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THE TRUTH IS IN THE WINE.
Submitter comment: ITALIAN: IN VINO VERITAS
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALCOHOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
WHAT IS HOPE?
TROUBLE CAUSES ENDURANCE: INDURANCE CAUSES CHARACTER AND
CHARACTER RESULTS IN HOPE.
Submitter comment: THE VICAR HANDSCHIN USED THIS SAYING IN A CHURCH SERMON ONCE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-28-1970
RIDDLE
RAILROAD CROSSING, LOOKOUT FOR CARS. CAN YOU SPELL THAT WITHOUT ANY
R'S?
T-H-A-T; THAT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
SYMBOLISM OF THE MOON IN LEBANON
THE MOON IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF
THINGS. TO COMPARE A WOMAN TO THE MOON IS ONE OF THE
HIGHEST COMPLIMENTS POSSIBLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
ITALIAN PROVERB
WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU FATTENS YOU.
Submitter comment:
"SE NON AMMALATO S'INGROSSO."
{{ IS LITERAL TRANS. THE MEANING IS, ACCORDING TO THIS
CARD:} COURAGE, DON'T FEAR TAKING A CHANCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-01-1968
VIRTUE ERASES SINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
COMMON EXPRESSION
TO PUT SOMEONE DOWN
Submitter comment:
THE EXPRESSION "TO PUT SOMEONE DOWN" IS COMMON. IT MEANS
"TO DO OR SAY ANYTHING DEROGATORY ABOUT SOMEONE. SHE SAYS,
"IT'S COMMON TO HEAR IT ANYWHERE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-08-1967
TO BED TO BED SAYS SLEEPY HEAD, LET'S WAIT AWHILE SAYS
SLOW, LET'S EAT A LITTLE BIT SAYS GREEDY GUT AND THEN
WE WILL ALL GO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 01-19-1971
IRISH SAYING
'TIS BETTER TO BE FIGHTING THAN LONELY,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
TIME IS LIKE A SWORD. IF YOU DON'T CUT IT, IT WILL CUT YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
THEY ASKED THE PEOPLE TO DO VIRTUOUS DEEDS,
AND THEY FORGOT TO DO THEMSELVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
SPANISH PROVERB
TELL ME WITH WHOM YOU WALK, I'LL TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE.
DIME CON QUIEN ANDA TE DIRE QUIEN ERES. {LITERAL TRANSLATION}
Submitter comment: AMERICAN EQUIVALENT: BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
SAYING
THE SWAN'S SON IS A SWIMMER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL BIRD WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
SOME PEOPLE FEEL LUCKY BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR
FIRST DOLLAR. THE LUCKY ARE THOSE WHO STILL
HAVE THEIR FIRST FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
SLOWLY, SLOWLY, YOU'LL GO FAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
IT IS BETTER TO HAVE A BIRD IN YOUR HAND THAN 100 FLYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
HEADACHE
ONE TABLESPOON OF HONEY CURES A MIGRAINE HEADACHE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
IT IS SAID IN ITALY THAT IT TAKES TWO PEOPLE THE SAME
AMOUNT OF TIME TO KNOW EACH OTHER WELL AS IT DOES FOR
ONE TO EAT A TWENTY-FIVE POUND BAG OF SALT.
Submitter comment: (GRANDMOTHER)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | {NONE |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
I WON'T FATTEN FROG FOR SNAKE.
Submitter comment: (MEANING: I WON'T DRESS YOU UP SO OTHERS CAN ADMIRE YOU)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMALS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
THE HUNCHBACK
AN IRISH WOMAN WAS BAKING BREAD. HER HUSBAND CAME HOME ON NIGHT
AND STATED THAT SHE WOULDN'T FINISH HER TASK BY 12 MIDNIGHT. SHE
SAID, IF THE DEVIL COMES AND STANDS IN THIS DOOR, I'M GOING TO
FINISH THIS BREAD TONIGHT} WHILE SHE WAS BAKING, A LOG FROM THE
FIREPLACE FLEW OUT AND HIT HER ON HER BACK. THAT IS HOW THE
HUNCHED BACK CAME TO BE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Process BELIEF -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: 03-15-1970