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PROVERB
LUCK FOR FEW AND DEATH FOR MANY.
Submitter comment: SOURCE FORGOTTEN
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
PROVERB
LUCK IS BY CHANCE, TROUBLE IS SURE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
PROVERB: YOU GOTTA PAY
WHEN YOU DANCE, YOU GOTTA PAY THE FIDDLER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS FROM HER ADOLESCENCE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
WHY SWALLOW AN ELEPHANT?
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1930
WEATHER PROVERB IN VERSE
WIND FROM THE EAST,
GOOD FOR NEITHER MAN NOR BEAST.
Submitter comment: A WEATHER BELIEF OF THE OLD FISHERMEN ON THE LAKES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 01-21-1968
PROVERB: THE FOOL SUCCEEDS
THE WISE MAN SAID IT COULD NOT BE DONE, BUT THE FOOL DID IT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT REMEMBERED THIS FROM HER YOUTH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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PROVERB: ROT YOUR SOCKS
WOULDN'T THAT ROT YOUR SOCKS?
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
A YEAR OF SNOW, A YEAR OF PLENTY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
YOU'RE ALL OVER, LIKE SHIT ON A WAGON WHEEL.
Submitter comment: PART OF FAVORED SHIT VERSES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
YOU ARE BUSIER THAN A ONE-ARMED MAN WITH THE
SEVEN YEAR ITCH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERB
YOU ARE KNOWN BY YOUR FRIENDS.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM POLISH
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
PROVERB
YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY PEBBLE ON THE BEACH.
Submitter comment:
TOM SAID THIS TO ONE OF OUR FRIENDS WHEN THEY WANTED
TO BE PICKED UP AND HE ALREADY HAD A FULL CAR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-22-1969
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
YOU'RE SLIDING A GREASY SHOE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
PROVERB
YOU CAN SEND A BOY TO COLLEGE BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE HIM THINK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS AT A LECTURE IN ALABAMA.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-29-1967
PROVERB
YOU CAN'T PICK YOUR NOSE AND EAT IT TOO.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
PROVERB
YOU CAN'T IT WITH YOU.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1956
PROVERB
"YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, BUT A LITTLE PILE OF
ROCKS MIGHT COME IN HANDY," SAID SAM WHEN HIS KINFOLKS
STARTED TALKING TO THE UNDERTAKER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
LUCK
YOU DON'T KILL THE CAT EVERY DAY.
DANISH TRANSLATION: MAM SLAA IKKE KATTEM AF TONDER
HVER DAG.
DANISH PROVERB MEANING TODAY IS A LUCKY DAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
I COLLECTED THIS 3/8/67 WHILE TUTORING JIM. WHEN HE SNEEZED,
I REPLIED "BLESS YOU." THIS WAS HIS EXPLANATION OF WHY
PEOPLE SAY "BLESS YOU" AFTER SOMEONE SNEEZES.
IT WAS BELIEVED THAT WHEN A PERSON SNEEZED, EVIL SPIRITS
CAME OUT OF HIS MOUTH. TO PREVENT THESE SPIRITS FROM
RE-ENTERING THE PERSON, ONE WOULD SAY "BLESS YOU."
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-08-1967