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If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; 808 Battery Ln.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Sly as a fox.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; 808 Battery Ln.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Like the pot calling the kettle black.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; 808 Battery Ln.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Grinning like a possum.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; 808 Battery Ln.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Folk Expression
I'll be there, God willin' and the crik don't rise.
Another folk way of saying I can come if all goes well
Submitter comment:
Learned via phone call LA to Nashville.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Proverbial Expression
She walks around the turkeys, but she picks out the buzzards.
(Said about someone who always picks out the worst of everything.)
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Verse in Formula
Spring is sprung
Fall has fell
Summer's here
And it's hot as hell.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech C870.5 |
Folk Speech
I'll see you the second Tuesday in the week.
(In other words, I'd rather not see you at all.)
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Riddle in Verse
Brothers and sisters I have none.
But that man's father is my father's son.
Who is that man?
(Answer: The speaker's son)
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 890 890.200 |
True Riddle
A father and his son were driving along the highway. They had a bad wreck. The father died and the son was sent to the hospital. When the boy arrived there, the doctor turned to him and said: "Oh my God, my son."
What relation is the doctor to the boy?
(Answer: It's his mother.)
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Verse in Formula - Limerick
There was an old man from Clyde
Who fell in a privy and died
His elder brother fell in another
And now they're interred, side by side.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Folk Speech
Definition of a "Liberal": He's ten degrees to the left of center in good times and ten degrees to the right of center when it affects him personally.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
A going joke at the Georgia State University campus. "Did you hear they had to cancel the virgin parade? One girl got sick and the other didn't want to march alone."
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale |
Naming
Boot Hill cemetery in Dodge City was so named because most of the men buried there, died with their boots on.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Folk etymology |
Apple Sauce
Peel and core apples and place in a pot over low flame with water 1/3 as full as the pot is full of apples. Stir. It will melt down in 15 or 20 minutes into apple sauce.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert |
Orange Marmalade
Slice 4 oranges and 3 lemons. Add 6 cups water. Leave overnight. Cook 30 minutes. Leave overnight again. Add honey, less than equal parts. Cook 10 minutes, pour into sterile jar and seal with paraffin.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert |
Rose Honey
Warm, don't boil, honey with crushed rose petals. Let stand 3 days. Strain.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert |
Simple Sesame Halvah
Grind some sesame seed meal and mix with an equal portion of honey. Stir in nuts (chopped) and bits of dried fruit. Thicken batter by adding powdered milk or a little flour and stir over a double boiler 10 minutes. Form into cake and chill.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- W244 |
Belief
In the Jewish religion, it is considered good luck to have sexual relations during the Sabbath.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour |
Folk Speech
"A busman's holiday" refers to a holiday taken by someone whose vacation involves his occupation: as a busdriver who takes a bus on his vacation.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |