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PROVERB
TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
FOLK SAYING
UGLY AS HOMEMADE SIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO BE UP A CREEK.
Submitter comment: TO BE IN A POSITION THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO BE UP AGAINST THE WALL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
BIG TROUBLE
UP SHIT CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-14-1969
PROVERB
USE TWO HANDS WHILE LEARNING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-27-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HIS WATERMELONS GREW SO FAST HE HAD TO WRAP THE BIG ONE
AROUND A STUMP TO KEEP IT FROM DRAGGING THE LITTLE ONES
OFF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): TALL TALE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
THAT'S WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
HUNGARIAN PROVERB
THE WAY IT IS DONE IN THE END-HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
SOMEONE IS SAID TO DO SOMETHING (THIS WAY) THIS MEANS THAT IT IS VERY UNSOPHISTICATED OR UNCOUTH,
BECAUSE THE LAST HOUSE IN THE VILLAGE IS THE POOREST ONE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
MAXIM
WELL, THERE'S THIS PHRASE THAT I'VE HEARD ALL MY LIFE
AND THAT IS, "ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
PROVERB
WHEN THE CAT'S AWAY, THE MICE WILL PLAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
WHEN THERE IS A WEDDING THERE IS A DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-26-1968
WEATHER SUPERSTITION
WHEN THE SUNSHINES AND IT RAINS AT THE SAME TIME THE
DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE.
Submitter comment:
MRS. W.M. REAVES TOLD ME THIS WAS A COMMON SUPERSTITION
WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL. I RECORDED THIS JULY 20, 1968 IN
NASHVILLE.
Data entry tech comment: SUN SHINES
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
RAIN WHILE THE SUN SHINES
WHEN THE SUN SHONE WHILE IT WAS RAINING, I CAN REMEMBER
MY GRANDMOTHER SAYING THAT THE DEVIL WAS BEATING HIS WIFE.
Submitter comment: I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT MEANS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-01-1972
PROVERB
WHEN WAR BEGINS, HELL OPENS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
WHEN YOU ARE CLOSE TO RED YOU BECOME RED.
WHEN YOU ARE CLOSE TO BLACK YOU BECOME BLACK.
Submitter comment: YOU CAN TELL A MAN BY HIS FRIENDS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BIRDS OF A FEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB
WHILE THE CAT'S AWAY, THE MICE WILL PLAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL MAXIM
A WHISTLING GIRL AND A CROWING HEN NEVER COME TO ANY
GOOD END.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-22-1970
PROVERB
A WHISTLING WOMAN IS LIKE A CROWING HEN
SHE'S NO GOOD TO BEAST OR MEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
COMPARISON
WHITE AS DAY.
Submitter comment: MEANS VERY BRIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN