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BLIND LEADING BLIND
THE BLIND CANNOT LEAD THE BLIND BECAUSE BOTH OF THEM
MAY FALL INTO THE DITCH.
Data entry tech comment:
MATTHEW 15:14--IF A BLIND MAN LEADS A BLIND MAN, BOTH WILL
FALL INTO A DITCH. LUKE 6:39--CAN A BLIND MAN LEAD A BLIND
MAN? WILL THEY NOT BOTH FALL INTO A DITCH?
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BUSINESS
THE BUSIER I GO, THE BEHINDER I GET.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
NOT GIVEN
CHEATY, CHEATY, NEVER BEATY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
CLEAN UP YOUR OWN BACK YARD BEFORE YOU LEND ME YOUR RAKE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERB
CLOTHES DON'T MAKE THE MAN.
Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T JUDGE BY APPEARANCES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 02-22-1972
PROVERB
COME ON OVER AND WE'LL OPEN A KEG OF NAILS.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
COURTESY PAYS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CRICKET LUCK
A CRICKET BY THE HEARTH MEANS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATLANTA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-04-1970
WORK
THE DEVIL'S WORK IS ALWAYS BEGUN BY IDLE HANDS.
Submitter comment: KEEP BUSY OR YOU WILL GET INTO TROUBLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001920 CA
PROVERB
DOG IS MAN'S BEST FRIEND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
A DOLLAR SAVED IS A DOLLAR EARNED.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
PROVERB
DO NOT WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW, BECAUSE YOU DO NOT EVEN KNOW
WHAT MAY HAPPEN TO YOU TODAY.
Data entry tech comment:
FROM MATTHEW 6:34: DO NOT WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW: TOMORROW
WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF. EACH DAY HAS ENOUGH TROUBLE OF
ITS OWN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
DON'T BE A DOUBTING THOMAS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
SAYING OR PROVERB
DON'T BE FLAT.
DON'T BE SHARP.
JUST BE NATURAL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
PROVERB
DON'T BUY MOONSHINE FROM SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T DRINK HIS
OWN BREW.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
PROVERB
DON'T CRY OVER SPILT MILK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERB
DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-26-1969
PROVERB
DON'T CRY OVER SPILT MILK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-07-1970
PROVERBIAL MAXIM
DON'T JUDGE ANOTHER UNTIL YOU HAVE WALKED SIX MOONS IN HIS
MOCCASINS.
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION USUALLY ADMONISHES PEOPLE TO PROLONG THEIR
CRITICAL JUDGMENTS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim V300.533 |
Date learned: 04-02-1972