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LOCK, STOCK AND BARREL
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S FATHER USED THIS PHRASE FROM 1928 THROUGH 1953
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-06-1972
IF YOU DIP A PIECE OF AN OLD WEDDING GOWN INTO A CUP OF HOT WATER AND
DRINK THE WATER YOU WILL BE CURED OF MANY ILLNESSES
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS TOLD OF THIS CURE BY HIS PATERNAL GRANDFATHER WHO LIVED
MUCH OF HIS LIFE IN SWEDEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): CUREALL
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-23-1972
TELL ME WHO YOU GO WITH AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU ARE
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD HER FATHER SAY THIS IN THE YEAR 1928
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-21-1972
A HOOT AND A HOLLER AND AROUND THE BEND
Submitter comment: AN EXPRESSION USED BY THE INFORMANT'S FATHER IN 1928
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): DISTANCE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-05-1972
UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS EXPRESSION IN THE U. S. ARMY IN 1947
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
AS THE TWIG IS BENT SO GROWS THE TREE
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS MOTHER IN THE YEAR 1929
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-06-1972
YOU CAN'T TELL A BOOK BY ITS COVER
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS MANY TIMES IN THE LATE 1950S FROM HIS UNCLE
James Callow comment:
APPEARANCES ARE DECEIVING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
GRAB THE BULL BY THE HORNS
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HER MOTHER IN THE YEAR 1931
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-06-1972
HAIR TODAY---BALD TOMORROW
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS YEARS BACK PROBABLY AROUND 1928
James Callow comment:
PARODY OF HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-05-1972
SINK OR SWIM
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HIS FATHER IN 1931
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-04-1972
THAT'S A FEATHER IN YOUR CAP
Submitter comment:
REMEMBERED THIS EXPRESSION BEING USED BY INFORMANT'S FATHER IN THE
YEAR 1931
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
DREAM OF THE DEAD AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE LIVING
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER TOLD HER OF THIS PROBABLY IN THE YEAR 1928
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | 841 Dreams about the dead and sick BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about the dead and sick |
Date learned: 10-16-1972
STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S FATHER USED THIS EXPRESSION DURING THE YEARS 1923 THROUGH
1939
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-05-1972
TO BELIEVE IS ONE THING, TO ACT IS ANOTHER
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HER FATHER WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
EASY COME, EASY GO
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS REMARK IN THE U. S. ARMY IN 1946
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS BREVITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-04-1972
WE GROW OLD TOO SOON AND SMART TOO LATE
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HIS FATHER IN THE YEAR 1929
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-04-1972
A MEAL FIT FOR A KING
Submitter comment:
AN EXPRESSION MY FATHER USES WHEN HE HAS A GOOD DINNER. I FIRST
HEARD IT ON THANKSGIVING DAY IN THE YEAR 1969
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-04-1972
BRASS BUTTON BLUE COAT, CAN'T CATCH A NANNY GOAT
Submitter comment:
THIS TERM WAS USED BY CHILDREN AT PLAY IN PITTSBURG PA IN THE YEAR
1925
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; PITTSBURGH ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 10-04-1972
RIDDLE--QUESTION: HOW FAR CAN YOU GO INTO THE WOODS
ANSWER: HALFWAY, THEN YOU'RE ON THE WAY OUT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS FATHER WHEN HE WAS A CHILD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-06-1972
TWO SHAKES OF A LAMB'S TAIL
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS FATHER IN THE YEAR 1928
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 09-28-1972