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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
THEY WERE SO EXCITED THEY WERE BOUNCING AROUND LIKE TWO
BB'S IN A BOXCAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERB: DOGS
AS THICK AS HAIR ON A DOG'S BACK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SAYING
AS THICK AS THE TAR ON THE BOTTOM OF A RAIN BARREL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
A THIEF KNOWS A THIEF AS A WOLF KNOWS A WOLF.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
FOLK SAYING
TIGHT AS A TICK.
Submitter comment: APPLIED TO DRUNKEN MAN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TIGHT
TIGHT AS A TICK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
PRETTY TIGHT
TIGHT AS DICK'S HATBAND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
FOLK SAYING
TIGHT AS THE BARK ON A TREE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-26-1972
NOT GIVEN
TIGHTER THAN A CAT'S ASS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
TIGHTER THAN DICK'S HATBAND.
Submitter comment:
SAID BY MR. FRED MAGGART OF LEBANON, TENNESSEE IN FALL 1970
TO DESCRIBE THE TIGHT MONEY SITUATION. MR. MAGGART WAS
PRESIDENT OF THE LEBANON BANK, LEBANON, TENNESSEE. HE DID
NOT KNOW ANYMORE ABOUT THE EXPRESSION EXCEPT HE HAD HEARD
AND USED IT ALL HIS LIFE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-00-1970
PROVERB
TIRED AS A BAR OF SOAP AFTER A HARD DAY'S WASHING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-07-1969
FOLK SPEECH
TIRED AS A DOG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
. . . TO/AS A GNAT'S HAIR BRISTLE.
Data entry tech comment: MEANING UNCLEAR BECAUSE WORDS ARE MISSING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-24-1970
AGE
TOO OLD TO CUT THE MUSTARD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
FOLK SPEECH
TOUGH AS SHIT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SAYING
HE'S TOUGHER THAN WHIT LEATHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
PROVERB
TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT IF YOU'RE HAVING A PROBLEM OR TRYING TO
SOLVE SOMETHING, OTHER PEOPLE CAN PERHAPS HELP YOU SOLVE
IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
TWO HEADS
TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE EVEN IF ONE OF THEM IS A
SHEEP'S HEAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
PROVERB
TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS UGLY AS A MUD FENCE.
Submitter comment:
ESPECIALLY UNATTRACTIVE. EXAMPLE: "SHE IS AS UGLY AS A
MUD FENCE."
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-29-1972