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PROVERB
DON'T CROSS YOUR BRIDGES UNTIL YOU GET TO THEM.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PROVERB
STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PROVERB: TROUBLE
IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB: TAKING FOR GRANTED
YOU NEVER MISS THE WATER UNTIL THE WELL RUNS DRY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB: APPEARANCES
FINE FEATHERS DO NOT MAKE FINE BIRDS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
WHEN I WAS A (AN) UNDERGRADUATE AT MOREHEAD (KY.) STATE TEACHERS'
COLLEGE, NOW MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY, IN 1939 AND 1940,
GOLDFISH SWALLOWING BECAME A FAD AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. REPORTEDLY A BOY AT MOREHEAD SWALLOWED
TWENTY-FOUR LIVE GOLDFISH. HE WAS TOPPED BY A BOY AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, WHICH WAS REFERRED TO LOCALLY AS THE
COUNTRY CLUB OF THE SOUTH, WHO SWALLOWED FORTY-TWO. I AM SURE
NEITHER OF THESE BOYS HELD THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. I DID
NOT WITNESS THE SWALLOWING, NOR DID ANYONE ELSE THAT I KNEW
TO BE TRUTHFUL. THE NEWSPAPERS REPORTED SWALLOWINGS THROUGH-
OUT THE COUNTRY. AS FAR AS I KNOW, NO GIRLS EVER COMPETED IN
THE GOLDFISH SWALLOWING CONTESTS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Fish PROSE NARRATIVE -- Man CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School BELIEF -- Custom |
PROVERB: PRIDE
EVERY OLD CROW THINKS HERS IS THE BLACKEST.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PROVERB: SMALL JOB
A SHORT HORSE IS SOON CURRIED.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PROVERB
LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB: OPTIMISM
IF FATE HANDS YOU A LEMON, MAKE LEMONADE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
A BARKING DOG NEVER BITES.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB: SWEETNESS OUTWEIGHS BITTERNESS
A TEASPOONFUL OF HONEY IS WORTH A POUND OF GALL.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB: NO BEAUTY FROM UGLINESS
YOU CANNOT MAKE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A SOW'S EAR.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB: LIMITS OF LEADERSHIP
YOU CAN TAKE (OR LEAD) A HORSE TO WATER, BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE HIM
DRINK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERB: QUIET DEPTH
STILL WATER RUNS DEEP.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB: TOO MANY COOKS
TOO MANY HANDS SPOIL THE BROTH.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
COMMON SAYING
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE CRAZY TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD,
BUT IT HELPS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
A WORD TO THE WISE IS SUFFICIENT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PROVERB
WASTE NOT, WANT NOT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1972