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SAYING
AIN'T NOTHIN' GROWIN' BUT JOHNSON GRASS AND THE CHURCH
OF CHRIST.
Submitter comment:
MRS. YOUNG HEARD THIS PHRASE ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO IN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE. SHE SAYS THAT EVERYBODY BACK HOME (MONTGOMERY
COUNTY) USES THIS PHRASE. I HAD ASKED HER IF SHE KNEW ANY
CLARKSVILLE SAYINGS (THIS WAS ON JULY 25, 1968).
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLARKSVILLE ; ROUTE 3 ; CARDINAL LANE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
ALL DRESSED UP
ALL DRESSED UP LIKE MRS. ASTER'S PRIZE HORSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
PROVERB
ALL PEACH BUTTER AND AXEL GREASE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ALL RIGHT, MARS GEO'GE, I AIN'T GWINE TER SAY NO MO'
D'N EF DE CAT HAD MY TONGUE.
Submitter comment: PUBLISHED BY COLLIER BOOKS, 1969.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
PROVERB
ANGER IS A FOOL.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
ANYBODY WHO'D DO THAT WOULD PUSH LITTLE CHICKENS IN
THE CREEK.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
Keyword(s): CRUELTY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-27-1973
A SAYING
AS NERVOUS AS A TOMCAT IN A ROOM FULL OF ROCKIN' CHAIRS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
PROVERB
ATTEND NO AUCTIONS IF YOU HAVE NO MONEY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
HIS BARK IS WORSE THAN HIS BITE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERB
BEAUTY IS JUST SKIN DEEP.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; ROUTE 1 ; FULTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB
BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB PERTAINING TO BEAUTY
BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP, BUT UGLY IS TO THE BONE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-12-1972
PROVERB
BEAUTY MAY HAVE FAIR LEAVES BUT BITTER FRUIT.
Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT ALL WHICH LOOKS GOOD IS NOT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
BEFORE MARRIAGE, KEEP BOTH EYES OPEN; AFTER MARRIAGE,
SHUT ONE.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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
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
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
PROVERB
BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-26-1969
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
"WELL, DE BLACKER DE BERRY, DE SWEETER DE JUICE,"
Submitter comment:
"BOY, YOU OUGHT TO TRY VELMA," A MAHOGANY-BROWN BOY YELLED.
"SHE SURE CAN GO."
"HELL," ANSWERED A WHISKY VOICE SOMEWHERE IN THE SMOKE.
"THAT NAPPY-HEADED BLACK WOMAN? GIMME A HIGH YALLER FOR
MINE ALL DE TIME. I CAN'T USE NO COAL!"
PROTESTED A SLICK-HAIRED EBONY YOUTH IN THE CENTER OF THE
PLACE . . . .
PUBLISHED BY COLLIER BOOKS, 1969.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1969