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RUSSIAN PROVERB
IF THE WOLVES ARE FULL THE FLOCK OF SHEEP WILL REMAIN WHOLE.
Submitter comment: NONE
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): PARALLEL STRUCTURE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V242 |
RUSSIAN MIRACLE STORY
A LONG TIME AGO THE MONGOL ARMIES LED BY GHENGIS
KHAN SWEPT WESTWARD INTO THE RUSSIAN STEPPES, AND LIKE
A GREAT SWARM OF LOCUST(S) DESTROYED EVERYTHING IN
FRONT OF THEM. ALL PEOPLE WHO UNFORTUNATELY CROSSED
THEIR PATH DIED A VIOLENT DEATH, BE THEY MEN, WOMEN OR
CHILDREN. TOWNS AND VILLAGES WERE BURNED TO THE GROUND
AND FELL IN ASHES AND RUIN. ALL PERSONAL BELONGINGS,
LIVESTOCK AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS WERE CAPTURED AND TAKEN.
IN THE DISTANT CITIES THE PEOPLE HEARD AND WERE AFRAID
OF THE WRATH OF THE TARTAR ARMY. PEOPLE FLED IN ANY
POSSIBLE DIRECTION. MANY HID IN SWAMPS, FORESTS, OR
MOUNTAIN CAVES. OTHERS SOUGHT REFUGE IN CHURCHES AND
MONASTARIES THAT WERE SURROUNDED BY THICK STONE WALLS.
HOWEVER, EVEN THESE WALLS COULD NOT SAVE THE PEOPLE FROM
THE BLOOD-CURDLING ARMIES OF GHENGIS KHAN.
THERE WAS HOWEVER, ONE MONASTARY WITH SUCH LARGE
STONE WALLS AND IT WAS LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF A LAKE.
THIS ISLAND MONASTARY SAVED ALL PEOPLE WHO SOUGHT
REFUGE THERE. ONE DAY WHEN THE TARTARS APPEARED ON THE
SHORES OF THE LAKE, THE PEOPLE INSIDE OF THE MONASTARY
BEGAN A RELIGIOUS SERVICE. ALL OF THE PEOPLE WERE ON
THEIR KNEES PRAYING FOR SALVATION AND ASKING THE BLESSED
VIRGIN TO SHIELD AND PROTECT THEM FROM THE ENEMY.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SERVICE, WHEN THE BELLS WERE
RINGING A HUGE INVERTED GLASS CHALICE
APPEARED IN THE HEAVENS. THIS CHALICE SLOWLY DESCENDED
TO THE ISLAND AND COVERED THE MONASTARY AND OFF OF THE
PEOPLE WITHIN IT. IN THE TARTAR'S EYES THE ISLAND
THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE. THE TARTARS WERE SO ASTONISHED
THAT THEY FROZE IN THE POSITIONS THAT THEY WERE
STANDING IN AND THEN TURNED TO STONE. TO THIS DAY,
THESE STONE STATUES STILL REMAIN ON THE BANKS OF THIS
ALTHOUGH THE WIND, RAIN, SUN AND SEASON HAS CHANGED
THE SHAPES OF THE TARTAR WARRIORS. BUT SOMETIMES
ONE CAN STILL SEE THEIR ARMS CLUTCHING SWORDS OR LANCES
RAISED OVER THEIR HEADS. SOME OF THE TARTARS, ON SEEING
THE SPECTACLE OF THE GLASS COVERED MONASTARY SINKING
SLOWLY INTO THE LAKE, RAN OUT INTO THE WATER UP TO THEIR
KNEES. NOW ONE CAN ONLY SEE THEIR HEADS AND THE HEADS
OF THEIR HORSES. A LEGEND EXISTS NOW AMONG THE PEOPLE
WHO LIVE IN THIS AREA, THAT ONCE A YEAR ON A BRIGHT,
QUIET DAY, IF ONE STANDS QUIETLY ON THE SHORES OF THE
LAKE AND SAYS A PRAYER, YOU CAN HEAR FROM THE DEPTH OF
THE LAKE THE SOUND OF A CHURCH BELL RINGING, CALLING
EVERYONE TO PRAYER. AND ALONG WITH THE SOULD OF THE BELL,
ONE CAN HEAR THE SINGING AND CHANTING OF THE SERVICE.
IF YOU LOOK HARD ENOUGH INTO THE DEPTH OF THE LAKE'S
CRYSTAL CLEAR WATER, YOU CAN SEE THE CROSS AND THE
TOWERS OF THE MONASTARY. THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN AND HEARD
TELL THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE STILL ALIVE AND ARE PRAYING
IN GRATITUDE FOR BEING SAVED.
