BUT MONEY IS SWEETER THAN HONEY
James Callow Keyword(s): ECONOMY ; FOOD ; VALUE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
REMEDY FOR CHAP HANDS
FOR CHAP HANDS AND FEET APPLY URINE TO THEM.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THIS FROM MY MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): URINE, MEDICINAL VALUE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
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Grandma and Grandpa's Wedding
It all started when my grandma, then Genevieve Witkowski,
asked my great-grandpa for an orange pop. My grandpa, Steve
Jekielek, overheard and decided to bring her the pop himself. That
began a happily-ever-after that culminated in a wartime wedding.
Weddings were hard to arrange during the war because of
rationing and restrictions. However, everyone chipped in to help
by sharing their ration stamps so their food could be used for the
reception. My great-grandpa went up north to get chickens. Others
stood in lines every day to get liquor allotments.
In the end, on May 8, 1943, the group effort resulted in a
Cinderella wedding with everyone enjoying the ball. It meant more,
because it took more.
Forty-nine years, five kids, and 17 grandchildren later, they
have managed to pass down the values that made their wedding and
their lives a success. They have taught two generations that
sharing, caring and chipping in is what makes life worthwhile, and
that even when chicken is sparse, it sure tastes better when it's
shared. And perhaps, even most unique of all, after 48 years, my
grandpa still brings her orange pop.
Submitter comment:
This wedding story is very special in our family; next year,
the year of my grandparents' fiftieth wedding anniversary, and my
parents' twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, I will be married so as
to continue this tradition.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
James Callow Keyword(s): Family values
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 00001970S
PROVERB
THAT'S NOT WORTH A TINKER'S DAM.
Submitter comment:
MEANING WORTHLESS.
INFORMANT IS DECEASED.
Data entry tech comment: DAMN.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; MIDDLEBOURNE
Keyword(s): VALUE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THAT'S NOT WORTH TWO HOOTS, AND ONE OF THEM HAS ALREADY
HOOTED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): VALUE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-08-1970
MONEY ISN'T EVERYTHING. BUT IT'S WAY AHEAD OF WHATEVER'S
IN SECOND PLACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): VALUE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-20-1968
Proverb
All that glitters is not gold.
Submitter comment:
Informant heard this in Norwalk, OH.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V800] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Keyword(s): ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Glitter ; Gold ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Superficial ; VALUE ; VERSE ; Worth
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |