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Belief: Weather
Weather Rhymes:
If it rains before seven, It will quit before eleven.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): NATURE ; Predicting ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; Rain ; Sky ; TIME ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
Weather Belief / Rain:
Rain before seven, clear before eleven.
This is a saying used to indicate when the weather will clear.
Submitter comment:
Informant used this saying many times, claiming it to be true. He first heard it in the Navy.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P800, P890] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
DUP. of WPP
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PREDICTING WEATHER ; PREDICTION ; Rain ; RHYME ; Sky ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
Sailor Proverb:
Red sunset at night - is a sailor's delight.
Red sunset in the morning - sailor's take warning.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P880] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
DUP. of WPP
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Ocean ; Predicting ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
THIRTEEN (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
IT IS UNLUCKY TO BE THE THIRTEENTH AT THE DINNER TABLE.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
Belief: Weather
Weather Proverb:
If the wind is from the East, the fishing is the least;
But if the wind is from the West, the fishing is the best.
Submitter comment:
My mother heard this proverb from my father, who likes fishing.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; Connor St ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): Air ; DIRECTION ; East ; FISHING ; PREDICTION ; RHYME ; WEATHER ; West ; Wind
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
Rain Proverb:
If it rains before seven, it stops before eleven.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P880, C88] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
DUP. of WPP
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): PREDICTING WEATHER ; PREDICTION ; Rain ; RHYME ; TIME ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
Rainbow - Sailor:
Rainbow at night, sailor's delight. Rainbow in the morning, sailor take warning.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; Predicting ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; RAINBOW ; RHYME ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
Sailors Warning:
If the sky is red in the morning, Sailors warning.
If the sky is red at night, sailors delight.
Submitter comment:
Informant does a great deal of traveling and frequently took note of this item.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V400] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications
DUP. of WPP
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; Predicting ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; RHYME ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
Weather Prediction:
Rainbow at night, sailor's delight.
Rainbow in the morning, sailors take warning.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [C88.800] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; Predicting ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; RHYME ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
Weather Proverb:
Rain before seven, clear by eleven
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NATURE ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; PREDICTION ; Rain ; RHYME ; TIME ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
Proverb:
Rainbows at night sailors delight; rainbows in the morning sailors take warning.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; PREDICTION ; RAINBOW ; RHYME ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
Proverb:
Rain before seven to quit before eleven.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): NATURE ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; PREDICTION ; Rain ; RHYME ; Sky ; TIME ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Language
Tongue Twister:
The big black bug
Bit the big black bear
In his big black back.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Something similar (but shorter) already typed as Prose.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Bear ; Black ; Bug ; COLOR ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Baby Bunting:
By bye baby bunting, daddy's gone a hunting, for to catch a rabbit skin to wrap the baby bunting in.
Submitter comment:
My mother repeated this to my brothers and sisters and myself when we were very young. It was told to her when she was a child. It is a small verse used to explain the absence of father when the child asks where he is.
Data entry tech comment:
Added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Verse?
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BABY ; infant ; Language ; Parent ; Prose ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
A big black bug bled blue blood.
Submitter comment:
My Neighborhood
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Tongue Twister? This much (A big black bug) already typed as Prose.
Where learned: HOME ;
Keyword(s): BLOOD ; Blue ; Bug ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Betty Botter bought some butter
She put it in her butter, but it made her butter bitter.
So she bought some better butter but it made her batter worse.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Each time the word Butter appears, it is circled, with a questionmark.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
Weather Verse:
Rain Rain, go away. Come again another day.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): CHILD ; CHILDREN ; Language ; Play ; Rain ; RHYME ; SONG ; VERSE ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Belief: Weather
Weather Proverb in Verse:
Pink in the morning, sailors warning. Pink at night, sailor's delight.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup of WPP
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; PREDICTION ; RHYME ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Maxim
Proverbial Metaphor:
All that glitters is not gold.
Submitter comment:
You can't judge something or someone's worth from their outer appearance.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
The A in ALL is underlined twice.
Dup of WPP
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COLOR ; Gold ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Expression
Proverbial Comparison:
Like a bull in a china shop
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Bull ; China ; Clumsy ; Expression ; Graceful ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; Shop ; SIMILE ; Store ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |