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PROVERB
BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB PERTAINING TO BEAUTY
BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP, BUT UGLY IS TO THE BONE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-12-1972
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM MAXIM
BEER ON TOP OF WHISKEY
MIGHTY RISKY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
BEER ON WHISKEY MIGHTY RISKY,
WHISKEY ON BEER NEVER FEAR.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
BEER ON WHISKEY, RISKY,
WHISKEY ON BEER, NEVER FEAR.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A VERSE THAT HELPS ONE TO KNOW NOT TO DRINK WHISKEY
AND THEN TO DRINK BEER OR HE WILL GET DRUNK. HOWEVER, THE
PERSON WILL NOT GET DRUNK IF HE DRINKS BEER FIRST AND THEN
DRINKS WHISKEY. (WHISKEY INCLUDES ANY TYPE OF LIQUORS.)
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
BEFORE MARRIAGE, KEEP BOTH EYES OPEN; AFTER MARRIAGE,
SHUT ONE.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
BEFORE YOU MEET A PERSON, MEET HIS FRIENDS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB
BEGGARS CAN'T BE CHOOSERS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
BEGGARS CAN'T BE CHOOSY.
Data entry tech comment: CHOOSEY
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
PROVERB
BE GOOD; IF YOU CAN'T BE GOOD, BE CAREFUL.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
BE SURE, YOUR SINS WILL FIND YOU OUT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PROVERB
BETTER ONE WORD BEFORE, THAN TWO AFTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-03-1970
PROVERB
BETTER TO ASK THE WAY TEN TIMES, THAN TO GO ASTRAY ONCE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-02-1970
PROVERB
BEWARE OF THE MAN WHOSE BIBLE HAS DIRTY PAGES.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-06-1969
PROVERB: BLASON POPULAIRE
THE BIGGER THEY ARE,
THE HARDER THEY FALL.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 06-27-1972
PROVERB
BIG OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
A BIRD IN HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERB
A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH.
Submitter comment:
SOMETHING WHICH YOU KNOW YOU HAVE IS NOT WORTH RISKING
FOR SOMETHING WHICH YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD - 01-19-2011
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BIRD ; Bush ; Hand ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
PROVERB
A BIRD LOVES TO HEAR HIMSELF SING.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE TALK OR PERFORM CERTAIN
ACTIONS JUST FOR THE SAKE OF DOING THEM OR TO GET PRAISE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972