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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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TO BRING HOME THE BACON
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): FOOD MONEY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
TO CALL A SPADE A SPADE
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
TO COOK THEIR GOOSE
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
FAMILY SAYING
TO DO NICE THINGS, YOU HAVE TO BE NICE.
Submitter comment:
THERE HAS BEEN A SAYING AMONG THE KLINGENSMITHS THAT
THE PARENTS ALWAYS TELL THE CHILDREN. IT GOES:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER HUSBAND.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C880T |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
TO EAT HUMBLE PIE
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
TO GIVE HIM HIS COMEUPPANCE
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): JUSTICE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
TO GIVE UP THE GHOST
Submitter comment: MEANS TO DIE OR TO SURRENDER
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
TO HIDE YOUR LIGHT UNDER A BUSHEL
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
TOO MUCH OF ONE THING IS GOOD FOR NOTHING.
Submitter comment: SOURCE NOT REMEMBERED
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): EXCESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-15-1967
TO THE BOILING POT, A FLY COMES NOT.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): INSECT COOKING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
TO THE MANNER BORN
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): RICH AFFLUENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
LITHUANIAN PROVERB
THE TYPE OF QUESTION, DESERVES THE SAME TYPE OF ANSWER.
Submitter comment: KOKS KLCUISIMAS, TOKS IR ATSAKYMAS
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-08-1968
WELL BEGUN IS HALF ENDED.
Submitter comment: CANNOT REMEMBER SOURCE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-15-1967
WELL DONE IS BETTER THAN WELL SAID.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
SHALL ALL HANG SEPARATELY.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): DEATH BROTHERHOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
WHAT CAN'T BE CURED MUST BE ENDURED.
Submitter comment: SOURCE NOT REMEMBERED.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ILLNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-26-1967
LITHUANIAN PROVERB
WHAT TYPE OF BIRD IT IS, THAT IS THE SAME FOR ITS NEST.
Submitter comment: {TRANSLATION:} KOKS PAUKSTIS, TOKS IR LIZDAS
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-08-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR HOUSE, THAT'S WHAT WE OFFER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
LIFE
THE GREATEST PUZZLE IS LIFE ITSELF.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDFATHER IS FOND OF PHILOSOPHISING ON LIFE AND ITS MEANINGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROUTE 1 ; STURGEON LAKE ; LETTER TO INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
WHEN FISH BITE BEST = A FIESTA
WHEN FISH BITE LEAST = A SIESTA
Where learned: TOLD AT HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 02-10-1970