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PROVERB
SMALL PITCHERS AND SMALL CHILDREN HAVE BIG EARS.
Submitter comment:
NEVER SAY ANYTHING IN FRONT OF A CHILD THAT YOU DO NOT WANT
REPEATED.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.
Submitter comment: LIKES ATTRACT ONE ANOTHER.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SAYING: CARELESSNESS
AUNT ZULA USED TO SAY, "DON'T SAY I DON'T CARE 'CAUSE OLD
'I DON'T' LET THE WEEDS EAT HIS CORNFIELD UP."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; 292 LAWNDALE DR ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
SAYING
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUT A
QUESTION THA'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME IS "WHICH CAME
FIRST, THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG?"
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; 292 LAWNDALE DR ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): RIDDLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
SAYING
YOU'VE HEARD THE OLD SAYING ABOUT A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.
WELL, I GUESS THAT IT MEANS ABOUT THE SAME THING AS "AN OUNCE
OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; 292 LAWNDALE DR ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
SAYING
THERE'S AN OLD SAYING ABOUT A DOG IN THE MANGER THAT WE USE
TODAY WHEN WE KEEP THINGS TO OURSELVES WHEN WE CAN'T USE THEM
BUT WE WON'T LET SOMEONE ELSE HAVE THEM IF HE CAN USE THEM.
THIS CAME FROM A FABLE ABOUT A DOG WHO WAS KEEPING WATCH OVER
SOME HAY AND HE WOULDN'T LET A HORSE HAVE ANY EVEN THOUGH THE
DOG COULDN'T EAT IT HIMSELF.
Data entry tech comment: THE SAYING ITSELF IS "DOG IN THE MANGER."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; 1515 CARR ST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-03-1968
PROVERB: UN-FIRM FOUNDATION
A HOUSE BUILT ON SAND WILL NOT STAND.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERB
IF THE SHOE FITS, WEAR IT.
Where learned: OHIO ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THE JOURNEY OF MANY NITES BEGINS WITH A SINGLE STEP.
Submitter comment: CHEMISTRY CLASS "THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK."
Where learned: CULVER ; MASSACHUSETTS, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERB
SISTER MARY JEANNE WHO IS FROM NASHVILLE AND HAS BEEN HERE MANY
YEARS SAYS MANY TIMES TO THOSE WHO WERE GETTING COLD OR FEELING
UNDER THE WEATHER, "AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF
CURE."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
PROVERB
MY INFORMANT, WHO COMES FROM LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS AND IS OF IRISH
BACKGROUND, SAYS THAT HER MOTHER WOULD QUITE FREQUENTLY SAY:
"SING BEFORE BREAKFAST, CRY BEFORE SUPPER."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
PROVERB
A LIE WILL TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD NINE TIMES WHILE THE TRUTH
IS GETTING ITS BRITCHES ON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
IT'S ALWAYS THE EMPTY WAGON THAT RATTLES THE LOUDEST.
Submitter comment: PEOPLE WHO TALK THE MOST GENERALLY DO THE LEAST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001920 CA
PROVERB
BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER.
Submitter comment: PEOPLE ALWAYS TAKE UP FOR THEIR OWN KIND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001920 CA
PROVERB
YOU CAN'T GET BLOOD OUT OF A TURNIP.
Submitter comment: YOU CANNOT GET MONEY FROM A MAN WHEN HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001920 CA
SAYING
EVERY TUB HAS TO SIT ON ITS OWN BOTTOM.
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION WAS MUCH USED WHEN ARGUING ABOUT RELIGION,
PARTICULARLY THE PROTESTANT AND CATHOLIC RELIGIONS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001920 CA
PROVERB
AN IDLE MIND IS THE DEVIL'S WORKSHOP.
Submitter comment: KEEP YOUR MIND ON YOUR OWN WORK AND DON'T FILL IT WITH GOSSIP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001920 CA
PROVERB
THERE'S MANY A SLIP BETWEEN THE CUP AND THE LIP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR: TALKING TOO MUCH
THERE WAS A GUY ON MY EUROPE TOUR IN '66 WHO TALKED A LOT AND,
UNFORTUNATELY, HE SPOKE WITH A HOOSIER TWANG. WHEN WE WERE GOING
UP TO THE SALT MINES OUTSIDE SALZBURG, I WAS IN THE LAST CABLE CAR
WITH REID, OUR CONDUCTOR (WHO IS A CHARACTER), AND THIS GUY, BOB
MEYER, AND SOMEONE FROM THE NEXT GROUP. BOB WAS RATTLING ON AND
ON, AND REID FINALLY LOST HIS PATIENCE AND TACT (WHAT TACT HE HAD)
AND SAID BLUNTLY, "BOB, YOU'VE GOT DIARRHEA OF THE MOUTH." BOB
STOPPED, SURPRISED, I GUESS BECAUSE NO ONE HAD EVER TOLD HIM TO
SHUT UP BEFORE. HE DIDN'T SAY A WORD FOR A LONG TIME AFTER THAT
AND IT SEEMED TO ME THAT HE DIDN'T TALK AS MUCH AFTER THAT. REID
MADE ANOTHER COMMENT, I THINK, ABOUT BOB NOT BEING AS BAD AS
ROSEMARY, OUR GUIDE WHO TALKED FROM 9:00-10:26 (I TIMED HER)
NON-STOP--NO COMMAS, NO PERIODS. I WAS SORT OF EMBARRASSED THAT
REID WAS SO BLUNT, BUT IT WAS EFFECTIVE AND I THOUGHT A VERY APT
STATEMENT AND I HAD TO TRY HARD TO KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE.
Where learned: GERMANY ; SALZBURG
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-00-1966
PROVERB
SHOEMAKER'S CHILDREN NEVER HAVE SHOES.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BIRMINGHAM ; BUS TO MONTGOMERY ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-26-1968