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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Belief: Marriage
Marriage Prediction:
Years ago, when the girls would wash clothes on the washboard and would get the front of their dresses sopping wet, everyone would say that she would marry a drunkard.
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P870 - Omen?
P545 - Belief about Marriage?
They don't believe it, but they say it when the occassion arises
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): Dishes ; Domestic ; DRUNK ; Duties ; MARRIAGE ; PREDICTION ; Relationship ; RETORT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage SPEECH -- Formula |
Proverb
The fellow who comes into a bar optimistically, leave misty-optically.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DRUNK ; HUMOR ; Jest ; Maxim ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PROVERB ; PUN ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Saying
...three sheets to the wind. Meaning he's drunk.
ie There was a guy three sheets to the wind.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): DRUNK ; EUPHEMISM ; Language ; Saying ; Sheets ; SLANG ; Term ; Wind
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |