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NOT GIVEN
KEEP A GOOD PIECE OF LAND AND IT WILL KEEP YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-28-1972
PROVERB
KEEP YOUR HANDS ON THE WHEEL, KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THE LAST DROP MAKES THE CUP RUN OVER.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT IF YOU OVERDO SOMETHING YOU MAY LOSE
WHAT YOU WANT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
THE LAST POLISH IS GIVEN BY SOCIETY OF THE SOFTER SEX.
Submitter comment: IN A LETTER DATED AUGUST 10, 1851.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; WOLF CREEK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB: LAZINESS
LAZINESS TRAVELS SO SLOWLY, POVERTY USUALLY OVERTAKES
IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB: CHIPS
LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
LET YOUR CONSCIENCE BE YOUR GUIDE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): JIMINY CRICKET PINNOCHIO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
LIVE AND LEARN.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERB
LIVE AND LET LIVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
NOT GIVEN
LIVE AND LET LIVE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
THE LONGER I CHEWED, THE BIGGER IT GOT.
Submitter comment:
REFERRING TO SOMETHING WHICH IS BEING CHEWED SUCH AS A
PIECE OF TOUGH MEAT:
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; WELSH
Keyword(s): EATING FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERBIAL ADVICE
LOOK OUT FOR THE "PILLAR OF THE COMMUNITY."
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-06-1969
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
LOVE ME, LOVE MY DOG.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.
Data entry tech comment: SEE 1 TIMOTHY 6:10.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MONEY
LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.
Data entry tech comment: SEE 1 TIMOTHY 6:10
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
PROVERB
"LUCKY AT CARDS, UNLUCKY IN LOVE."
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS REALLY OUR FIRST MEETING SINCE THE EVENTFUL NIGHT
AT HER HOUSE. STRANGELY ENOUGH, IN SPITE OF OUR MUTUAL
NERVOUSNESS, WE WON EVERY TRICK OF THE GAME, AND ONE OF
OUR OPPONENTS JOKINGLY QUOTED THE OLD SAW:
Data entry tech comment:
Updated/motifs added by TRD 01-25-2011
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): CARDS ; LOVE ; LUCK ; PROVERB
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
PROVERB
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-16-1970