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PROVERB
EARTHQUAKE, THUNDER, FIRE AND FATHER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LIVES IN JAPAN.
Data entry tech comment: OR, PERHAPS, FATHER IS LIKE THESE THREE CHARACTERISTICS.
James Callow comment:
I THINK THE MEANING IS THAT THESE THREE CATASTROPHIES
SEND YOU TO YOUR "MAKER."--F. M. PAULSEN
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CATASTROPHE ; TRANSLATION?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-28-1964
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THERE'S SAND IN MY SPINACH.
Where learned: LETTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
PROVERBS OF A MATH TEACHER
THIS STUFF DOESN'T COME FROM THE HEAD OF ZEUS.
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): MYTHOLOGY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 12-04-1968
SPEECH
A COLONEL IS CALLED A "FULL BULL."
Where learned: LETTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 01-30-1970
GESTURE
IN PARTING, WHEN A JAPANESE WAVES GOODBYE, HE USUALLY HOLDS THE ARM
ALOFT, WAVING THE HAND UP AND DOWN WITH THE PALM DOWNWARD. THIS SAME
MOTION OF THE HAND AND FINGERS WITH THE ARM OUTSTRETCHED HORIZONTALLY
USUALLY SIGNIFIES, "COME HERE". (IN THE WEST ONE BECKONS WITH ONE
FINGER, THE INDEX FINGER, WITH THE PALMS UPWARD).
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LIVES IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 07-20-1964
PROVERB
FALLING DROPS OF WATER WEAR AWAY A STONE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LIVES IN JAPAN.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1964
PHRASES OF A MATH TEACHER
ADDING X<4 TO THE EQUATION REALLY DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; LETTER
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
James Callow Keyword(s): LOGIC
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
CURE FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO BARBERS WOULD BLEED CUSTOMERS WITH LEECHES
TO CURE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.
Where learned: LETTER ; NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 02-01-1971