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POPULAR SAYING
WHATEVER SKIES ABOVE, HERE'S A HEART FOR EVERY FATE.
Submitter comment: IN A LETTER DATED AUGUST 10, 1851.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; WOLF CREEK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-10-1851
PROVERB
WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER.
Submitter comment:
USUALLY REFERRING TO EQUAL PUNISHMENT FOR THOSE INVOLVED
IN A FIGHT OR MISDEED.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POPULAR SAYING
WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW WON'T HURT YOU.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
DID YOU COME AFTER FIRE?
Submitter comment:
WHEN SOMEONE COMES AND LEAVES HURRIEDLY, THE EXPRESSION
USED IS
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY
Keyword(s): SARCASM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-04-1969
NOT GIVEN
WHEN THERE IS A WEDDING THERE IS A DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-26-1968
WEATHER SUPERSTITION
WHEN THE SUNSHINES AND IT RAINS AT THE SAME TIME THE
DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE.
Submitter comment:
MRS. W.M. REAVES TOLD ME THIS WAS A COMMON SUPERSTITION
WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL. I RECORDED THIS JULY 20, 1968 IN
NASHVILLE.
Data entry tech comment: SUN SHINES
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
RAIN WHILE THE SUN SHINES
WHEN THE SUN SHONE WHILE IT WAS RAINING, I CAN REMEMBER
MY GRANDMOTHER SAYING THAT THE DEVIL WAS BEATING HIS WIFE.
Submitter comment: I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT MEANS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-01-1972
PROVERBIAL MAXIM
WHEN THEY ARE YOUNG THEY STEP ON YOUR TOES;
WHEN THEY ARE OLD THEY STEP ON YOUR HEART.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS SAID BY THE INFORMANT IN TELLING OF THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE WAY CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARE YOUNG AFFECT THE
PARENTS AND THE WAY THEY DO WHEN THEY ARE OLDER. SHE WAS
CONTRASTING THE WAY THAT A PARENT WORRIES AOBUT HIS
CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARE YOUNG AND THE WAY WHEN THEY ARE
OLDER. SHE SAID SHE HAD HEARD THIS VERSE ALL HER LIFE,
(IN) NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, AND EVEN TODAY (1972).
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PROVERB
WHEN WAR BEGINS, HELL OPENS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
WHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A WAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-17-1970
PROVERBIAL MAXIM
A WHISTLING GIRL AND A CROWING HEN NEVER COME TO ANY
GOOD END.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-22-1970
WHISTLING GIRL
A WHISTLING GIRL AND A CROWING HEN WILL COME TO NO
GOOD END.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-18-1968
PROVERB
A WHISTLING GIRL AND A CROWING HEN WILL SOMEDAY COME
TO SOME BAD END.
Where learned: HAWAII ; HONOLULU
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001932 CA
PROVERB
WHY DIDN'T YHOU SAY SO BEFORE YOU SPOKE?
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-25-1969
PROVERB
WILD HORSES COULDN'T STOP HIM.
Submitter comment:
A PERSON IS QUITE DETERMINED TO PROCEED WITH WHAT HE
HAS DECIDED UPON.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
WILLFULL WASTE MAKES WISHFUL WANT.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS FREQUENTLY SAID TO CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
BY GEORGE WASHINGTON WILLETT, GRANDFATHER OF THE INFORMANT,
WHEN HE NOTICED ANYTHING OR ANYONE MISUSING OR WASTING
ANYTHING. THIS WAS IN NELSON COUNTY, NEAR BARDSTOWN,
KENTUCKY ABOUT 1915.
Data entry tech comment: WILLFUL
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; BARDSTOWN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001915 CA
PROVERB
A WISE MAN CHANGES HIS MIND--A FOOL NEVER DOES.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WISE MAN
A WISE MAN PROFITS BY HIS MISTAKES.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB: FOOLS
WISE MEN LEARN BY OTHERS' HARMS, FOOLS SCARCELY BY
THEIR OWN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN