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PROVERB
A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-24-1969
PROVERB
PRETTY IS AS PRETTY DOES.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-24-1969
PROVERB
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-26-1969
PROVERB
NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
PROVERB
MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-26-1969
PROVERB
LOSERS WEEPERS, FINDERS KEEPERS.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.600 PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
PROVERB
LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
KEEP YOUR SHIRT ON.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
Keyword(s): PATIENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
IT WOULDN'T CUT HOT BUTTER.
Submitter comment: WHEN SPEAKING OF A DULL KNIFE.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
PROVERB: WELLERISM
"IT WON'T BE LONG NOW," SAID THE MONKEY AS THE TRAIN RAN
OVER HIS TAIL.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
IN A COON'S AGE.
Submitter comment: LONG TIME.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-25-1969
PROVERB
IF YOU DON'T LOOK OUT FOR YOURSELF, NOBODY ELSE WILL.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HE'S RAZOR SHARP.
Submitter comment: MEANING SOMEONE IS SMART OR AS SHARP AS RAZOR BLADES.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
PROVERB
HE CAN TURN AROUND ON A DIME.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HE BIT OFF MORE THAN HE COULD CHEW.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HEAD OVER HEELS IN WORK.
Submitter comment: BUSY.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HANDLE WITH CARE--WOMEN AND GLASS.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
GRINNING LIKE A POSSUM.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN