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PROVERB
IT'S AS GENTLE AS A LAMB.
Submitter comment: USUALLY REFERS TO ANIMALS.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SAYING
GIVING ADVICE TO SOME FOLKS IS LIKE POURING WATER ON A
DUCK'S BACK--IT SLIDES RIGHT OFF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-25-1972
COMPARISON
GOOD AS GOLD.
Submitter comment: THIS IS USUALLY USED TO REFER TO A PERSON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SPEECH
GREEN AS A GOURD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
GREEN AS GRASS.
Submitter comment:
EXPRESSION COMMON TO THE AREA OF INDIANA WHERE I WAS BORN.
USED TO EXPRESS STUPIDITY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
FOLK SPEECH
GREEN AS GRASS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
GREENER'N A GOURD.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-27-1973
PROVERB
GRINNING LIKE A POSSUM.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HE'S "GRINNING LIKE A POSSUM."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-12-1972
NOT GIVEN
GRINNING LIKE A POSSUM EATING BUMBLEBEES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SAYING
HANDY AS A POCKET ON A SHIRT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-25-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS HAPPY AS A CLAM AT HIGH TIDE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HAPPY AS A DEAD PIG IN THE SUNSHINE.
Submitter comment:
HEARD BY INFORMANT FROM OLDER MAN FROM ROCHMART, GEORGIA.
JAMES TRIBLE.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; ROCKMART
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
NOT GIVEN
HAPPY AS A MULE EATING BRIARS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SAYING
HAPPY AS A PIG IN SHIT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
HAPPINESS
HAPPY AS A PIG IN SHIT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-14-1969
COMPARISON
HARD AS A ROCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SPEECH
HARD UP AS A DOORMAN AT A WHOREHOUSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HUMOR
HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING SO FUNNY SINCE THE HOGS ATE MY LITTLE
BROTHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 05-01-1969
FOLK SPEECH
HEALTHY AS A HORSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN