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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS MAD AS AN OLD WET HEN.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; FLORENCE
Keyword(s): ANGRY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-24-1970
SAYING
MAD AS AN OLD WET HEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
PROVERB: ANGER
I AM AS MAD AS AN OLD WET HEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SAYING
MAD ENOUGH TO BITE A TEN PENNY NAIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-26-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SO MAD YOU CAN'T SEE STRAIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERB
A MAN WITHOUT MONEY IS LIKE A BOW WITHOUT AN ARROW.
Submitter comment: IN OTHER WORDS, HE CAN'T ACCOMPLISH MUCH.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 05-01-1972
COMPARISON
AS MANY AS CARTER HAS LITTLE LIVER PILLS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): NUMBER QUANTITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB: SNAKES
AS MEAN AS A SNAKE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS MEAN AS A SNAKE.
Submitter comment:
UNUSUALLY MEAN.
"YOU ARE AS MEAN AS A SNAKE."
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-02-1972
NOT GIVEN
HIS MIND'S AS LONG AS A PIECE OF STRING.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
IT SEEMS LIKE A MONTH OF SUNDAYS.
Submitter comment: A VERY LONG TIME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PROVERB
MORE FOOD THAN YOU CAN SHAKE A STICK AT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
COMPARISON
MORE FUN THAN A BARREL OF MONKEYS.
Submitter comment: MEANS LOTS OF FUN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
MORE . . . . . THAN PHARAOH HAD FROGS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-05-1972
PROVERB
MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-26-1969
A MORNING RAIN
A MORNING RAIN IS LIKE AN OLD WOMAN'S PRAYERS--
SHORT AND SWEET.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
NAKED AS A JAY-BIRD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HE'S AS NERVOUS AS A CAT IN A ROOM FULL OF ROCKING CHAIRS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-26-1972
PROVERB
I'M AS NERVOUS AS A CAT IN A ROOM FULL OF ROCKERS.
Submitter comment:
REFERS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THE CAT GETTING ITS TAIL
PINCHED BY THE RUNNER OF THE ROCKING CHAIR.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS NERVOUS AS A CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-00-1972