Submitter comment:
THIS LEGEND WAS TOLD TO IVAN ORLOFF, WHO WAS BORN IN
1897 NEAR MOSCOW, BY HIS GRANDFATHER CONSTANTIN ORLOFF
WHO CAME FROM THE WESTERN RUSSIAN STEPPES.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Woman |
Date learned: 00-00-1905
A MOTHER'S PRAYER WILL SAVE SOULS FROM THE DEEP.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
James Callow Keyword(s): DROWNING ; MOTHER ; PRAYING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001905-1910
RUSSIAN PROVERB
LITTLE CHILDREN EAT BREAD BUT OLDER CHILDREN EAT
THEIR PARENTS HEARTS OUT.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V233 |
RUSSIAN PROVERB
THE SOLDIERS GO INTO BATTLE WITH BANDS PLAYING,
BUT THE WINNERS OF THE BATTLE ARE THOSE WHO
REMAIN SILENT.
Submitter comment:
THE ROLL OF THE DRUMS IN BATTLE DOES NOT
GUARANTEE VICTORY.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): WAR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V249 |
RUSSIAN PROVERB
THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER SAILED THE OCEAN
NEVER REALLY LEARNED HOW TO PRAY.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V372 |
Date learned: 00001905-
RUSSIAN PROVERB
THOSE WHO LEARN SEE THE LIGHT. THOSE WHO DO NOT ARE IN DUSK.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001905-
RUSSIAN PROVERB
THOSE WHO LIKE TO GO SLEDDING MUST ALSO
LEARN TO LIKE TO PULL SLEDS UP HILL.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): WINTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V280 |
Date learned: 00001905-
RUSSIAN PROVERB
TO AN ALCOHOLIC THE OCEAN IS ONLY KNEE DEEP.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V233 |
Date learned: 00001905-
RUSSIAN PROVERB
TO BE WITH FRIENDS IS NICE BUT TO BE AT HOME IS EVEN NICER.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V233 |
Date learned: 00001905-
RUSSIAN PROVERB
WALK CAUTIOUSLY INTO THAT HOUSE WHERE ONE CAN HEAR GAY MUSIC.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): PARTY FUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001905-
RUSSIAN PROVERB
WHEN ALL OF MAN'S TEETH ARE GONE, COME BEARERS WITH NUTS.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V333 |
Date learned: 00001905-
RUSSIAN PROVERB
WHEN WEDNESDAY IS GONE THE WEEK SPLITS IN TWO.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V274 V274.5 |
RUSSIAN PROVERB
WITHOUT AN OWNER A HOUSE IS A WIDOW.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001905-00001910
KRAKOWIAK (POLISH DANCE)
LIKE THE AMERICAN SQUARE DANCE.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; NOT GIVEN ; HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; LETTER ; OHIO ; NEW JERSEY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; GROSSE POINTE ; HARPER WOODS ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; WARREN ; JAPAN ; RUSSIA ; GRAND RAPIDS ; SHIPLE HALL ; GARDEN CITY ; ROYAL OAK ; TOLEDO ; TRENTON ; FARMINGTON ; KALAMAZOO ; CANADA ; ONTARIO ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT ; MAIL ; INDIANA ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; TOLD AT HOME ; FERNDALE ; SOUTHFIELD ; TENNESSEE ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL ; HAMTRAMCK ; DEARBORN ; MINNESOTA ; ILLINOIS ; NEW YORK ; FLORIDA ; KOREA ; WISCONSIN ; NEW HAMPSHIRE ; STUDENT UNION ; READING ; AUSTRALIA ; Sylvania ; Sterling Heights ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; OAK PARK ; SOUTHGATE ; STURGEON LAKE ; REDFORD ; TOORAK ; VICTORIA ; ROSEVILLE ; LINCOLN PARK ; TRAVERSE CITY ; HUNTINGTON WOODS ; PONTIAC ; TROY ; PORT CHESTER ; SOUTH AMERICA ; BROOKVILLE ; MONTREAL ; SEOUL ; NORTH OLMSTED ; EASTOWN THEATER ; ERIE ; University of Notre Dame ; FRANKLINVILLE ; TORONTO ; TOLD AT ; TOLD BY ; TOLD IN ; SCRANTON ; MONROE ; GLENVIEW ; MOSCOW ; GULLEY ; FINLAND ; HARBOR BEACH ; HOUGHTON LAKE ; Hudson Lake ; INDIANAPOLIS ; JONESBORO ; KANSASVILLE ; LEXINGTON ; MASSILLON ; MAUCH CHUNK ; MELVINDALE ; MILFORD ; NEW ROCHELLE ; NIAGARA FALLS ; PANAMA CITY ; PATAGONIA ; ARGENTINA ; RESIDENCE HALL ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; TOLD AT HONORS HOUSE ; AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dance |
RUSSIAN PROVERB
BE THERE ONLY A COW AND SOMEHOW A MILK PAIL WILL BE FOUND.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; OPPORTUNITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1910
RUSSIAN PROVERB
FISH SEEK THE DEEP, MAN SEEKS THE BETTER.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V348 |
RUSSIAN PROVERB
FREEDOM FOR A BIRD IS MUCH NICER THAN TO BE IN A GOLDEN CAGE.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- V244 |
RUSSIAN PROVERB
IF GOD GIVES CHILDREN, GOD WILL PROVIDE FOR CHILDREN.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): DIVINE PROVIDENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001905-1910