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PROVERB
DON'T LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH.
James Callow comment: AGE OF HORSES IS DETERMINED BY CONDITION OF TEETH
Where learned: SCHOOL
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
PROVERB
A BIRD CAN FLY HIGH BUT IT MUST COME DOWN TO ROOST.
Where learned: PASTEUR SCHOOL (SIC)
Keyword(s): BIRD
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; LIMITATIONS? ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-29-1968
MOON BELIEF
WHEN THE FULL MOON APPEARS, PEOPLE GET LOONEY.
Where learned: HIGH SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): LOONEY COMES FROM WORD FOR MOON IN LATIN= LUNA ; MADNESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
FREEZE TAG
SOMEONE IS CALLED IT. EVERYONE HE TAGS IS FROZE(N) TO
THE SPOT AND CAN'T MOVE UNLESS SOMEONE WHO HASN'T BEEN
CAUGHT YET TAGS THEM. THEN THEY ARE FREE TIL THEY
GET CAUGHT AGAIN. GAME GOES ON TIL IT TAGS EVERYONE
OR ELSE GIVES UP. THEN A NEW PERSON IS CALLED TO BE
IT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; ON WAY TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 11-17-1967
IN ANCIENT CELTIC LORE THEY HAD GREAT RESPECT FOR SPIRITS.
CLEAN WATER WOULD BE LEFT AT NIGHT FOR THE FAIRIES TO WASH.
IF A WOMAN OF THE HOUSE WAS THROWING OUT DIRTY WATER, SHE
WOULD SAY, "FAG A BEALAC, UESGE SALAC," WHICH MEANT--"LEAVE
THE WAY, DIRTY WATER!" AS A WARNING TO THE SPIRITS NOT TO GET
HIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BISHOP BORGESS HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ABSENCE SHARPENS LOVE, PRESENCE STRENGTHENS IT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): VARIANT
James Callow Keyword(s): BALANCE ; OBSERVATION ; PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-15-1965
LOVE CHARM
IF A PAIR OF LOVERS PLUCK A LAUREL TWIG AND BREAK IT IN HALF, EACH
KEEPING A PIECE THEY WILL REMAIN LOVERS. ON ST. VALENTINE ( ' ) S
DAY, PLACE TWO LEAVES ON YOUR PILLOW AND YOU WILL DREAM OF LOVE.
I REMEMBER SOME OF THE GIRLS TALKING LIKE THIS AT SCHOOL ONE DAY.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February 14 Valentine's Day |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
HYMN
DEAREST SAINT LOOK DOWN FROM HEAVEN
FROM THY THRONE OF GLORY THERE
ON THY CHILDREN WE ARE RAISING
UNTO THEE THEIR SONG SECOND PRAYER.
BLESSED SAINT WENCESLAUS
THRONED IN HEAVENLY GLORY
BRIGHT IS THE CROWN THAT
ENCIRCLES THY BROW.
Where learned: IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Admiration Praise Adulation Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Religious |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE IN A HUT
SEND ME A PICTURE OF YOUR BABY'S BUTT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SAINT MARTIN GRADE SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): BUTTOCKS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00001958-1960
BLASON POPULAIRE
BEWARE OF GREEKS BEARING GIFTS.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): CUSTOM
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; HYPOCRISY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
A BOY ASKED HIS MOTHER IF HE IS DUST BEFORE
BEING BORN, AND HIS MOTHER SAID YES. HE ASKED
IF HE WAS DUST WHEN HE DIED, AND RECEIVED THE
SAME ANSWER. SO HE TOLD HIS MOTHER, "WELL, THERE
IS SOMETHING EITHER COMING OR GOING UNDER MY BED."
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 11-16-1965
RIDDLE
CUSTOMER: HOW MUCH IS THAT BIRD?
CLERK: TEN DOLLARS, MA'AM.
CUSTOMER: I'LL TAKE IT. WILL YOU SEND ME THE BILL?
CLERK: SORRY, MA'AM. YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE THE
WHOLE BIRD.
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Bird PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 09-28-1965
RING
I RECEIVED A GOOD LUCK CHARM FROM MY MOTHER WHO
RECEIVED IT FROM HER MOTHER. IT'S A RING.
IT HAS A GOLD COLORED BAND WITH A SORT OF TREASURE
BOX ON TOP. INSIDE THE BOX IS A RUBY.
THIS CHARM DOES NOT BRING ME LUCK IN GAMES, RAFFLES
OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT. BUT IT DOES MAKE ME HAPPY
AND LETS ME THINK OF CERTAIN THINGS. WHENEVER I WEAR
THIS RING, IT MAKES ME HAPPY AND I HAVE GAY MOODS.
I CALL IT A GOOD LUCK CHARM BECAUSE I AM LUCKY TO
HAVE IT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; SAINT HYACINTH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 02-16-1972
LOVE CHARM
IF A PAIR OF LOVERS PLUCK A LAUREL TWIG
AND BREAK IT IN HALF, EACH KEEPING A PIECE
THEY WILL REMAIN LOVERS. ON ST. VALENTINES DAY,
PLACE TWO LEAVES ON YOUR PILLOW AND YOU
WILL DREAM OF LOVE.
Submitter comment:
I REMEMBER SOME OF THE GIRLS TALKING LIKE
THIS AT SCHOOL ONE DAY.
Where learned: BROUGHT UP SOMETIME AT SCHOOL.
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February 14 Valentine's Day CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF YOU LOOK IN A MIRROR ON RAINY NIGHTS AND STARE
INTO THE MIRROR WHILE SAYING "I BELIEVE IN ROSEMARY'S BABY"
AND CONCENTRATE HARD, IT IS BELIEVED THAT YOU CAN
SEE ROSEMARY KILLING HER BABY.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; SAINT HYACINTH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): INCANTATION
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 02-29-1972
IN THE YEAR 1975 CHINA WILL CONQUER THE WORLD, BECAUSE
ITS PEOPLE WILL BE TOO CRAMMED IN THEIR OWN LAND.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; SAINT HYACINTH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 02-29-1972
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TALKATIVE
HE HAS THE GIFT OF GAB.
Submitter comment:
BOB TOLD ME THIS ONE DAY WHEN WE WERE AT SCHOOL AND WE WERE LISTENING
TO THIS BOY TALK QUITE A BIT.
Where learned: SCHOOL
Keyword(s): SLANG ; SPEECH METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
A RICH MAN LIVES ON MONEY, AND A POOR MAN LIVES ON
PRIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
PROVERB
HE WHO SMILES CARRIES THE SUN.
Where learned: MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): OVERSTATEMENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |