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EVERY BLADE OF GRASS HAS ITS SHARE OF DEW
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER FATHER IN 1928 OR 1929
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-22-1972
HE IS WISE BEYOND HIS YEARS
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS REMARK IN SCHOOL IN THE YEAR 1927
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 09-23-1972
IT IS NICE TO BE IMPORTANT BUT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO BE NICE
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REPORTS THAT THIS PHRASE IS IN COMMON USE AMONG THE
EXECUTIVES OF THE S. S. KRESGE CO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): CHIASMUS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
MONEY SPEAKS
Submitter comment: ADVICE GIVEN TO INFORMANT BY HER MOTHER IN THE YEAR 1938
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-06-1972
DON'T PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE
Submitter comment: ADVICE GIVEN TO INFORMANT BY HIS FATHER IN 1929
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-06-1972
LIKE WATER OFF A DUCK'S BACK
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HER FATHER WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-04-1972
FISHY, FISHY IN THE BROOK, PAPA CATCH HIM WITH A HOOK, MOMMIE FRY HIM
IN A PAN, BABY EAT HIM LIKE A LITTLE MAN
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS MOTHER WHEN HE WAS A CHILD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 09-21-1972
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-21-1972
YOU CAN'T MAKE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A SOW'S EAR
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD HER MOTHER SAY THIS WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-06-1972
YOUR TASTE IS ALL IN YOUR MOUTH
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HIS FATHER IN 1933
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-05-1972
IF THE SHOE FITS---WEAR IT
Submitter comment:
WHEN THE INFORMANT WAS A CHILD SHE HEARD HER MOTHER SAY THIS MANY
TIMES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-06-1972
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HER TEETH ARE LIKE THE STARS, THEY COME OUT AT NIGHT
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; PITTSBURGH ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): INSULT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-05-1972
BEGGARS CANNOT BE CHOOSERS
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS HER MOTHER TELLING HER THIS IN DETROIT DURING THE
EARLY 1930S
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-19-1972
EAT THREE ALMONDS A DAY AND YOU WILL NEVER GET CANCER
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REPORTS THAT THIS IS COMMON PRACTICE AMONG MEMBERS OF THE
ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH AND ENLIGHTENMENT. A SPIRITUAL STUDY GROUP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-10-1972
LAUGH BEFORE BREAKFAST AND YOU WILL CRY BEFORE SUPPER
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS HER MOTHER TELLING HER THIS IN DETROIT DURING THE
EARLY 1930S
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; INEVITABILITY OF CHANGE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-19-1972
DON'T TREAD ON THIN ICE
Submitter comment: FAVORITE EXPRESSION OF INFORMANT'S FATHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
THIS OLD ANVIL LAUGHS AT MANY BROKEN HAMMERS
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S FATHER USED THIS EXPRESSION AS FAR BACK AS 1923
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-09-1972
HAPPY THE BRIDE THE SUN SHINES ON, RESTFUL THE CORPSE THE RAIN FALLS
ON
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS MOTHER AROUND THE YEAR 1928
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | 860 Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.452 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.465 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.546 |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
RAISE CAIN
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD HIS FATHER SAY THIS MANY TIMES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-05-1972