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PROVERB
YOU CAN CATCH MORE FLIES WITH HONEY THAN WITH VINEGAR.
Submitter comment:
I FIRST HEARD THIS SAYING FROM MY MOTHER WHEN I WAS A SMALL
GIRL IN MEMPHIS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERB: VALUE OF EXPERIENCE
A NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN, BUT AN OLD BROOM KNOWS WHERE THE
DIRT LIES.
Submitter comment:
THE YOUNG MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO A GOOD JOB, BUT THE OLDER KNOWS
WHAT JOB NEEDS DOING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERB: CLUMSINESS
A BULL IN A CHINA CLOSET.
Submitter comment:
USED TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE WHO IS IN AN INAPPROPRIATE SITUATION
AS FAR AS HIS ABILITY IS CONCERNED, ESPECIALLY A COARSE OR
AWKWARD PERSON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PROVERB
SISTER MARY JEANNE WHO IS FROM NASHVILLE AND HAS BEEN HERE MANY
YEARS SAYS MANY TIMES TO THOSE WHO WERE GETTING COLD OR FEELING
UNDER THE WEATHER, "AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF
CURE."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
PROVERB
MY INFORMANT, WHO COMES FROM LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS AND IS OF IRISH
BACKGROUND, SAYS THAT HER MOTHER WOULD QUITE FREQUENTLY SAY:
"SING BEFORE BREAKFAST, CRY BEFORE SUPPER."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
PROVERB
A LIE WILL TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD NINE TIMES WHILE THE TRUTH
IS GETTING ITS BRITCHES ON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
IT'S ALWAYS THE EMPTY WAGON THAT RATTLES THE LOUDEST.
Submitter comment: PEOPLE WHO TALK THE MOST GENERALLY DO THE LEAST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001920 CA
PROVERB
BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER.
Submitter comment: PEOPLE ALWAYS TAKE UP FOR THEIR OWN KIND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001920 CA
PROVERB
YOU CAN'T GET BLOOD OUT OF A TURNIP.
Submitter comment: YOU CANNOT GET MONEY FROM A MAN WHEN HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001920 CA
SAYING
EVERY TUB HAS TO SIT ON ITS OWN BOTTOM.
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION WAS MUCH USED WHEN ARGUING ABOUT RELIGION,
PARTICULARLY THE PROTESTANT AND CATHOLIC RELIGIONS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001920 CA
PROVERB
AN IDLE MIND IS THE DEVIL'S WORKSHOP.
Submitter comment: KEEP YOUR MIND ON YOUR OWN WORK AND DON'T FILL IT WITH GOSSIP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001920 CA
PROVERB
THERE'S MANY A SLIP BETWEEN THE CUP AND THE LIP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
PROVERB
IF YOU RUN WITH A SHEEP-KILLING DOG, YOU'LL KILL SHEEP, TOO.
Submitter comment:
THIS PROVERB WAS WIDELY USED IN EASTERN KENTUCKY BY ADULTS URGING
CHILDREN TO KEEP GOOD COMPANY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR: ATTENTION-GETTER
SQUEAKIN' WHEEL GETS THE GREASE.
Submitter comment: SAYING OFTEN USED OFTEN BY INFORMANT'S MOTHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ATTENTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
SAYING: DIFFICULTY
BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.
Submitter comment: USED TO DESCRIBE A DIFFICULT SITUATION OR CIRCUMSTANCE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): DIFFICULTY IMPOSSIBILITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-28-1972
SAYING: NECESSITY
WHEN "PUSH COMES TO SHOVE," YOU'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): NECESSITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-28-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
IF YOU SPIT IN THE WIND, IT WILL COME BACK IN YOUR FACE.
Submitter comment: A FUTILE OR RIDICULOUS ACT WILL INDIRECTLY CAUSE YOU HARM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-05-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
YOU CAN'T GET BLOOD OUT OF A TURNIP.
Submitter comment: IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET SOMETHING FROM NOTHING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-01-1972
SAYING
YOU TELL THEM, CABBAGE, YOU'VE GOT THE HEAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-02-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
CHARGE IT UP TO THE DUST AND LET THE RAIN SETTLE IT.
Submitter comment: THIS EXPRESSION MEANS LET THE SITUATION TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-01-1972