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RUSSIAN PROVERB

TO AN ALCOHOLIC THE OCEAN IS ONLY KNEE DEEP.

Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW

Subject headings: PROVERB -- V233

Date learned: 00001905-

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RUSSIAN PROVERB

TO BE WITH FRIENDS IS NICE BUT TO BE AT HOME IS EVEN NICER.

Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW

Subject headings: PROVERB -- V233

Date learned: 00001905-

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RUSSIAN PROVERB

WALK CAUTIOUSLY INTO THAT HOUSE WHERE ONE CAN HEAR GAY MUSIC.

Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW

Keyword(s): PARTY FUN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00001905-

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RUSSIAN PROVERB

WHEN ALL OF MAN'S TEETH ARE GONE, COME BEARERS WITH NUTS.

Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW

Keyword(s): FOOD

Subject headings: PROVERB -- V333

Date learned: 00001905-

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RUSSIAN PROVERB

WHEN WEDNESDAY IS GONE THE WEEK SPLITS IN TWO.

Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW

Subject headings: PROVERB -- V274 V274.5

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RUSSIAN PROVERB

WITHOUT AN OWNER A HOUSE IS A WIDOW.

Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00001905-00001910

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KRAKOWIAK (POLISH DANCE)

LIKE THE AMERICAN SQUARE DANCE.

Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; NOT GIVEN ; HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; LETTER ; OHIO ; NEW JERSEY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; GROSSE POINTE ; HARPER WOODS ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; WARREN ; JAPAN ; RUSSIA ; GRAND RAPIDS ; SHIPLE HALL ; GARDEN CITY ; ROYAL OAK ; TOLEDO ; TRENTON ; FARMINGTON ; KALAMAZOO ; CANADA ; ONTARIO ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT ; MAIL ; INDIANA ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; TOLD AT HOME ; FERNDALE ; SOUTHFIELD ; TENNESSEE ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL ; HAMTRAMCK ; DEARBORN ; MINNESOTA ; ILLINOIS ; NEW YORK ; FLORIDA ; KOREA ; WISCONSIN ; NEW HAMPSHIRE ; STUDENT UNION ; READING ; AUSTRALIA ; Sylvania ; Sterling Heights ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; OAK PARK ; SOUTHGATE ; STURGEON LAKE ; REDFORD ; TOORAK ; VICTORIA ; ROSEVILLE ; LINCOLN PARK ; TRAVERSE CITY ; HUNTINGTON WOODS ; PONTIAC ; TROY ; PORT CHESTER ; SOUTH AMERICA ; BROOKVILLE ; MONTREAL ; SEOUL ; NORTH OLMSTED ; EASTOWN THEATER ; ERIE ; University of Notre Dame ; FRANKLINVILLE ; TORONTO ; TOLD AT ; TOLD BY ; TOLD IN ; SCRANTON ; MONROE ; GLENVIEW ; MOSCOW ; GULLEY ; FINLAND ; HARBOR BEACH ; HOUGHTON LAKE ; Hudson Lake ; INDIANAPOLIS ; JONESBORO ; KANSASVILLE ; LEXINGTON ; MASSILLON ; MAUCH CHUNK ; MELVINDALE ; MILFORD ; NEW ROCHELLE ; NIAGARA FALLS ; PANAMA CITY ; PATAGONIA ; ARGENTINA ; RESIDENCE HALL ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; TOLD AT HONORS HOUSE ; AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dance

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RUSSIAN JEWISH STORY

TWO JEWS DECIDED TO BECOME CHRISTIANS. BOTH ENTERED A
CHURCH ON SUNDAY MORNING. NEITHER KNEW HOW TO MAKE THE
SIGN OF THE CROSS. MOSHA TELLS LOBIE TO ASK THE PRIEST
HOW THEY CAN BECOME CHRISTIAN. THE PRIEST REPLIES, "THAT
IS NOT DIFFICULT AT ALL MY SON. IN FACT WE HAVE A
PRIEST NOW IN CHURCH THAT CAN PERFORM THE CEREMONY."
MOSHA GOES INTO THE BAPTISTERY AND COMES OUT ABOUT
TWENTY MINUTES LATER. HE APPROACHES LOBIE WHO IS
STANDING AT THE BACK OF THE CHURCH AND LOBIE SAYS TO
MOSHA: "WELL, MOSHA, DID THEY TEACH YOU HOW TO MAKE
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS?" MOSHA GIVES LOBIE A
DISGUSTED LOOK AND SAYS, "MY NAME IS NOT MOSHA, BUT
IVAN PETEROFF, AND WHY DID YOU JEWS CRUCIFY OUR
CHRIST?"

Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote

Date learned: 00001905-1910

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RUSSIAN PROVERB

FREEDOM FOR A BIRD IS MUCH NICER THAN TO BE IN A GOLDEN CAGE.

Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW

Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; PRISON

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- V244

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RUSSIAN PROVERB

IF GOD GIVES CHILDREN, GOD WILL PROVIDE FOR CHILDREN.

Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW

Keyword(s): DIVINE PROVIDENCE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00001905-1910

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