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IF YOU EAT IN EXCESS, YOU CAN'T FIT YOUR DRESS.
Submitter comment:
APPLICABLE TO WOMEN.
IF YOU EAT TOO MUCH, YOU GET TOO LARGE FOR YOUR CLOTHES.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-19-1984
PROVERB
AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERB
AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
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
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
LOSERS WEEPERS, FINDERS KEEPERS.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.600 PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
PROVERB
THE MASSES ARE NO ASSES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 06-12-1970
PROVERB
ON THE FIRST DAY OF MAY,
THROW YOUR SHOES AND SOCKS AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
PROVERB: NATURE-RAINBOW
RAINBOW IN THE MORNING, SAILORS TAKE WARNING;
RAINBOW AT NIGHT, SAILORS DELIGHT.
Where learned: IOWA ; COLUMBUS JUNCTION
Keyword(s): PINK SKY RED SKY
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-15-1969
PROVERB
RED IN THE MORNING SAILORS TAKE WARNING RED AT NIGHT
SAIILORS DELIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 06-09-1970
SAYING: NOISY WOMEN
A WHISTLING GIRL AND A CACKLING HEN
NEVER COME TO ANY GOOD END.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RICHMOND
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
A WHISTLING GIRL AND A CROWING HEN NEVER COME TO ANY GOOD
END.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-12-1973
IT IS THE PRIVILEGE OF YOUTH TO MAKE MISTAKES.
Submitter comment:
{GERMAN TRANSLATION:} JUGEND HAT KEINE TUGEND.
INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
A FOOL
IT IS EASIER FOR A FOOL TO DENY THAN FOR ARISTOTLE TO PROVE.
Submitter comment: SPANISH: MAS PUEDE UN NEEIO NEGAR QUE ARISTOLELES PROBAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 03-31-1970
IT'S BETTER TO GLOW
THAN TO KNOW;
IT'S BETTER TO DRINK
THAN TO THINK.
Keyword(s): ALCOHOL IGNORANCE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
PROVERB
THE MORE YOU SHAKE AND DANCE,
THE LAST TWO DROPS GO DOWN THE PANTS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THIS AS HE STEPPED AWAY FROM A URINAL IN A
GO-GO BAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): URINATING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-00-1971
RHYME (MOTTO)
MONEY IS OUR RELIGION, SEX IS OUR GOD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; WEALTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
PROVERB
MILK FOR THE YOUNG,
MEAT FOR THE MAN,
BEER FOR THE AGED.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THIS AS HE PULLED A BEER FROM THE ICEBOX.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MEDIAL ITERATION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-00-1971