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PROVERB

DON'T PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET.

Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH.

Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN

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

Date learned: 03-26-1969

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PROVERB

A DOLLAR SAVED IS A DOLLAR EARNED.

Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 03-29-1969

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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

BUSY AS A BEE.

Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.

Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 03-26-1969

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PROVERB

"BE VERY QUIET," THE TRAVELER SAID
AS HE PASSED THE CEMETERY AT NIGHT,
"WE MIGHT AWAKEN THE DEAD."

Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.500
PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation

Date learned: 03-29-1969

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PROVERB

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.

Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase
PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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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

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

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PROVERB

AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY.

Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN

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

Date learned: 03-29-1969

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PROVERB

EAT DRIED APPLES FOR BREAKFAST,
DRINK WATER FOR LUNCH,
SWELL UP FOR SUPPER.

Where learned: VIRGINIA, ASSUMED ; NORTH GARDEN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-04-1969

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IT IS BAD LUCK TO GO BACK INTO THE HOUSE TO GET SOMETHING YOU'VE
FORGOTTEN, ONCE YOU'VE LEFT THE HOUSE.

Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel

Date learned: 03-23-1969

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IT IS BAD LUCK TO START A JOB ON SATURDAY AND NOT FINISH IT
BEFORE SUNDAY.

Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Home
BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour
BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event

Date learned: 03-23-1969

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WHEN A PERSON IS LEAVING FOR A TRIP, DON'T WATCH THEM OUT OF
SIGHT OR THEY'LL HAVE BAD LUCK.

Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel

Date learned: 03-23-1969

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YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK IF YOU PUT YOUR SHOES ON THE BED.

Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Good luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.)
BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.)

Date learned: 03-28-1969

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IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE GOOD LUCK TO COME BACK THROUGH THE SAME
DOOR YOU ENTERED, IF YOU DID NOT SIT DOWN WHILE VISITING.

Where learned: VIRGINIA ; HYBRID ACRES ; NORTH GARDEN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Good luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel

Date learned: 03-29-1969

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TO FLIP A COIN, HEADS OR TAILS, HELPS MAKE FINAL DECISIONS IN
MANY THINGS.

Where learned: VIRGINIA ; HYBRID ACRES ; NORTH GARDEN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth
BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 03-29-1969

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AN UNCLE CARRIED A RABBIT'S FOOT IN HIS POCKET. HE TOOK OFF HIS
HAT AND SPIT IN IT WHENEVER A BLACK CAT CROSSED IN FRONT OF
HIM. HE FIGURED THIS WAS A WAY OF HAVING GOOD LUCK.

Where learned: VIRGINIA ; HYBRID ACRES ; NORTH GARDEN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Mammal
BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color
BELIEF -- Good luck Amulet, mojo
BELIEF -- Good luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.)
BELIEF -- Good luck Animals

Date learned: 03-29-1969

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WHEN I WAS A CHILD, FRIDAY THE 13TH, LADDERS, BLACK CATS AND
WITCHES WERE FEARED OMENS OR BAD LUCK BY BLACK WASH WOMEN,
WHO DID LAUNDRY FOR PEOPLE. THEY THREW BRIGHT PENNIES IN THEIR
WASH TUBS ON WASH DAYS FOR GOOD LUCK.

Where learned: VIRGINIA ; HYBRID ACRES ; NORTH GARDEN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Witch Shaman
BELIEF -- Mammal
BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour
BELIEF -- Measure of time Working
BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth
BELIEF -- Word Letter
BELIEF -- Good luck Money
BELIEF -- Bad luck Friday the Thirteenth

Date learned: 03-29-1969

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