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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
IT'S LIKE GETTING THE CREAM WITHOUT BUYING THE COFFEE
Where learned: BOYFRIENDS HOME
Keyword(s): COMMITTMENT BENEFITS INJUSTICE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-08-1968
EVERY YEAR ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF LINDA'S GRANDMOTHER'S
DEATH, IN THE HOUSE THEY ALWAYS HEAR HER WALKING
AROUND THE HOUSE AT THE EXACT SAME HOUR EVERY YEAR.
SHE HAS BEEN COMING BACK FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS NOW,
AND THE LADY ALWAYS WALKS AROUND THE ROOM WHERE
SHE DIED.
Submitter comment:
LINDA AND HER MOTHER TOLD ME THIS ONE NIGHT WHEN WE
STARTED TALKING ABOUT GHOSTS AND SPIRITS IN PEOPLE'S
HOUSES.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
IT IS BETTER TO WALK WITH A CRUTCH,
THAN NOT TO WALK AT ALL.
Submitter comment: {CONTEXT} UNKNOWN
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-09-1971
IT IS BETTER TO REMAIN SILENT AND BE THOUGHT OF AS A
FOOL THAN TO SPEAK OUT AND REMOVE ALL DOUBT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-04-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
STILL WATER RUNS DEEP.
Submitter comment: QUIET PEOPLE DO AND THINK A LOT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
IT IS A LONG ROAD THAT HAS NO TURNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): DRIVING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
IT GIVES ONE HEART
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
MOTHERLAND! YOU ARE LIKE GOOD HEALTH.
HOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO LOVE YOU.
ONLY HE KNOWS WHO LOSES YOU.
TRANSLATION OF:
OJCYZNO! TY JESTES YAH AZROWIE.
YAH CIEBIE KOCHAI TIZEBA.
TEN TYLHO SIE DOWIE, KTO CIEBIE STROCI.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.320 |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
PROVERB
MORGENSTUND HAT GALD IN MUND.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): GELD ; GERMAN ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
PROVERB
THE MEASURE OF A MAN'S REAL CHARACTER IS WHAT HE WOULD DO IF HE
KNEW HE WOULD NEVER BE FOUND OUT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; TRENTON
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-01-1970
PROVERB
BETTER TO HAVE A BAD MORNING THAN A BAD MARRIAGE. (TRANSLATION)
Submitter comment:
FOR OLD MAIDS WHO DON'T GET MARRIED, ITS BEST FOR THEM TO ALWAYS
REMEMBER: MM[ BETTER TO HAVE A BAD MORNING THAN A BAD MARRIAGE. (TRANSLATION)
Where learned: TOLD AT HOME ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; OBSERVATION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
WEATHER RHYMES
MACKEREL SKY,
RAIN IS NIGH.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): FISH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-07-1969
WEATHER RHYMES
MACKEREL SKY FIVE MILES HIGH
LETS THE EARTH GO THREE DAYS DRY.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): FISH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-07-1969
SAVE A THIEF FROM HANGING, AND HE'LL CUT YOUR THROAT.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Thief
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-26-1967
SMILE, AND THE WORLD SMILES WITH YOU.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
STEP ON A CRACK...
STEP ON A CRACK AND YOU'LL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
STICKS AND STONES MAY HURT MY BONES,
BUT WORDS CAN NEVER HARM THEM.
Submitter comment: NEIGHBOR CHILDREN WHEN YOUNGER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
FINISH SAYING
STUBBORN AS AN OLD WOMAN
WHEN THROWN INTO THE RIVER
SWAM UPSTREAM INSTEAD
OF DROWNING DOWNSTREAM.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
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TELL A WOMAN SHE IS BEAUTIFUL, AND THE DEVIL WILL
REPEAT IT TO HER TEN TIMES.
Where learned: ALLEN PARK ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-25-1971