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PROVERB: BAD TIMES
WHEN THINGS WERE NOT GOING SO WELL, MOTHER WOULD SAY, "THINGS ARE
TERRIBLE BAD."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-05-1968
PROVERB
ALL HER TASTE IS IN HER MOUTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
PROVERB
DON'T LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE FACE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB
THAT'S A HORSE OF ANOTHER COLOR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB
DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB
DON'T CRY OVER SPILT MILK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB
BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB
THE WISE ACTS LIKE FOOL.
THE FOOL PRETENDS TO BE WISE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
Proverb
TOO SOON OLD AND TOO LATE SMART.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD - 01-19-2011
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AGE ; Elderly ; Hindsight ; IGNORANCE ; Old ; WISDOM ; YOUTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-05-1968
PROVERB
YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT, TOO.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB: MOTHER KNOWS BEST
DON'T TEACH YOUR MAMMY HOW TO MILK A DUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
PROVERB: KEEP SLIM HENS
A SETTING HEN WILL NEVER GET FAT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
PROVERB
DON'T MAKE LOVE IN BUGGIES BECAUSE HORSES CARRY TAILS (TALES).
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-28-1970
PROVERB: POOR GIRL
SHE DROVE HER DUCKS TO A POOR MARKET. (A YOUNG GIRL WHO MARRIED
POORLY.)
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
PROVERB
WILL HE EVER GET OVER FOOL'S HILL?
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
SAYING
WHEN A GUEST IS ABOUT TO LEAVE AFTER A VISIT, I HAVE HEARD SOME
PEOPLE SAY: "YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING THE DEVIL NEVER DID--
LEAVE."
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED MANY TIMES, ESPECIALLY BY OLDER PEOPLE. IT IS ONE
WHICH MY MOTHER USES OFTEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-21-1968
PROVERB
YOU CAN CATCH MORE FLIES WITH HONEY THAN WITH VINEGAR.
Submitter comment:
I FIRST HEARD THIS SAYING FROM MY MOTHER WHEN I WAS A SMALL
GIRL IN MEMPHIS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERB: VALUE OF EXPERIENCE
A NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN, BUT AN OLD BROOM KNOWS WHERE THE
DIRT LIES.
Submitter comment:
THE YOUNG MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO A GOOD JOB, BUT THE OLDER KNOWS
WHAT JOB NEEDS DOING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERB: CLUMSINESS
A BULL IN A CHINA CLOSET.
Submitter comment:
USED TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE WHO IS IN AN INAPPROPRIATE SITUATION
AS FAR AS HIS ABILITY IS CONCERNED, ESPECIALLY A COARSE OR
AWKWARD PERSON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERB
SISTER MARY JEANNE WHO IS FROM NASHVILLE AND HAS BEEN HERE MANY
YEARS SAYS MANY TIMES TO THOSE WHO WERE GETTING COLD OR FEELING
UNDER THE WEATHER, "AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF
CURE."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1968