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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON

AS MAD AS AN OLD WET HEN.

Where learned: ALABAMA ; FLORENCE

Keyword(s): ANGRY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 06-24-1970

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SAYING

MAD AS AN OLD WET HEN.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 02-12-1972

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PROVERB: ANGER

I AM AS MAD AS AN OLD WET HEN.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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FOLK SAYING

MAD ENOUGH TO BITE A TEN PENNY NAIL.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase
PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 03-26-1972

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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON

SO MAD YOU CAN'T SEE STRAIGHT.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase
PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 04-00-1972

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PROVERB

A MAN WITHOUT MONEY IS LIKE A BOW WITHOUT AN ARROW.

Submitter comment: IN OTHER WORDS, HE CAN'T ACCOMPLISH MUCH.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 05-01-1972

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COMPARISON

AS MANY AS CARTER HAS LITTLE LIVER PILLS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): NUMBER QUANTITY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB: SNAKES

AS MEAN AS A SNAKE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON

AS MEAN AS A SNAKE.

Submitter comment: UNUSUALLY MEAN.
"YOU ARE AS MEAN AS A SNAKE."

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 04-02-1972

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NOT GIVEN

HIS MIND'S AS LONG AS A PIECE OF STRING.

Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON

IT SEEMS LIKE A MONTH OF SUNDAYS.

Submitter comment: A VERY LONG TIME.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase
PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 02-00-1972

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PROVERB

MORE FOOD THAN YOU CAN SHAKE A STICK AT.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase
PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 02-13-1972

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COMPARISON

MORE FUN THAN A BARREL OF MONKEYS.

Submitter comment: MEANS LOTS OF FUN.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase
PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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NOT GIVEN

MORE . . . . . THAN PHARAOH HAD FROGS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase
PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 04-05-1972

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PROVERB

MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY.

Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase
PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 03-26-1969

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A MORNING RAIN

A MORNING RAIN IS LIKE AN OLD WOMAN'S PRAYERS--
SHORT AND SWEET.

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 07-20-1968

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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON

NAKED AS A JAY-BIRD.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 03-00-1972

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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON

HE'S AS NERVOUS AS A CAT IN A ROOM FULL OF ROCKING CHAIRS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 06-26-1972

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PROVERB

I'M AS NERVOUS AS A CAT IN A ROOM FULL OF ROCKERS.

Submitter comment: REFERS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THE CAT GETTING ITS TAIL
PINCHED BY THE RUNNER OF THE ROCKING CHAIR.

Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON

AS NERVOUS AS A CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 04-00-1972

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