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FOLK SPEECH
NERVOUS AS A CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
NERVOUS AS A LONG-TAILED CAT IN A ROOM FULL OF ROCKING
CHAIRS.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WALTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
PROVERB
AS NERVOUS AS A LONG TAILED CAT IN A ROOM FULL OF
ROCKING CHAIRS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-08-1970
NOT GIVEN
NERVOUS AS A LONG-TAILED CAT IN A ROOM FULL OF
ROCKING CHAIRS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
NERVOUS AS A LONG-TAILED CAT IN A ROOM FULL OF
ROCKING CHAIRS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-05-1968
NOT GIVEN
NERVOUS AS A TOMCAT IN A ROOMFULL OF ROCKERS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-27-1973
NOT GIVEN
NERVOUS AS A WET CAT IN A DOG POUND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SPEECH
NERVOUS AS A WHORE IN CHURCH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
NO MORE THAN A SNAKE HAS HIPS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
NUTTY AS A FRUITCAKE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CRAZY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
OFF WE GO LIKE A WILD HERD OF TURTLES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
PROVERB
AS OLD AS MATHUSILAH.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A FAVORITE EXPRESSION OF MY MOTHER'S. I FIRST
HEARD IT AS A SMALL GIRL IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
Data entry tech comment:
GENESIS 5:25-27. METHUSELAH IS REPORTED TO HAVE LIVED
969 YEARS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): METHUSELAH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
FOLK SPEECH
OLD AS THE HILLS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
FOLK SAYING
OLD AS THE HILLS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AGE
OLD AS THE HILLS, AND TWICE AS DUSTY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
NOT GIVEN
AS OUT OF PLACE AS A BASTARD AT A FAMILY REUNION.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERB
THE PIGS WERE SO SKINNY THEY HAD TO TIE KNOTS IN THEIR
TALES TO KEEP FROM BLOWING THROUGH THE RAIL FENCE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): TAILS THIN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-07-1968
NOT GIVEN
LIKE A PEAVINE GROWING THROUGH A CYCLONE FENCE.
Submitter comment: TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING VERY ENTANGLED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD.
Submitter comment:
TO ME, THIS MEANS YOU SHOULDN'T TRY TO FIGHT SOMEBODY
PHYSICALLY, BUT YOU SHOULD FELL THEM BY LOGICAL ARGUEMENTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
THE PEOPLE WERE SO THICK
YOU COULDN'T STIR 'EM WITH A STICK.
Submitter comment: KNOWN AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER AND USED!
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700 PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN