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PROVERB
DON'T PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T STAKE EVERYTHING ON THE CHANCE
THAT SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
DYNAMITE COMES IN SMALL PACKAGES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-13-1972
PROVERB
THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WAGON
AN EMPTY WAGON MAKES A LOT OF NOISE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COLLOQUIALISM
EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY.
Submitter comment:
I'VE HEARD THIS ALL MY LIFE AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY OF
SAYING "ALL THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-21-1968
PROVERB
EVERYONE MUST EAT A PECK OF DIRT BEFORE HE DIES.
Submitter comment:
I FIRST HEARD THIS AS A YOUNG GIRL FROM MY MOTHER IN MEMPHIS;
SHE FIRST HEARD IT FROM HER GRANDMOTHER IN FORT SMITH,
ARKANSAS. I RECORDED IT AUGUST 9, 1968 IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERB
EVERYTHING SHE TOUCHES TURNS TO GOLD.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
FAIRIES UNDER THE BED.
Submitter comment: MEANS DIRTY UNDERNEATH.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
A FALSE FRIEND AND A SHADOW PLAY ONLY WHILE THE SUN SHINES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERB
FEED A COLD, AND STARVE A FEVER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
FINGER LICKING GOOD.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-24-1969
NOT GIVEN
FIRST TIME I HEARD THAT JOKE I KICKED THE SLATS OUT OF
MY CRADLE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-27-1973
FISH MAXIM
FISH IS GOOD FOR THE BRAIN AND KEEPS CRABGRASS OUT OF
THE MIND.
Submitter comment:
SHE QUOTES A FORMER SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IN MARSHALL
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
PROVERB
FOOLS MAKE FEASTS, AND WISE MEN EAT THEM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
FORTUNE IS A MOTHER TO ONE; TO ANOTHER, A STEP-MOTHER.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT FATE IS FICKLE. YOU CAN NEVER TELL WHO
WILL RECEIVE HER REWARDS OR PUNISHMENTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
CHINESE PROVERB
A FULL BOTTLE DOES NOT RATTLE; AN EMPTY BOTTLE DOES NOT
RATTLE; ONLY THE HALF-FILLED DOES.
Submitter comment:
MORAL: THE KNOWLEDGEABLE OR IGNORANT DO NOT BOAST--ONLY
THE ONE WITH INSUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
PROVERB
GIVE HIM AN INCH AND HE'LL TAKE A MILE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERB
GO ALL AROUND ROBIN HOOD'S BARN.
LIKE ALL AROUND YOUR ELBOW TO GET TO YOUR THUMB.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-25-1969
PROVERB
THE GRASS IS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
GRIN AND BEAR IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-27-1970