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POLISH PROVERB
MITE Z TEGO POCZASTKI.
"GOOD BEGINNING-BAD ENDING."
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
PROVERB
GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE BEST SERMON.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
POLISH PROVERB
POLISH: DOBRY ZART, TYMFA WART.
TRANSLATION: A GOOD JOKE IS WORTH A GOOD LAUGH.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-25-1967
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
GROWING OLD IS BAD UNTIL YOU CONSIDER THE ALTERNATIVE.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): OLD AGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-11-1971
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
"GOSE W DOMER, BOG W DOMII."
TRANSLATION: A GUEST IN THE HOUSE-GOD IN THE HOUSE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-01-1969
FORMULA SPEECH AT DINING TABLE
AS A CHILD MR. WELAGE OFTEN RECALLS OF BEING REPRIMANDED BY HIS
FATHER FOR REACHING FOR FOOD ACROSS THE DINING TABLE INSTEAD OF
ASKING FOR IT. WHEN MR. WELAGE WAS OLDER HE WOULD OFTEN RETORT TO
HIS FATHER:
ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE,
REACH AND YOU'LL GET IT QUICKER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- S750 |
Date learned: 03-19-1968
Festive Fruit Salad
4 cups halved seeded red grapes
4 delicious apples, washed, peeled, and sliced
4 bananas sliced
2 cups coarsely chopped walnuts
1 pint heavy cream, whipped
Stir together fruit and nuts; fold gently into whipped cream.
Chill at least one hour. Makes 10 to 12 servings.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit |
LYRICAL VERSE DEATH
HERE LIES THE BODY OF SOLOMON PEASE.
UNDER THE DAISIES, UNDER THE TREES.
BUT PEASE ISN'T HERE, ONLY THE POD
PEASE SHELLED OUT AND WENT HOME TO GOD.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): EPITAPH COUPLETS DEATH VEGETABLES-PEAS METAPHOR PUN-SLANG ; RHYME:AA
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 04-02-1968
ONE LESS TEST
WHEN I SET MYSELF DOWN TO STUDY,
I PRAY THE LORD I DON,T GO NUTTY;
AND IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE,
THAT'S ONE LESS TEST I'LL HAVE TO TAKE
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): AABB ; PARODY-PRAYER QUATRAIN HUMOR STUDYING-TESTS ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
SUPERSTITION
STORY OCCURRED IN DRAYTON PLAINS MICHIGAN IN 1901. THERE WAS AN
OLD INN WHICH HAD BEEN EMPTY FOR YEARS AND SAID THE REASON WAS THAT
THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY BELIEVED THAT IT WAS HAUNTED. THE COMMUNITY
HISTORY HAS IT THAT A YOUNG MARRIED COUPLE ON THEIR HONEYMOON USED
IT AND A WEEK LATER THEY WERE DISCOVERED IN BED WITH THEIR THROATS
CUT.
Submitter comment:
MR. LAWRENCE LEARNED IT IN 1901 BECAUSE HE LIVED ACROSS THE
STREET FROM THE INN.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 12-25-1963 ; 00-00-1901
HAPPY IS THE BRIDE THAT THE SUN SHINES ON,
HAPPY IS THE CORPSE THAT THE RAIN FALLS ON.
Submitter comment: MRS. DEVEREUX LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER AS A CHILD
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
WHISTLING GIRLS AND CROWING HENS
ALWAYS COME TO SOME BAD END.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; SLANT RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse in Other Group of Folklore C800.300 |
Date learned: 09-30-1971
THE PERSON HOLDS HIS FRIEND BY THE ELBOW AND SAYS:
IS THIS JOINT OPEN?
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
CONVERSATIONS: BROOM (CLASSIFER,S TITLE)
NEVER LET ANYONE ELSE FINISH SWEEPING YOUR FLOOR OR THEY WILL TAKE
YOUR GOOD LUCK AWAY.
Submitter comment: GRANDMOTHER OF COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Conversions P883.2 |
Date learned: 11-10-1970
SAINT SANGENNARO
THE ROCK, ON WHICH ST. SANGENNARO WAS BEHEADED, IS KEPT IN A GLASS
CASE IN THE CHURCH NAMED AFTER HIM IN NAPLES, ITALY. EVERY SPRING AN
AUTUMN THE BLOOD ON THE ROCK LIQUIFIES. IF IT FAILS TO LIQUIFY IT
PORTENDS A DISASTER. IT FAILED TO LIQUIFY BEFORE WORLD WAR 1 ,
WORLD WAR 2, AND THE KOREAN WAR. IT ALSO DIDN'T LIQUIFY IN 1963, THE
YEAR THAT THE INFORMANT SAW IT.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BLOOD ; HISTORICAL ; OMEN ; Portent ; RELIGION ; Rock ; Saint Sangennaro ; SIGN ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 11-23-1968 ; 00-00-1963
PROVERB
IF THE GOAT WOULD NOT JUMP,
HE WOULD NOT BREAK HIS LEG. (TRANS)
Submitter comment:
ZEIBY KOZKU NIE SKAKOTO TOBY
NOSZKI NIE ZTOMALA
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): AMBITION DARING FOOLHARDINESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
WEATHER SAYINGS
IF THE MOON SHOWS A SILVER SHIELD, BE NOT AFRAID TO
REAP YOUR FIELD;
BUT IF SHE RISES HALOED ROUND, SOON WE WILL TREAD ON DELUGED GROUND.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
PROVERB
BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP, BUT IT HELPS.
Submitter comment: CORRUPTION OF THE FAMILIAR.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; HOME
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
IF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN THINGS, YOU CAN'T TAKE CARE
OF ANOTHER'S
Submitter comment: NONE
Data entry tech comment:
THIS IS TRUE BECAUSE IF YOU CAN'T TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN PROBLEMS
HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY TAKE CARE OF SOMEONE ELSE'S.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
PROVERBS
IF YOU DON'T LOOK OUT FOR YOURSELF, NOBODY ELSE WILL.
Submitter comment: NONE
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-24-1967