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PROVERB
EMULATE THE TURTLE. TO GO PLACES YOU MUST STICK YOUR NECK OUT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT HER FATHER USED TO CONTINUALLY SAY THIS TO HER
AND HER SISTERS TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TRY NEW THINGS.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; AMPHIBIAN ; DARING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
AN ENGINE SMOKES AND PUFFS BUT DOESN'T CHEW.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A PLAY ON WORDS AND PERSONIFIES AN ENGINE.
I HEARD IT A LONG TIME AGO AT A PARTY. THIS IS USED AS A RETORT
RATHER THAN A RIDDLE. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS, I KNOW OF AN ENGINE
THAT SMOKES...
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PUN ; TOBACCO
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
A TOUGH JOB
THE INFORMANT DESCRIBED A DIFFICULT TASK AS ENOUGH TO WEAR OUT A
BULLDOG.
Submitter comment:
IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE INFORMANT ACQUIRED THIS PHRASE AROUND HIS
HOMETOWN OF ASHLAND, KENTUCKY.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; WORK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
PEN AND ERASER
AN ERASER IS SOMETHING YOU LOOK FOR WHILE THE INK DRIES.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUSTRATION ; IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-14-1968
PROVERB
TO ERR IS HUMAN, TO FORGIVE DIVINE.
Submitter comment: HEARD IT FROM HIS MOM.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; CHARITY ; PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-12-1967
PROVERB
AN ERROR DOESN'T BECOME A MISTAKE UNTIL YOU REFUSE TO CORRECT IT.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; PRIDE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
PROVERB AND PUN
EVEN A BALD MILLIONAIRE HAS SEVERAL HEIRS.
Data entry tech comment:
THE USE OF THE WORD "EVEN" AS THAT OF AN INTENSIVE TO STRESS
IDENTITY OR THE COMPARATIVE DEGREE OF WORTH OF THE SUBJECT, I.E.,
EVEN A FISH, EVEN A CHILD, ETC.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-17-1968
PROVERB
EVEN THE BREAD CRIES WHEN IT'S EATEN BY A LAZY MAN.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONIFICATION ; SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
MORAL PROVERB
EVEN THOUGH A HORSE HAS FOUR LEGS HE STILL GETS STUCK IN THE MUD.
Submitter comment:
EVEN THOSE WHO HAVE EVERYTHING ARE STILL SUBJECT TO MISFORTUNE.
TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Body part Senses Lower body, legs PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
SCOTCH CUSTOM
DURING THE HARVEST TWO LARGE BONFIRES ARE BUILT. IF AN
UNMARRIED MAN AND WOMAN CAN JUMP OVER TOGETHER, WITHOUT GETTING
BURNED, THEY WILL BE MARRIED BEFORE THE NEXT HARVEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: NO DATE INDICATED
PROVERB
EVERY BEAST ROARS IN ITS OWN DEN.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-15-1971
BIRD IN THE NEST
EVERY BIRD LIKES HIS OWN NEST BEST.
PEOPLE LIKE WHAT IS FAMILIAR TO THEM.
Submitter comment:
MARY LOU'S INFORMANT WAS HER GRANDMOTHER, BRIDGET O'CONNER, 81,
WIDOWED -- LONDON, ONTARIO.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
PROVERB
EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE WEATHER BUT NOBODY DOES ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
RHYME
EVERY DAY GO OUT OF YOUR WAY
TO TO DO A KIND DEED FOR SOMEONE IN NEED.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CHARITY ; HELPFULNESS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
ITALIAN PROVERB
EVERY DOG IS A LION AT HOME.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
DRUNKARD
EVERY DRUNK SPEAKS HIS SOBER THOUGHTS.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): "IN VINO VERITAS." ; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ; IRONY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
EVERY GIRL CAN KEEP HOUSE LIKE HER MOTHER UNTIL SHE TRIES.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS WAS A FAVORITE EXPRESSION OF HER MOTHER.
SHE ALSO ADDED THAT IT HAS BECOME A FAVORITE OF HERS.
Data entry tech comment: IT IS A FAVORITE OF OURS.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CRITICISM IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-12-1971
PROVERB
EVERY HOUSE HAS ITS CROSS.
Submitter comment: MISS VANNESTE LEARNED THIS FROM HER FLEMISH GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGION
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM ; SYMBOL ; TROUBLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-02-1967
Entry filtered.
PROVERB
EVERY MAN IS THE ARCHITECT OF HIS OWN FORTUNE.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; OBSERVATION ; RESPONSIBILITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-15-1965