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SAUHEGAN RIVER, MILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
THIS RIVER THAT RUNS THROUGH MILFORD HAS A LEGEND THAT GOES LIKE
THIS: AN INDIAN WHO WAS HUNTING FOR HIS PIGS BY A RIVER SLIPPED
AND SCARED THEM AWAY. FROM THIS ACTION HE EXCLAIMED, "SCAW-HE-
GONE." (NOW KNOWN AS SOUHEGAN.)
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS WITH WHOM I GREW UP.
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MILFORD
Keyword(s): SOW?
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
PROVERB
AS YOU SOW, SO SHALL YOU REAP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLANTS
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; HOMEOPHONE: SOW SO ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SAUHEGAN RIVER, MILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
THIS RIVER THAT RUNS THROUGH MILFORD HAS A LEGEND THAT GOES LIKE
THIS: AN INDIAN WHO WAS HUNTING FOR HIS PIGS BY A RIVER SLIPPED
AND SCARED THEM AWAY. FROM THIS ACTION HE EXCLAIMED, "SCAW-HE-
GONE." (NOW KNOWN AS SOUHEGAN.)
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS WITH WHOM I GREW UP.
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MILFORD
Keyword(s): SOW?
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 09-17-1967
SAUHEGAN RIVER, MILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
THIS RIVER THAT RUNS THROUGH MILFORD HAS A LEGEND THAT GOES LIKE
THIS: AN INDIAN WHO WAS HUNTING FOR HIS PIGS BY A RIVER SLIPPED
AND SCARED THEM AWAY. FROM THIS ACTION HE EXCLAIMED, "SCAW-HE-
GONE." (NOW KNOWN AS SOUHEGAN.)
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS WITH WHOM I GREW UP.
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MILFORD
Keyword(s): SOW?
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 09-17-1967
Proverb
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V500] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): BEAUTY ; Ear ; Pig ; Purse ; Silk ; Sow ; UGLINESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Old Proverb:
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Submitter comment:
Informant's grandmother says this quite often.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V400] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BEAUTY ; Improvement ; Pig ; Purse ; Silk ; Sow ; UGLINESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
You reap what you sow.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; FARMING ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; Reap ; Sow ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BEAUTY ; Ear ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; Pig ; PROVERB ; Purse ; Silk ; Sow ; Superficial ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BEAUTY ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Purse ; Silk ; Sow ; Superficial ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear.
Submitter comment:
I have heard this proverb from my mother and other people since childhood.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Purse ; Silk ; Sow ; Superficial ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |