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PERUVIAN PROVERB
A MAN IS WHAT HE IS, NOT WHAT HE USED TO BE.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PAST VS. PRESENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
ARABIAN PROVERB
IT IS BETTER FOR A WOMAN TO MARRY A MAN WHO
LOVES HER THAN A MAN SHE LOVES.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
AFRICAN PROVERB
AN INTELLIGENT ENEMY IS BETTER THAN A STUPID FRIEND.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
Keyword(s): ASSONANCE ; CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
SPANISH PROBERB
IF YOU ARE BITTER AT HEART, SURGAR IN THE OOUTH WILL NOT HELP YOU.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
HUNGARIAN PROVERB
GOOD COFFEE SHOULD BE BLACK LIKE THE DEVIL, HOT LIKE HELL, AND SWEET
LIKE A KISS.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
YIDDISH PROVERB
THE HARDEST WORK IS TO GO IDLE
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
Keyword(s): IDLENESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
CHINESE PROVERB
EVERYTHING IN THE PAST DIED YESTERDAY;
EVERYTHING IN THE FUTURE WAS BORN TODAY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): IDEALISM ; INITIAL ITERATION ; OPTIMISM ; WISHFUL THINKING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
CHINESE PROVERB
ALL THE FLOWERS OF ALL THE TOMORROWS ARE IN THE SEEDS OF TODAY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
Keyword(s): PLANTS
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; DESTINY ; HEREDITY? ; ITERATION ; POTENTIAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
SEE A PENNY AND PICK IT UP, AND ALL THE DAY YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00001950S
PLACE A STATUE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN IN THE WINDOW TO INSURE GOOD
WEATHER ALL DAY. DONE BY AN AUNT ON THE DAY OF HER DAUGHTER'S HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATION.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.25 |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
TO WALK UNDER A LADDER IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.13 |
Date learned: 00001950S
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CUSTOMERS TO TOPLESS WAITRESS, "A DOZEN OYSTERS,
PLEASE....ONE AT A TIME."
Data entry tech comment: TOPLESS WAITRESS, THAT IS, WITH NO CLOTHES OVER THE
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK ; JOKE COLLECTION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Man |
Date learned: 10-05-1971
A WOMAN, STANDING NAKED BEFORE A FULL LENGTH MIRROR,
SPEAKING TO HER HUSBAND, SAYS, "YOU KNOW, DEAR, THE
DOCTOR SAID TODAY THAT I HAVE THE BREATS OF A 35-
YEAR-OLD." "YEAH," SAYS THE HUSBAND, "WHAT DID
HE SAY ABOUT YOUR 50 YEAR-OLD ASS?" "HE DIDN'T
MENTION YOU."
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK ; JOKE COLLECTION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Married couple |
Date learned: 10-05-1971
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A PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY EARNED.
Submitter comment: USED WHEN COLLECTOR'S TEN CENT ALLOWANCE WAS SPENT.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001950S
ITALIAN
WHEN YOU GUY A NEW HOUSE, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY GO OUT
AND BUY A LOAF OF BREAD, A BOTTLE OF WINE, AND A BOX
OF SALT. PLACE THESE SOMEPLACE IN YOUR HOUSE AND
NEVER TOUCH THEM FOR ANY REASON. THIS WILL ASSURE
YOU OF LUCK AND HAPPINESS IN YOUR NEW HOME.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER ITALIAN MOTHER.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; PLEASANTVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck Food and drink BELIEF -- Good luck Numbers |
Date learned: 12-27-1963
ITALIAN
FOR GOOD LUCK WITH A NEW CAR, HANG A RED BOW SOMEPLACE
IN THE CAR. THIS WILL ALSO KEEP YOU SAFE FROM
ACCIDENTS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER ITALIAN MOTHER.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; PLEASANTVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Good luck Numbers |
Date learned: 12-27-1963
ITALIAN SUPERSTITION
IF A WOMAN FALLS WHEN SHE IS PREGNANT AND SHE HELPS HERSELF UP
WITH HER RIGHT HAND, SHE WILL HAVE A BOY; IF SHE HELPS HERSELF
UP WITH HER LEFT HAND, SHE WILL HAVE A GIRL.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER ITALIAN MOTHER.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; PLEASANTVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): RIGHT LEFT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 12-27-1963
ITALIAN SUPERSTITION
ASK A PREGNANT WOMAN IF HER HANDS ARE DIRTY: IF SHE LOOKS AT THEM
WITH THE PALMS UP FIRST, SHE WILL HAVE A GIRL; IF SHE LOOKS AT THE
OUTSIDE FIRST, SHE WILL HAVE A BOY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER ITALIAN MOTHER.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; PLEASANTVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 12-27-1963