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PROVERB ABOUT AN ANT
NONE PREACHES BETTER THAN AN ANT AND SHE SAYS NOTHING
Submitter comment: TRADITIONAL SEMINARY JOKE
Where learned: CONNECTICUT ; STAMFORD ; SAINT GREGORYS SEMINARY
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; CLERGY ; IRONY ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1957
QUO VADIS?
CAB DRIVER TO FARE STEPPING INTO TAXI:
"QUO VADIS, MAC?"
Submitter comment: HEARD IN SEMINARY.
Where learned: SAINT BASIL SEMINARY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 00-00-1957
POLISH PROVERB
IT'S GOOD EVERYPLACE, BUT BEST AT HOME.
Submitter comment: {POLISH} WSZEDZIE DOBRZE, A NAJLEPIEJ W DOMU.
Where learned: DETROIT ; SACRED HEART SEMINARY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001962WINTER
MOCK PRAYER
THIS LITTLE COUPLET WAS SAID BY THE INFORMANT AS A GRACE
BEFORE MEALS. IT WAS SAID WHILE LOOKING UP TOWARDS
HEAVEN AND RUBBING HIS HANDS TOGETHER IN ANTICIPATION
OF A GOOD MEAL:
RUB-A-DUB-DUB,
THANKS FOR THE GRUB.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SEMINARY ; PLATTSBURGH
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00001966 FALL
GOOD DEEDS
"GOOD DEEDS SPEAK OF THEMSELVES. THE TONGUE ONLY INTERRUPTS THEIR
ELOQUENCE."
Submitter comment: SEMINARY PROVERB.
Where learned: SAINT JOSAPHAT SEMINARY ; WASHINGTON DC
Keyword(s): BRAGGING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
LIKE A TURTLE
EVEN A TURTLE GETS NOWHERE UNTIL IT STICKS OUT ITS NECK.
Submitter comment: SEMINARY PROVERB
Where learned: SAINT JOSAPHAT SEMINARY ; WASHINGTON DC
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): AMPHIBIAN ; DARING ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
POLISH PROVERB
TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE STEW.
Submitter comment:
{POLISH:} GDZIE KUCHAREK SZESC, TAM NIE MA
JESC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SACRED HEART SEMINARY
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
ON OUR KNEES
WHAT WE SAY ON OUR KNEES IS OF LESS IMPORTANCE THAN
WHAT WE DO WHEN WE GET UP.
Submitter comment: SEMINARY PROVERB
Where learned: SAINT JOSAPHAT SEMINARY ; WASHINGTON DC
Keyword(s): PRAYER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
PROVERB
YOU CANNOT REPENT TOO SOON, BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW
HOW SOON IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
Where learned: SAINT JOSAPHAT SEMINARY ; WASHINGTON DC
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1962