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Proverb
Good, Better, Best / Never let it take a rest / Till your good is better / And your better best.
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Keyword(s): Ability ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Best ; Better ; Good ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
TO FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE GOING TO MARRY, TAKE AN APPLE BY THE
STEM AND TWIST THE APPLE WHILE YOU ARE SAYING THE ALPHABET.
THE LETTER THAT YOU ARE SAYING WHEN THE STEM BREAKES IS THE INITIAL
OF THE PERSON YOU ARE GOING TO MARRY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT REMEMBERS DOING THIS WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER.
Where learned: OHIO ; DEFIANCE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
WHEN I WANT MY TRUE LOVE BY ME
I SHAPE MY SHOES INTO A T.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS DONE TO BRING YOUR LOVER TO YOUR SIDE. YOU SAY THIS AFTER
YOU HAVE ARRANGED YOUR SHOES SO THAT THE TOE OF THE RIGHT SHOE
TOUCHES THE MIDDLE OF THE LEFT SHOE.
INFORMANT REMEMBERS READING ABOUT THIS IN A MAGAZINE.
Where learned: OHIO ; DEFIANCE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Lower body and legs BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Emblem |
Date learned: 02-00-1982
A GOOD LOVE POTION IS MADE FROM THE WEB OF WILD DUCK'S FEET. THE
FOOT IS DRIED AND POWDERED. IF YOU PUT THIS IN A CUP OF COFFEE
OR A GLASS OF MILK, THE PERSON WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER. BUT IF THE
JUICE IS USED, THE LOVE WILL GO SOUR.
Where learned: OHIO ; DEFIANCE
James Callow Keyword(s): APHRODISIAC
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Bird Poultry BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
I LOVE COFFEE, I LOVE TEA
MOST OF ALL I LOVE VICTORY.
KEEP THE GARDEN GROWING
BY THE DAILY TASK OF HOEING.
TO HELP THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT ARE LAZY
WHILE YOU IN THE FIELD GET HAZY
YOUR FOR VICTORY
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
James Callow Keyword(s): WAR SLOGANS VICTORY GARDENS WORLD WAR II
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 07-11-1943
PROVERB
MARRY IN HASTE; REPENT IN LEISURE.
Where learned: Sylvania ; OHIO, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001950S
Proverb
"I see" said the blind man, as he picked up his hammer and saw.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BLIND ; Hammer ; Maxim ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PROVERB ; PUN ; Saw ; See ; Sight ; VERSE ; Wellerism
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Proverb
watch pot never boils.
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A?? watch ed?? pot never boils
Original BN [V600] crossed out. replaced with current classifications.
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Keyword(s): Boil ; METAPHOR ; PATIENCE ; Pot ; View ; Watch ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
SAYING
SINCE I WAS KNEE HIGH TO A GRASSHOPPER.
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Belief: Weather
The south wind brings wet weather,
The north wind wet and cold together,
The west wind always brings us rain,
The last wind blows it back again.
Submitter comment:
Verse without Music or Prediction Divination
Heard in School
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Dup. of WPP
Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO ;
Keyword(s): Compass ; DIRECTION ; North ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; PREDICTION ; Rain ; South: east West ; Wind
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
I'M GOING TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE AND I AM GOING TO TAKE A
----- (EACH PERSON ADDS AN ITEM, REPEATING ALL PRECEEDING
ITEMS UNTIL SOMEONE FORGETS, THEN THE STORY BEGINS AGAIN).
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): GAME ; Grandmother ; House ; Language ; MEMORY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Belief: Weather
Rain:
If it rains before seven, it will be clear before eleven.
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Dup. of WPP
Keyword(s): NATURE ; PREDICTION ; Rain ; Sky ; TIME ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
SAYING
THAT WENT OVER LIKE A LEAD BALLOON.
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
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THERE ARE NO POCKETS IN SHROUDS.
Submitter comment: HEARD AMONG HOIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
YOU GO TO MAGNIFICAT, I WISH I DID, TOO.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; NORTH OLMSTED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
Maxim
Sun and Rain:
Happy is the bride the sun shines on;
Lucky is the corpse that rain falls on.
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Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Bride ; BURIAL ; Corpse ; DEATH ; Funeral ; MARRIAGE ; Maxim ; OMEN ; SUPERSTITION ; WEDDING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
SUPERSTITION
WHEN ONE HEARS NOISES THREE DAYS AFTER BURYING A LOVED ONE
IT MEANS HIS SPIRIT CAME BACK TO THANK THE FAMILY FOR ALL
THAT IT HAD DONE.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Use of Object SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
WHAT YOU WILL BE, YOU ARE NOW BECOMING.
Submitter comment: CONVERSATION
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
Ethnic: Polish
IN POLAND, AND IN MANY POLISH-AMERICAN HOMES, THE VIGIL OF
CHRISTMAS IS A VERY SOLEMN OCCASION. A VARIETY OF FOOD IS SERVED,
TWELVE DISHES IN ALL, TO REPRESENT THE TWELVE APOSTLES. NO DAIRY
PRODUCTS ARE ALLOWED. IT ALSO CONSISTS OF SPECIAL WAFERS CALLED
OPTATKI, WHICH THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD DISTRIBUTES TO EACH
MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.
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Keyword(s): ABSTINENCE ; CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; DAIRY ; Dinner ; ETHNIC ; FAMILY ; Feast ; FOOD ; holiday ; POLAND ; POLISH ; SYMBOL ; Symbolic ; Vigil
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas 686 Seconds / Twice / Two CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.82 |
Date learned: 10-27-1968