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KEEP A SMILE
QUIEN CANTA, SUS MALAS ESPANTA.
HE WHO SINGS FRIGHTENS AWAY HIS EVIL THINGS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED: THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
LOCAL HAUNTED HOUSE STORY
THERE WAS AN OLD HOUSE NEAR HERE, BUT THIS WAS QUITE A FEW YEARS
AGO, AND PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS HAUNTED BECAUSE THEY WOULD HEAR
NOISES COMING FROM IT AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE A HORRIBLE SMELL
WOULD COME OUT OF THE HOUSE. FINALLY, THEY FOUND AN OLD WOMAN
IN THE BASEMENT WHO HAD BEEN LIVING THERE AND EATING THE RATS
TO KEEP ALIVE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal |
Date learned: 09-19-1967
PROVERBS
HE WHO PRAISES EVERYBODY, PRAISES NOBODY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): LACCK OF DISCRIMINATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
PROVERB
HE WHO LAUGHS ON FRIDAY CRIES ON SUNDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
WHEN YOU HEAR A SIREN, SAY A PRAYER FOR THE PERSON INSIDE.
Submitter comment: I HAVE HEARD THIS BEFORE, I BELIEVE IT IS CATHOLIC IN ORIGIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): THAT IS, INSIDE THE AMBULANCE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00-00-1980 ; 00-00-1950
PROVERB
HE WHO KNOWS NOTHING KNOWS SOMETHING.
Submitter comment:
COLLECTED THIS FROM CHARLES ANGELL, HE WAS UNABLE TO GIVE ME
THE ORIGINAL SPANISH FOR THE PROVERB. HE IS OF SPANISH ANCESTORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-00-1964
PROVERB
HE WHO HESITATES IS NOT ONLY LOST - HE'S MILES AWAY FROM
THE NEXT FREEWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
RATTLESNAKE ON A TEXAS PLATEAU
A FEW YEARS AGO, I WAS DRIVING A GROUP OF BOYS ON A TRIP DOWN TO
MEXICO CITY, AND ONE DAY I HAD DRIVEN ABOUT TWO HUNDRED MILES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT HIGH SCHOOL ; HISTORY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
PROVERB PARODY
HE WHO HESITATES IS LAST.
Submitter comment: SAID OF TRAFFIC INTERCHANGES, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-09-1968
PROVERB
HE WHO HAS NO FRIENDS IS AFRAID OF HIS ENEMIES.
EL QUE NO TIENE AMIGOS TEME A LOS ENEMIGOS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH.
Data entry tech comment: MY MOTHER OFTEN TOLD ME THIS AS A CHILD IN THE BAHAMAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; FEAR OF ENEMIES.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
POTATO PLANTING
ALWAYS PLANT POTATOES ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY FOR BEST POTATOES.
IN OHIO IF YOU DIDN'T GET THEM IN ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY, THEY
DON'T GROW. THEY'RE A VERY SUPERSTITIOUS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW.
Submitter comment:
BELIEF IN POPULAR TRADITION IN BOTH GLOUCESTER AND HOLLISTER,
OHIO, WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
DROP AN OBJECT SUPERSTITION
IF YOU DROP AN OBJECT THAT PREVIOUSLY WAS IN YOUR HANDS, THIS MEANS
SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Submitter comment:
HEARD FROM MOTHER, SHE HEARD FROM HER MOTHER AND ON DOWN THE FAMILY
TREE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 12-00-1982
PROVERB
A LIAR BELIEVES NO ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-01-1964
PROVERB
HE WHO HAS MANY FRIENDS, HAS NONE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT USES THIS AS A PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
WHEN YOU GIVE SOMEONE A SHARP OBJECT, THEY SHOULD GIVE YOU A PENNY
Submitter comment: THIS SAYING IS A VARIATION FROM ONE WE TALKED ABOUT IN CLASS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): GIFTGIVING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1950 ; 00-00-1980
PROVERB
HE WHO GOES FORTH WITH A FIFTH ON THE FOURTH, MAY NOT GO
FORTH ON THE FIFTH.
Submitter comment: READ IN PARISH BULLETIN. ALSO APPEARED IN READER'S DIGEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
HE WHO DRINKS MUCH WATER AFTER MEALS WILL NEVER SUFFER FROM STOMACH
TROUBLE
Submitter comment: HEARD IT FROM HER FATHER AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HEALTH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-13-1964
PROVERB
HE WHO DOES NOT USE HIS HEAD, USES HIS FEET.
Submitter comment: I HAD FORGET SOME BOOKS AT THE DORM I HAD TO WALK BACK TO GET THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
CHILD SONG
THERE ONCE WAS A MAN WITH A DOUBLE CHIN
AND HE PLAYED ALL DAY ON HIS VIOLIN
AND HE PLAYED ALL DAY
AND HE PLAYED ALL NIGHT
BUT HE COULDN'T PLAY ANYTHING
BUT "OLD ZIP COON."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
CROCODILE SONG
THEY SAILED A WAY A SUNNY SUMMER DAY
ON THE BACK OF A CROCODILE.
" YOU SEE, " SAID SHE, " HE'S AS TAME AS HE CAN BE
I'LL FLOAT HIM DOWN THE NILE. "
THE CROCK WINKED HIS EYE AS SHE WAVED THEM ALL GOOD-BYE
WEARING A HAPPY SMILE.
AT THE END OF THE RIDE, THE LADY WAS INSIDE AND THE
SMILE ON THE CROCODILE.
Submitter comment: SONG WHICH IS SUNG BY MANY SMALL CHILDREN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM, INDIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.