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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NOBODY LOVES A WET DOG
Data entry tech comment: NOT TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY, I'M SURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OSCODA
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ANIMAL ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
LONG MAY YOUR LUM REEK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OSCODA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IT'S A POOR BIRD THAT SHITS IN HIS OWN NEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OSCODA
Keyword(s): FECES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
(PROSE NARRATIVE: REPETITIOUS HOAX)
IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE
CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. A BAND OF PIRATES WERE SEATED
AROUND THE CAMPFIRE. THE CAPTAIN SAID, "JACK, TELL
US A STORY." SO JACK BEGAN: "IT WAS A DARK AND
STORMY NIGHT...."
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO ME WHEN I WAS ABOUT 12 YEARS OLD AT
A CAMPFIRE IN OSCODA, MICHIGAN BY MR. KEITH L. ROACH
WHO LIVES IN DETROIT {MICHIGAN}.
THIS WAS TOLD TO ME WHEN I WAS ABOUT TWELVE YEARS OLD AT A
CAMPFIRE IN OSCODA, MICHIGAN BY MR. KEITH L. ROACH WHO
LIVES IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; OSCODA
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
(PROSE NARRATIVE: REPETITIOUS HOAX)
IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE
CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. A BAND OF PIRATES WERE SEATED
AROUND THE CAMPFIRE. THE CAPTAIN SAID, "JACK, TELL
US A STORY." SO JACK BEGAN: "IT WAS A DARK AND
STORMY NIGHT...."
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO ME WHEN I WAS ABOUT 12 YEARS OLD AT
A CAMPFIRE IN OSCODA, MICHIGAN BY MR. KEITH L. ROACH
WHO LIVES IN DETROIT {MICHIGAN}.
THIS WAS TOLD TO ME WHEN I WAS ABOUT TWELVE YEARS OLD AT A
CAMPFIRE IN OSCODA, MICHIGAN BY MR. KEITH L. ROACH WHO
LIVES IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; OSCODA
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 10-02-1971