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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

NONE ARE SO BLIND AS THOSE WHO CAN'T SEE

James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY ; OBSERVATION ; PUN ; STUBBORNNESS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-00-1968

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Saying

Stubborn as a mule.

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Keyword(s): Language ; METAPHOR ; Mule ; Saying ; SIMILE ; Stubborn

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Group of Vowels and Consonants, and of Words

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Saying

Stubborn as a billygoat

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Where learned: Harwell, Martha

Keyword(s): Billygoat ; Goat ; Language ; METAPHOR ; Saying ; SIMILE ; Stubborn

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Group of Vowels and Consonants, and of Words

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BITING FINGERNAILS WHEN PREGNANT CAUSES THE BABY TO BE
STUBBORN.

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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI ; Milton, Mary ; Box 465

Keyword(s): BELIEF ; FINGERNAILS ; PREGNANCY ; Stubborn

James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONALITY

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Birth

Date learned: 09-13-1973

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