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FOLK SPEECH
A WATCHED POT NEVER BOILS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HIS WATERMELONS GREW SO FAST HE HAD TO WRAP THE BIG ONE
AROUND A STUMP TO KEEP IT FROM DRAGGING THE LITTLE ONES
OFF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): TALL TALE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
MAXIM
WELL, THERE'S THIS PHRASE THAT I'VE HEARD ALL MY LIFE
AND THAT IS, "ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
PROVERB
WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER.
Submitter comment:
USUALLY REFERRING TO EQUAL PUNISHMENT FOR THOSE INVOLVED
IN A FIGHT OR MISDEED.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POPULAR SAYING
WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
LAUGH BEFORE SEVEN, CRY BEFORE ELEVEN.
Submitter comment:
WHENEVER WE STARTED ACTING SILLY AS SOON AS WE GOT UP
IN THE MORNING, MY MOTHER USED TO SAY:
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-08-1969
PROVERB
WHEN THE CAT'S AWAY, THE MICE WILL PLAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERB
WHEN THE CAT'S AWAY, THE MICE WILL PLAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WEATHER SUPERSTITION
WHEN THE SUNSHINES AND IT RAINS AT THE SAME TIME THE
DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE.
Submitter comment:
MRS. W.M. REAVES TOLD ME THIS WAS A COMMON SUPERSTITION
WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL. I RECORDED THIS JULY 20, 1968 IN
NASHVILLE.
Data entry tech comment: SUN SHINES
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
RAIN WHILE THE SUN SHINES
WHEN THE SUN SHONE WHILE IT WAS RAINING, I CAN REMEMBER
MY GRANDMOTHER SAYING THAT THE DEVIL WAS BEATING HIS WIFE.
Submitter comment: I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT MEANS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-01-1972
PROVERBIAL MAXIM
WHEN THEY ARE YOUNG THEY STEP ON YOUR TOES;
WHEN THEY ARE OLD THEY STEP ON YOUR HEART.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS SAID BY THE INFORMANT IN TELLING OF THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE WAY CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARE YOUNG AFFECT THE
PARENTS AND THE WAY THEY DO WHEN THEY ARE OLDER. SHE WAS
CONTRASTING THE WAY THAT A PARENT WORRIES AOBUT HIS
CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARE YOUNG AND THE WAY WHEN THEY ARE
OLDER. SHE SAID SHE HAD HEARD THIS VERSE ALL HER LIFE,
(IN) NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, AND EVEN TODAY (1972).
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PROVERB
WHEN WAR BEGINS, HELL OPENS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
WHEN YOU ARE CLOSE TO RED YOU BECOME RED.
WHEN YOU ARE CLOSE TO BLACK YOU BECOME BLACK.
Submitter comment: YOU CAN TELL A MAN BY HIS FRIENDS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BIRDS OF A FEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB
WHILE THE CAT'S AWAY, THE MICE WILL PLAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL APOPTHEGM MAXIM
WISH IN ONE HAND AND SPIT IN THE OTHER,
SEE WHICH ONE GETS FULL THE QUICKEST.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
WORDS AND FEATHERS ARE TOSSED BY THE WIND.
Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT WORDS ARE OF LITTLE CONSEQUENCE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
WORDS DON'T MAKE A DROP IN A BUCKET.
Submitter comment:
IN OTHER WORDS, PEOPLE MAY TALK A LOT, BUT THEY MAY NOT
TAKE ACTION.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-01-1972
PROVERB
THE WORST WHEEL OF A CART CREAKS THE MOST.
Submitter comment:
THIS PROBABLY MEANS THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL WHEN SOMETHING
IS BAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
YOU BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SWEET WISDOM
YOU CAN CATCH MORE FLIES WITH HONEY THAN YOU CAN WITH
VINEGAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-25-1970