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PROVERB
DON'T PUT OFF UNTIL TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PROVERB
A JOKING EXPRESSION: "NOW LISTEN HERE, MY FINE BUT FEATHERLESS
FRIEND. DON'T RUSH OFF IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY!"
Submitter comment: MEANING: DON'T BE IN A HURRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-04-1969
PROVERB
DON'T TELL A WOMAN, TELEPHONE OR TELEGRAPH.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU.
Data entry tech comment:
MATTHEW 7:12--IN EVERYTHING, DO TO OTHERS WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE
THEM DO TO YOU, FOR THIS SUMS UP THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
EAST OR WEST--HOME IS BEST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
NOT GIVEN
AN EAST WIND BLOWS NOBODY GOOD.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
PROVERB
EAT DRIED APPLES FOR BREAKFAST,
DRINK WATER FOR LUNCH,
SWELL UP FOR SUPPER.
Where learned: VIRGINIA, ASSUMED ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-04-1969
WAGON
AN EMPTY WAGON MAKES A LOT OF NOISE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
ENJOYING POOR HEALTH.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERB
EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE WEATHER AND NOBODY DOES
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
EVERYONE MUST EAT A PECK OF DIRT BEFORE HE DIES.
Submitter comment:
I FIRST HEARD THIS AS A YOUNG GIRL FROM MY MOTHER IN MEMPHIS;
SHE FIRST HEARD IT FROM HER GRANDMOTHER IN FORT SMITH,
ARKANSAS. I RECORDED IT AUGUST 9, 1968 IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERB
EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
FINGER LICKING GOOD.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-24-1969
FISH MAXIM
FISH IS GOOD FOR THE BRAIN AND KEEPS CRABGRASS OUT OF
THE MIND.
Submitter comment:
SHE QUOTES A FORMER SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IN MARSHALL
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
MAXIM
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
PROVERB
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE EASILY PARTED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERB
A FOOL CAN MAKE MONEY BUT IT TAKES A WISE MAN TO KEEP IT.
Submitter comment:
A NEGRO MAID SAID THIS AS I WAS COMING FROM BREAKFAST IN
HENRY HILL STUDENT CENTER. SHE WAS TALKING WITH ANOTHER
MAID WHO COMMENTED, "YAH, THAT SHORE IS RIGHT."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; STUDENT CENTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
FOR DYING YOU ALWAYS HAVE TIME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-03-1970
PROVERB
A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-16-1970