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PROVERB

BE GOOD; IF YOU CAN'T BE GOOD, BE CAREFUL.

Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

BE SURE, YOUR SINS WILL FIND YOU OUT.

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 02-00-1972

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PROVERB

BETTER ONE WORD BEFORE, THAN TWO AFTER.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim
PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: 06-03-1970

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PROVERB

BETTER TO ASK THE WAY TEN TIMES, THAN TO GO ASTRAY ONCE.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim
PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: 06-02-1970

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PROVERB

BEWARE OF THE MAN WHOSE BIBLE HAS DIRTY PAGES.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 03-06-1969

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PROVERB: BLASON POPULAIRE

THE BIGGER THEY ARE,
THE HARDER THEY FALL.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim
PROVERB -- Blason Populaire

Date learned: 06-27-1972

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PROVERB

BIG OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW.

Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

A BIRD IN HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 06-16-1970

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PROVERB

A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH.

Submitter comment:

SOMETHING WHICH YOU KNOW YOU HAVE IS NOT WORTH RISKING
FOR SOMETHING WHICH YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD - 01-19-2011

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): BIRD ; Bush ; Hand ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 02-23-1972

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PROVERB

A BIRD LOVES TO HEAR HIMSELF SING.

Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE TALK OR PERFORM CERTAIN
ACTIONS JUST FOR THE SAKE OF DOING THEM OR TO GET PRAISE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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BLIND LEADING BLIND

THE BLIND CANNOT LEAD THE BLIND BECAUSE BOTH OF THEM
MAY FALL INTO THE DITCH.

Data entry tech comment: MATTHEW 15:14--IF A BLIND MAN LEADS A BLIND MAN, BOTH WILL
FALL INTO A DITCH. LUKE 6:39--CAN A BLIND MAN LEAD A BLIND
MAN? WILL THEY NOT BOTH FALL INTO A DITCH?

Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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BUSINESS

THE BUSIER I GO, THE BEHINDER I GET.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 08-06-1968

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NOT GIVEN

CHEATY, CHEATY, NEVER BEATY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

CLEAN UP YOUR OWN BACK YARD BEFORE YOU LEND ME YOUR RAKE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 06-16-1970

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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

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PROVERB

COME ON OVER AND WE'LL OPEN A KEG OF NAILS.

Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

COURTESY PAYS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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CRICKET LUCK

A CRICKET BY THE HEARTH MEANS GOOD LUCK.

Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATLANTA

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 07-04-1970

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WORK

THE DEVIL'S WORK IS ALWAYS BEGUN BY IDLE HANDS.

Submitter comment: KEEP BUSY OR YOU WILL GET INTO TROUBLE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00001920 CA

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