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PROVERB
CLOTHES DON'T MAKE THE MAN.
Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T JUDGE BY APPEARANCES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 02-22-1972
BLASON POPULAIRE
EAST IS EAST AND WEST IS WEST AND NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BLASON POPULAIRE
FAINT HEART NE'ER WON FAIR MAIDEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY SOON PARTS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PROVERB
A FOOL'S NAME IS LIKE HIS FACE,
IT'S ALWAYS STUCK IN A PUBLIC PLACE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.400 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700 PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
LIFE, DEATH
FOR EVERY BABY BORN SOMEONE DIES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
SAYING
THE GOOD DIE YOUNG.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BETHESDA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THE GOOD DIE YOUNG.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HANDLE WITH CARE--WOMEN AND GLASS.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK EXPRESSION
HE PUTS HIS PANTS ON ONE LEG AT A TIME TOO.
Submitter comment: HE'S JUST AS GOOD AS ANYONE ELSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HE'S A SIMPLE TOOL.
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION IS USED BY MASONS AND BRICKLAYERS TO
DESCRIBE A PERSON THAT CAN'T DO MANY COMPLICATED THINGS.
IT REFERS TO A CROW BAR OR A HAMMER, OR ANOTHER SIMPLE
TOOL THAT ANYONE CAN USE, THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE MUCH
SKILL TO USE. THE INFORMANT SAID THAT HE HAS HEARD THIS
FROM MASONS AND BRICKLAYERS IN ALABAMA, GEORGIA, AND
TENNESSEE DURING THE PAST TWENTY YEARS (1950S-1970S).
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GEORGIA ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERB
HE'S CARRYING THREE BRICKS LESS THAN A LOAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 06-29-1970
PROVERB
HE'S RAZOR SHARP.
Submitter comment: MEANING SOMEONE IS SMART OR AS SHARP AS RAZOR BLADES.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
PROVERB
HE WHO CANNOT COMMAND HIMSELF IS A SLAVE.
Submitter comment:
YOU MUST MASTER YOUR OWN DESIRES, OR YOU WILL BE ENSLAVED
BY THEM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
HE WHO MARRIES A WIDOW AND THREE CHILDREN MARRIES
FOUR THIEVES.
Submitter comment: THIS IS PERHAPS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
HE WHO RISES FIRST IS FIRST DRESSED.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS PROBABLY COMPARABLE TO "THE EARLY BIRD CATCHES
THE WORM."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
IF A MAN FALLS DOWN, ALL WILL WALK ON HIM.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-02-1972
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NOT GIVEN
IF A PERSON WEARS YELLOW ON THURSDAY, IT MEANS HE IS QUEER.
Where learned: 08011968
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
NOT GIVEN
IF I HAD A BRAIN AND YOU'D PUT IT IN A BIRD, IT WOULD
FLY BACKWARDS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
HORSEMAN'S PROVERB
IF YOU FALL OFF A HORSE, YOU OWN THE LAND YOU FALL ON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Custom PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00001959 CA