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SAYING: TROUBLE
WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS.
Submitter comment: MEANS--WHEN ONE THING GOES WRONG, SO DOES EVERYTHING ELSE.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; ORLANDO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-24-1969
SAYING
TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; ORLANDO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-24-1969
PROVERB
NO USE CRYING OVER SPILT MILK.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; ORLANDO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-27-1969
IF YOU ARE THE THIRD ONE TO LIGHT A CIGARETTE OFF A
MATCH, YOU WILL DIE IN A WHORE HOUSE.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; ORLANDO
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-24-1969
MAKE A WISH AND THROW A PENNY IN A WELL. IF YOU
DON'T TELL YOUR WISH TO ANYONE, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; ORLANDO
James Callow Keyword(s): SILENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 03-27-1969
BELIEF
MAKE A WISH AND THROW A PENNY IN A WELL. IF YOU DON'T TELL
ANYONE, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; ORLANDO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
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 |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ALMOST COUNTS ONLY IN HORSESHOES AND HAND-GRENADES.
Submitter comment: FINE FELLOW
Where learned: FLORIDA ; PANAMA CITY
James Callow Keyword(s): CAN ; I SUPPOSE THE MEANING OF THIS IS THAT A HAND GRENADE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
BELIEF
IF A BABY IS BORN WITH A THIN VEIL OF SKIN OVER HIS FACE,
IT MEANS HE WILL BECOME A VERY IMPORTANT PERSON
AND HAVE A SUCCESSFUL LIFE.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; FORT LAUDERDALE
Keyword(s): CAUL AMNION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 08-00-1971
PLANT ABOVE-GROUND VEGETABLES UNDER A WAXING MOON AND THE CROP
WILL BE PLENTIFUL
Where learned: FLORIDA ; PENSACOLA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P535 |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
PLANT UNDERGROUND-GROWING VEGETABLES UNDER A WANING MOON AND THE
CROP WILL BE PLENTIFUL
Where learned: FLORIDA ; PENSACOLA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P535 |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
GET THE PENNY FROM A SERVING OF BLACK-EYED PEAS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
AND YOU WILL HAVE A LUCKY YEAR.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; PENSACOLA
Date learned: 01-01-1976
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, COOK BLACK-EYED PEAS WITH A PENNY FROM THE
PREVIOUS YEAR AND THE FAMILY WILL HAVE A GOOD YEAR.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; PENSACOLA
Wheat Harvesting
In Kansas, we grow wheat in our section, and when it was tim eto cut and thrash the wheat, the neighbors would all help each _take turbns, first Mr. J's wheat. Then when finished, go the next day to Mr. H_then Mr. W_ etc._ All men in neighborhood would go and work with the other neighbors_and the wives of all of the men would meet at the home where the men were working, and help that housewife cook dinner for all, then next day to another house_this way everyone helped each other and had no wages to pay and the ladies loved being together.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: FLORIDA ; Plant City
Keyword(s): Agricultural ; Barter ; Community ; CUSTOM ; Domestic ; FARMING ; Harvesting ; LIFE ; Wheat
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business |
Special Memory Quilts
A lot of mothers made "memory quilts" that was pieces of material from dresses or skirts of all in the family like-a scrap of Baby's first colored dress or their first year in school dress, little boys first year, and first year school shirt. Any occassion that meant a lot to them, they would enter the material of what that person wore-no pattern, just sew any shape togehter. It was called "Memories' Crazy Quilt"
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: FLORIDA ; Plant City
Keyword(s): Babies ; CHILDREN ; Craft ; Domestic ; Heirloom ; Keepsake ; MEMORIES ; Quilting ; Textiles
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Finished Product |
Saying
Hitch your wagon to a star
(Plan and work for the best)
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: FLORIDA ; Plant City
Keyword(s): Saying ; Star ; SUCCESS ; Wagon
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Saying
Paddle your own canoe
(Mind your own business)
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: FLORIDA ; Plant City
Keyword(s): Busybody ; CANOE ; Maxim ; Paddle ; PROVERB ; Saying
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Saying
Give some folks enough rope and they will hang themselves.
(They talk too much)
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: FLORIDA ; Plant City
Keyword(s): GOSSIP ; Hang ; Rope ; Saying
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Saying
Let sleeping dogs lie
(Don't bring up the past)
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: FLORIDA ; Plant City
Keyword(s): Dogs ; Dredge ; HISTORY ; Miscellaneous Motifs ; PAST ; Sleeping
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
PROVERB
OF ALL MY WIFES RELATIONS, I LIKE MYSELF THE BEST.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDFATHER ALWAYS SAID THIS IN FUN AND ALWAYS IN FRONT OF MY
GRANDMOTHER. HE ALWAYS LOVES TEASING HER.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; KEY BISCAYNE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1981