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FOLK SAYING
UGLY AS HOMEMADE SIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
SHE'S AS UGLY AS HOMEMADE SIN.
Submitter comment:
IT, THAT, THE NAME OF ANY ITEM OR PERSON CAN BE USED IN
REFERENCE.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL EXPRESSION
UGLY AS HOME-MADE SIN.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS USELESS AS TITS ON A BOAR.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WALTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
HUNGARIAN PROVERB
THE WAY IT IS DONE IN THE END-HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
SOMEONE IS SAID TO DO SOMETHING (THIS WAY) THIS MEANS THAT IT IS VERY UNSOPHISTICATED OR UNCOUTH,
BECAUSE THE LAST HOUSE IN THE VILLAGE IS THE POOREST ONE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
PROVERB
I'M AS WEAK AS A KITTEN.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SAYING
WET AS A DROWNED RAT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
WET AS A HOOT OWL IN A HURRICANE.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WALTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
NOT GIVEN
WHEN A PERSON IN VIRGINIA IS REAL POOR, WE SAY HE'S SO
POOR THAT HE DON'T HAVE A POT TO PEE IN OR A WINDOW TO
THROW IT OUT OF.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; GALLATIN ; ROUTE 3
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
A WHISTLING WOMAN IS LIKE A CROWING HEN
SHE'S NO GOOD TO BEAST OR MEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
COMPARISON
WHITE AS DAY.
Submitter comment: MEANS VERY BRIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS WILD AS A MARCH HARE.
Submitter comment:
EXTREMELY UNRULY. THE EXPRESSION CAN REFER TO A DAY WITH
ROUGH WEATHER OR TO ANY ACTION OR PERSON WHICH APPEARS
IN CHAOS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-29-1972
FOLK SAYING
WISE AS AN OWL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
SARCASTIC SAYING
YOU'RE AS WORTHLESS AS TEATS ON A BOAR HOG.
Submitter comment:
MADE AS A CHIDING STATEMENT WHEN ONE MADE A MISTAKE.
INFORMANT IS COLLECTOR'S DECEASED FATHER.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
YOU'LL CATCH MORE FLIES WITH HONEY THAN YOU WILL WITH
VINEGAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-07-1969
LOOKS
YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'VE BEEN BEATEN WITH AN UGLY STICK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
PROVERB
YOU MOVE LIKE YOU HAD DEAD LICE FALLLING OFF OF YOU.
Submitter comment:
MRS. REAVES SAID THAT THIS WAS A COMMON EXPRESSION IN
FORT SMITH WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
FOLK SPEECH
YOUNG AS SPRING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
YOU'RE AS MUCH ALIKE AS TWO PEAS IN A POD.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
YOU'RE SO MIXED UP YOU'LL BE SPITTING IN THE BED AND
JUMPING OUT THE WINDOW!
Submitter comment:
OFTEN SAID BY INFORMANT'S MOTHER WHO WAS A STICKLER FOR
ORDER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN