Dr. James T. Callow publications
Browse by
Questions or comments on this site? Please email davidsor@udmercy.edu.
The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
Your search for 34 returned 22195 results.
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM IN VERSE
ONE THING AT A TIME
AND THAT WELL DONE
IS A VERY GOOD RULE
AS MANY CAN TELL
Submitter comment: ORIGIN, HER GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 07-17-1964
PROVERB
ONES BACK IS WEAK, ANOTHERS MIND IS STRONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
PROVERB
ONE MAN, TWO WOMEN, ONE ROOF EQUAL TROUBLE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBERS ; PROPHESIES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
PROVERB
ONE MANS FEAST IS ANOTHERS FAMINE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-04-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONE LARK MAY MAKE A FALL
BUT ONE ROBIN DOES NOT MAKE A SPRING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
ONE FATHER
ONE FATHER CAN SUPPORT ONE HUNDRED CHILDREN
BUT ONE HUNDRED CHILDREN CANNOT SUPPORT ONE FATHER
STORY EXPLAINED
IN ONE GENERATION THE FATHER LIVED WITH HIS SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW.
THE FATHER BECAME A PROBLEM . HIS SON TOOK HIM TO THE TOP OF A
MOUNTAIN ONE DAY. HE PUSHED HIM OFF. THE MAN DIED. IN THE NEXT
GENERATION THE SAME SITUATION TOOK PLACE. THE FATHER AND SON WERE
AT THE MOUNTAIN TOP, THE SON TURNED TO THE FATHER, LOOKED HIM IN THE
EYE AND SAID COME HOME WITH ME. THE FATHER SAID WHY DONT YOU DO TO
ME WHAT I DID TO MY FATHER? THE SON ANSWERED, IN YEARS TO COME I WIL
WANT MY CHILDREN TO RESPECT ME. WHEN THEY CAME HOME THE SONS WIFE
SAID, WHY DID YOU BRING HIM BACK AGAIN? THE SON SLAPPED HIS
WIFES FACE AND SAID, YOU WILL RESPECT HIM AS YOU WILL WANT OUR
CHILDREN TO RESPECT US.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HIS FATHER IN ITALY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ONE ENLISTED MAN WORTH TEN PRESSED
THIS IS AN OLD PROVERB AMONG MILITARY MEN.
THAT DRAFTED MEN ARE WORTH ONLY ONE ENLISTED MAN AS SOLDIERS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 01-03-1970
Entry filtered.
ONE HUNDRED NOTHINGS
ONE HUNDRED NOTHINGS KILLED THE JACK ASS
Submitter comment: STORY EXPLAINING PROVERB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
HEN IN THE BUSH
ONE HEN IN THE BUSH IS WORTH FIVE IN THE BROW ( BRIAR )
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-01-1972
LITHUANIAN PROVERB
RANKA RANKA MAZGOJA
ONE HAND WASHES THE OTHER
IF YOU DO SOMETHING BAD OR GOOD THE OTHER PERSON WILL
RECIPROCATE IN THE SAME MANNER
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS LITHUANIAN TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-18-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONCE BURNT TWICE SHY
YOU AVOID AN UNFORTUNATE HAPPENING THE SECOND TIME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
OLD MEN AND OLD WOMEN MAKE GOOD SOUP
Submitter comment: SAID IN REFERENCE TO CHAPERONES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
OLD FISHERMEN NEVER DIE, THEY JUST SMELL THAT WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
AN OLD CHINESE PROVERB STATES
A DOLLAR EARNED 99 CENTS SPENT EQUALS HAPPINESS
A DOLLAR EARNED $ 1.01 SPENT EQUALS UNHAPPINESS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
TRADITIONAL EASTER BLESSING
AT EASTER TIME ALL THE FOOD WAS BLESSED
BY A PRIEST WHO CAME TO THEIR HOME.
Submitter comment:
HER MOTHER INSISTED ON ALWAYS HAVING A
PRIEST COME TO THE HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting |
Date learned: 04-00-1979
FRENCH SONG
SUR LE PONT D' AVIGNON
TOUT LE MONDE Y PASSERONT
Submitter comment: SHE SANG THIS OFTEN WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C729 |
Date learned: 04-00-1979
SUPERSTITION OR OMEN
IF YOU DROP A FORK, YOU WILL HAVE A MAN VISITOR. IF YOU DROP A SPOON
YOU WILL HAVE A WOMAN VISITOR. IF YOU
DROP A KNIFE, A STRANGER WILL COME
TO YOUR DOOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 12-00-1969
SUPERSTITION
SEE A CROW IN THE MORNING, MOURN BEFORE NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 12-00-1969
GOOD FRIDAY
FROM 12 NOON UNTIL 3 P.M. ON GOOD FRIDAY, ONE MAY NOT TALK OR
AMUSE ONESELF. RATHER, IN MEMORY OF THE CRUCIFICTION ( CRUCIFIXION )
ONE MUST ENGAGE IN SILENT MEDITATION AND PENANCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday |
Date learned: 00-00-1970