The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

MORAL PROVERB

THE HANDLE HAS LOST ITS AX.

Submitter comment: (E.G., SOMEONE WHO IS SMART IN PHYSICS WHEN HE HAS
HIS BOOKS BUT IS DUMB WHEN HE DOESN'T HAVE
HIS PHYSICS BOOK HAS LOST HIS AX)
(TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN)

Data entry tech comment: LITHUANIAN PHRASE DENOTING MORAL PROVERB

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE ; TOLD AT

Keyword(s): TOOLS METAPHOR

Date learned: 02-17-1971