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PROVERB: PERSISTENCE
WHERE THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
PROVERB
WATER SEEKS ITS LEVEL.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
PROVERB
PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
PROVERB
A WISE MAN CHANGES HIS MIND--A FOOL NEVER DOES.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
PROVERB
TO SAVE A PENNY IS TO MAKE A PENNY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
PROVERB
SHE WATCHES HIM AS A CAT WATCHES A MOUSE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
PROVERB
THE DEVIL TO PAY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
PROVERB
ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
PROVERB
ACCIDENTS WILL OCCUR IN THE BEST REGULATED FAMILYS.
Data entry tech comment: FAMILIES
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
IF YOU START SOMEWHERE AND DECIDE TO TURN AROUND, YOU MUST
MAKE A CROSSMARK IN THE ROAD AND SPIT IN IT OR YOU'LL HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: MRS. ROOKS DOES NOT REALLY BELIEVE THIS, BUT ADMITS TO
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO STIR THE GRAVY (OR ANYTHING) BACKWARDS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO CUT YOUR FINGERNAILS ON SUNDAY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
THE FIRST PERSON TO VISIT YOU ON NEW YEAR'S DAY WOULD "RULE
YOUR CHICKENS." THIS MEANS THAT IF YOUR FIRST VISITOR WERE
A MAN, MOST OF YOUR CHICKENS WOULD BE ROOSTERS; IF THE
VISITOR WERE A WOMAN, MOST OF THE CHICKENS WOULD BE HENS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
Date learned: 06-17-1972
IF YOU LOOK IN A WELL ON MAY 1, AT 12:00, THROUGH A REFLECTING
MIRROR, YOU WILL SEE THE PERSON YOU ARE TO MARRY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 1 May Day BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
JELLY WILL NOT JELL IF IT IS STIRRED BACKWARDS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Preservation BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
IF YU KILL A TOAD FROG, YOUR COW WILL GO DRY (NOT PRODUCE MILK).
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
IF IT RAINS ON THE FIRST DAY OF MAY AND YOU GET WET, YOU'LL
BE PRETTY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 1 May Day BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
IF YOU DON'T KILL THE FIRST SNAKE YOU SEE IN THE SPRING, YOU'LL
BE SICKLY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- P663 BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO CARRY A HOE THROUGH THE HOUSE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Bad luck Tools |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO BURN CEDAR WOOD IN THE FIREPLACE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 06-17-1972