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PROVERB
BEER ON WHISKEY MIGHTY RISKY,
WHISKEY ON BEER NEVER FEAR.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
CLEAN AS A WHISTLE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
COLD DAY IN HELL.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU.
Data entry tech comment:
MATTHEW 7:12--IN EVERYTHING, DO TO OTHERS WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE
THEM DO TO YOU, FOR THIS SUMS UP THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BLASON POPULAIRE
EAST IS EAST AND WEST IS WEST AND NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THE FUTURE LIES IN YOUR HANDS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GOING UP SALT RIVER
"HE'S GONE UP SALT RIVER"
Submitter comment:
WHILE LIVING IN THE AREA NEAR LOUISVILLE AND FORT KNOX,
KENTUCKY, I HEARD SEVERAL PEOPLE USE THE EXPRESSION,
WHEN REFERRING TO THE DEFEAT OF A CANDIDATE FOR PUBLIC
OFFICE. ONE LADY, A LONGTIME KENTUCKY RESIDENT, TOLD ME
IT REFERRED TO THE FACT THAT YEARS AGO SETTLEMENTS ON THE
SALT RIVER, WHICH EMPTIES INTO THE OHIO (RIVER) SOUTH OF
LOUISVILLE, WERE CONSIDERED ABOUT AS FAR OUT OF THE WAY AS
ONE COULD GO.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; FORT KNOX ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HEAR NO EVIL, SEE NO EVIL, AND SPEAK NO EVIL.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED, TRY, TRY AGAIN.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
IF YOU CAN NOT AFFORD CHICKEN, HERRING WILL DO.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL MAXIM
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PLEASANT TO SAY, DON'T SAY
ANYTHING AT ALL.
Submitter comment:
SAID BY THE INFORMANT WHEN TELLING HER CHILDREN TO BE NICE,
TO BE AGREEABLE TO OTHER PEOPLE. THE INFORMANT SAID THAT
SHE LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER AND AUNT WHEN SHE WAS GROWING
UP IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY DURING THE 1940'S. SHE ALSO
REPORTED THAT IT WAS ALWAYS SAID IN A PLEASANT TONE OF VOICE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001940 CA
PROVERB
IT'LL BE A SNOWY DAY IN JUNE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
(IT'LL) TWILL NEVER BE NOTICED ON A GALLOPING HORSE.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS SAID TO SOMEONE WHO IS WORRYING ABOUT A MINOR
DETAIL OF HIS (OR HER) DRESS, TO ENCOURAGE THEM NOT TO
WORRY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T MATTER. IT IS ALSO
SAID TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO HURRY UP AND GET READY TO GO,
THAT THE SMALL DETAIL SHOULDN'T MAKE HIM OR HER SO
ANXIOUS. THIS WAS SAID MANY TIMES BY THE MOTHER AND
AUNTS OF THE INFORMANT WHEN GROWING UP IN LOUISVILLE,
KENTUCKY 1930-1950, AND THEY STILL SAY IT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; TENNESSEE ; LEBANON ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU KNOW BUT WHO YOU ARE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU SAY BUT HOW YOU SAY IT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
A JOB WELL DONE NEED NOT BE DONE AGAIN.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN