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PROVERB
YOU CAN'T SQUEEZE BLOOD FROM A TURNIP.
Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT SOMETHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
PROVERB
YOU CAN'T WADE SAFELY IN UNKNOWN WATER.
Submitter comment:
THIS PROBABLY MEANS YOU HAVE TO BE FAMILIAR WITH SOMETHING
BEFORE YOU CAN MASTER IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
YOU MOVE LIKE YOU HAD DEAD LICE FALLLING OFF OF YOU.
Submitter comment:
MRS. REAVES SAID THAT THIS WAS A COMMON EXPRESSION IN
FORT SMITH WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
PROVERB
YOU MUST NOT LET YOUR MOUSE TRAP SMELL OF CHEESE.
Submitter comment: TO ME, THIS MEANS TO BE SUBTLE IF YOU WANT SOMETHING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
CURRENT SAYING
YOU NEVER SEE A DEAD WHITE MULE OR A BAPTIST PREACHER.
Submitter comment:
I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE IN ILLINOIS SAY (THIS), I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SAYING MEANS, BUT IT IS VERY COMMON
IN THAT AREA.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
FOLK SPEECH
YOUNG AS SPRING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
YOU'RE PULLING MY LEG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-01-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
YOU'RE SO MIXED UP YOU'LL BE SPITTING IN THE BED AND
JUMPING OUT THE WINDOW!
Submitter comment:
OFTEN SAID BY INFORMANT'S MOTHER WHO WAS A STICKLER FOR
ORDER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
YOURS FOR THE ASKING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
JEWISH SAYING
YOU SHOULD GROW UP AND HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE
TREATING YOU AS YOU'RE TREATING ME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-00-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
EXPERIENCE IS A DEAR SCHOOL, BUT A FOOL WILL LEARN FROM NO OTHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
TURN ABOUT'S FAIR PLAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT OVERHEARD THIS IN PUBLIC.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-23-1969
PROVERB: VULNERABILITY
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN'T THROW STONES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-07-1969
PROVERB: NO BEAUTY FROM UGLINESS
YOU CAN'T MAKE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A SOW'S EAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-10-1969
PROVERB
A WATCH POT NEVER BOILS.
Data entry tech comment: SHOULD BE A "WATCHED" POT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Routine activity PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-01-1969
PROVERB
ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-04-1969
PROVERB
PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-29-1970
PROVERB
LEFT-HANDED PEOPLE USE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN.
RIGHT-HANDED PEOPLE USE WHAT'S LEFT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-18-1970