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Proverb
All is not gold that glitters.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Mary Ann
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Glitter ; Gold ; Maxim ; Prose ; PROVERB ; Superficial ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
At the end of every rainbow there is a pot of gold.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; ; Sister Leonard
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Gold ; Maxim ; Pot ; PROVERB ; RAINBOW ; TREASURE ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Everything that glitters is not gold.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; ; Bednarski, Thaddeus
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Glitter ; Gold ; Judgment ; Maxim ; METAL ; PROVERB ; Superficial ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Silence is golden.
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Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Golden ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; SILENCE ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Goldfish:
In a world where all is water, who can tell when goldfish weep?
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I found these words written on the wall of MRI 305 with no author.
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Keyword(s): ; Apothegm ; Cry ; Goldfish ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WATER ; Weep
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Language: Rhyme
Love Rhyme:
Remember the old, remember the new.
Remember the guy, who wrote "I Love You."
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This rhyme was given to me by a grade school "boyfriend"
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Keyword(s): Language ; LOVE ; New ; Old ; Remember ; RHYME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Autograph Verse
Album Rhyme:
Take a tip - dodge cupid's dart.
Don't let a soldier get your heart.
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Where learned: St Charles, Rosalee
Keyword(s): Album ; Aphorism ; AUTOGRAPH ; Cupid ; Dart ; HEART ; LOVE ; poem ; RHYME ; Signature ; Soldier ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Language: Rhyme
When you get old and out of shape, remember Sears has corsets for 2.98
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Keyword(s): AGE ; Corset ; Language ; MONEY ; Old ; poem ; RHYME ; Sears ; SHAPE ; VERSE ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Language: Rhyme
Mary had a little lamb
The doctor had a fix
'Til Old Macdonald had a farm
Then the doctor quit.
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Where learned: Hoy, Linda
Keyword(s): DOCTOR ; Farm ; JOKE ; Lamb ; Language ; Mary ; Old MacDonald ; PLAY ON WORDS ; poem ; PUN ; RHYME ; VERSE ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Method of Cleaning Silverware
Clean aluminum pan. Dissolve in it:
1 teaspoon baking sode
1 teaspoon table salt
Immerse silverware until tarnish is removed. Then rinse in clean, warm water and rub dry with clean soft cloth.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Dillon, Martha Joslin
Keyword(s): Baking Soda ; Cleaning ; Domestic ; Household ; Ingredients ; METAL ; RECIPE ; Salt ; Silver ; Silverware ; Table Salt
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Household furniture and utensil |
DRINKING A LARGE AMOUNT OF COLD WATER IMMEDIATELY AFTER
DELIVERY WILL MAKE A WOMAN'S STOMACH LARGE.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI ; Griffin, Ida ; Deovelente Road
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Child Birth ; Cold ; Consume ; Delivery ; DRINK ; Labor ; PREGNANCY ; SIZE ; STOMACH ; TEMPERATURE ; WATER
Date learned: 06-21-1973
IF SOMEONE SWEEP UNDER A GIRL'S FEET, SHE'LL BE AN OLD
MAID.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): Girl ; Maid ; MARRIAGE ; Old ; SUPERSTITION ; Sweep
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
CURE FOR CHEST COLD:
WARM SKUNK OIL RUBBED ON CHEST
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Hoy, Linda ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Cold ; CURE ; Oil ; REMEDY ; SKUNK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
CURE FOR CHEST COLD OR SORE THROAT:
EAT MELTED LARD AND SUGAR.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Hoy, Linda ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Cold ; CURE ; Lard ; MEDICAL ; REMEDY ; Sore Throat ; Sugar
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
COLD CURE: FLAX SEED LEMONADE REMEDY
TO A LARGE TABLESPOON OF FLAX SEED, ALLOW A TUMBLER
AND A HALF OF COLD WATER. BOIL THEM TOGETHER 'TILL
THE LIQUID BECOMES VERY STICKY, THEN STRAIN IT HOT
OVER A QUARTER OF A POUND OF PULVERIZED SUGAR AND
AN OUNCE OF PULVERIZED GUM ARABIC. STIR 'TILL QUITE
DISSOLVED AND SQUEEZE INTO IT THE JUICE OF A LEMON.
THIS MIXTURE HAS FREQUENTLY BEEN FOUND AN EFFICACIOUS
REMEDY FOR A COLD TAKING A WINE GLASS AS OFTEN AS THE
COUGH IS TROUBLESOME.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Dillon, Martha Joslin
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Cold ; COUGH ; CURE ; DRINK ; FLAX ; Flax Seed ; Lemonade ; RECIPE ; REMEDY ; TEA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
COLD CURE:
A DRINK OF HOT STRONG LEMONADE BEFORE GOING TO BED.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Terry, Jane Joslin
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Cold ; CURE ; Hot ; Ingest ; Lemonade ; REMEDY ; Strong
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 06-25-1973
THE LEGEND OF POT GOLD
THE TORIES BEFORE FLEEING NEW YORK, TOOK ALL THEIR GOLD
AND PUT IT IN HUGE IRON POTS. THEY BURIED THESE POTS IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND TO THIS DAY THERE STILL REMAINS SOME
TO BE FOUND.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Greene, Marilee
Keyword(s): Legend ; MONEY ; Pot of Gold ; Tories ; TREASURE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mineral |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
IF AN UNMARRIED GIRL TAKES THE LAST SERVING OF FOOD, SHE
IS DOOMED TO BE AN OLD MAID.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Greene, Marilee
Keyword(s): FOOD ; Maid ; MANNERS ; Old Maid ; Serving ; SUPERSTITION ; Unmarried
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
YOU CAN TELL IF SOMEONE IS FIBBING BY FEELING HIS NOSE;
IF IT IS COLD, HE IS LYING.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Cold ; LYING ; NOSE ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
IF ONE ACQUIRES STYE ON THE EYE, RUB IT WITH A GOLD RING
UNTIL THE RING FEELS WARM AND IT (STYE) WILL DISAPPEAR.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Teske, Tina
Keyword(s): CURE ; Eye ; Gold ; REMEDY ; Stye
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-00-1972