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FINISH SAYING
STUBBORN AS AN OLD WOMAN
WHEN THROWN INTO THE RIVER
SWAM UPSTREAM INSTEAD
OF DROWNING DOWNSTREAM.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD.
Submitter comment: A CHILD WILL BECOME A SPOILED BRAT IF HE IS NOT DISCIPLINED.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
THAT'S AS FUNNY AS A CIGARETTE MACHINE IN A CANCER WARD
Submitter comment: IN BAD TASTE
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): SMOKING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
THAT'S AS FUNNY AS A SET OF RUBBER CRUTCHES IN THE
POLIO WARD
Submitter comment: WEAK SUPPORT
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
SAYING
THAT'S A STORM THAT WILL CURDLE MILK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS SAYING WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD (1920'S),
BUT DOES NOT USE IT NOW, JUST HAPPENED TO REMEMBER IT.
Where learned: HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
THAT IS THE WAY THE COOKIE CRUMBLES.
Submitter comment: SAID TO EXPLAIN WHEN OR WHY THINGS HAPPEN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
TAKE A HANDFUL OF ANY KIND OF METAL (GOLD, SILVER, IRON)
AND PUT IT UNDER YOUR PILLOW,
THE NEXT DAY THERE WILL BE A LARGE SUM OF MONEY THERE.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER TOLD ME THIS WHEN SHE SAID SHE HAD TO GET SOME MONEY
TO PAY OUR BILLS. SHE THEN WENT ON TO SAY THAT SHE
SHOULD DO THIS AND SEE IF IT WORKED.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 11-21-1969
THAT REASONING IS LONG HAIR
Submitter comment: NOT TOO INTELLIGIBLE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-06-1967
THAT WHICH ONE HAS IN THE HAND DOESN'T DECEIVE ONE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-15-1971
WELLERISM
"THERE'S NO ACCOUNTING FOR TASTE," SAID THE WOMAN WHEN
SHE WAS TOLD HER SON WAS WANTED BY THE POLICE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 11-13-1970
THERE IS NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-18-1968
THERE IS SOMETHING GOOD IN THE WORST OF MEN FOR
WHICH HE WILL BE ALWAYS REMEMBERED.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V300T |
Date learned: 09-15-1971
LITHUANIAN PROVERB
THEY LIVE LIKE BROTHERS, LOVE LIKE SISTERS.
GYVENA KAIP BROLIAI, MYLISI KAIP SESERYS. {LITHUANIAN}
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-08-1968
HATE
THE MOST EXPENSIVE INDULGENCE IS HATE.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS WRITTEN IN A LETTER TO ME NOT LONG AGO BY MY GRANDFATHER.
Where learned: HOME ; MINNESOTA ; ROUTE 1 ; STURGEON LAKE ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
WEATHER RHYMES
THUNDER IN THE MORNING, ALL THE DAY STORMING;
THUNDER AT NIGHT IS THE SAILOR'S DELIGHT.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): {METEOROGICALLY INCORRECT}
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-07-1969
TIRED AS A HEN PULLING RAILS.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER LEARNED THIS EXPRESSION AS A CHILD
ON A FARM IN CASEVILLE, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
TO ALL APARENT BEAUTIES BLIND BUT
EACH BLEMISH STRIKES AN ENVIOUS MIND.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
TO BEAT AROUND THE BUSH
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
TO BE UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-23-1968