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GERMAN PROVERB
EILE MIT WEILE ( TRANSLATED ) HASTE MAKES WASTE
Where learned: GERMANY ; REGENSBURG
Keyword(s): HASTE MAKES WASTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
REGEN IN MAI FUELLT SCHEUNEN UND MACHT HEU.
TRANSLATION: RAIN IN MAY FILLS BARNS AND MAKES HAY.
Submitter comment:
SIMILAR TO ENGLISH SAYING APRIL SHOWERS BRING
MAY FLOWERS.
INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.
Where learned: GERMANY ; REGENSBURG
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
Date learned: 12-04-1967
BELIEF
THE MILLS OF GOD GRIND VERY SLOWLY, BUT VERY FINE.
TRANSLATION OF:
GOTTES MUEHLEN MALEN LANGSAM, ABER TREFFLICH FEIN.
Submitter comment:
IN THE SENSE THAT GOD'S PATIENCE IS ENDURING, BUT THERE WILL BE
A DAY OF RECKONING.
INFORMANT SAID THIS IS A VERY OLD GERMAN SAYING AND BELIEF
SHE HEARD OFTEN WHEN LIVING IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GERMANY ; FERNDALE ; REGENSBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): GERMAN OBSERVATION ; GERMAN WARNING ; PROPHECY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 12-04-1967
PROVERB
THE MORNING HAS GOLD IN ITS MOUTH.
TRANSLATION OF:
MORGENSTUNDE HAT GOLD IN MUNDE.
Submitter comment:
LIKE ENGLISH PROVERB - THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM.
INFORMANT HEARD THIS AS A CHILD WHILE LIVING IN REGENSBERG,
GERMANY.
I HEARD THE VARIANT IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GERMANY ; DETROIT ; FERNDALE ; REGENSBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): RISING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-24-1967