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NOT GIVEN
IF IT WASN'T FOR HIS (HER) ADAM'S APPLE, HE (SHE)
WOULDN'T HAVE ANY SHAPE AT ALL.
Submitter comment: USED TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE WHO IS THIN (HUMOROUSLY).
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
IT'S BETTER TO CHEAT THAN TO REPEAT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
LOOKS LIKE DEATH EATING A CRACKER.
Submitter comment: USED TO DESCRIBE A PERSON (USUALLY HUMOROUSLY).
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
LOOKS LIKE DEATH WARMED OVER.
Submitter comment: USED TO DESCRIBE A PERSON WITH SICKLY APPEARANCE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
NERVOUS AS A LONG-TAILED CAT IN A ROOM FULL OF
ROCKING CHAIRS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
NERVOUS AS A WET CAT IN A DOG POUND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
NO MORE THAN A SNAKE HAS HIPS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
LIKE A PEAVINE GROWING THROUGH A CYCLONE FENCE.
Submitter comment: TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING VERY ENTANGLED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
SLICKER THAN DEER GUTS ON A DOORKNOB.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SAYING: AGGRAVATION
HE (SHE) COULD MAKE A BULLDOG CLIMB A PLATE GLASS WINDOW.
Submitter comment: USED TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE WHO IS AGGRAVATING OR ANNOYING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
Keyword(s): AGGRAVATION ANNOYANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SAYING: DESTRUCTIVENESS
HE (SHE) COULD TEAR UP A RAILROAD WITH A TACKHAMMER.
Submitter comment: USED TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE WHO IS DESTRUCTIVE OR CLUMSY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SAYING: THIN-NESS
HAS TO DANCE AROUND IN THE SHOWER TO GET WET.
Submitter comment: USED TO HUMOROUSLY DESCRIBE SOMEONE WHO IS THIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO DETERMINE A BABY'S SEX
IF THE FETUS IS CARRIED HIGH, IT IS A BOY; CARRIED LOW, A GIRL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
FOR A CUT, PUT THE SKIN FROM THE INSIDE OF AN EGG SHELL ON IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-27-1972
TO GET RID OF A WART
PUT ON A STRING ON A ROCK WHERE YOU NEVER WALK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Surgery |
Date learned: 05-27-1972
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Autograph Rhyme
When distant lands divide us and you no more see me,
Remember 'twas Maude that penned these lines to thee.
Submitter comment:
From autograph book of Mrs. J.E. Moore
Data entry tech comment:
Entry by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; RHYME ; Signature ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Autograph Rhyme
May every blessing God can give bring peace around you while you live
Data entry tech comment:
Entry by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; RHYME ; Signature ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Autograph Rhyme
Remember when you are married and living at your ease-
Remember I am single and doing as I please.
Data entry tech comment:
Entry by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; Married ; RHYME ; Single ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Autograph Rhyme
Remember well and hear in mind that a true friend is hard to find.
But when you find one just and true, change not the old for the new.
Data entry tech comment:
Entry by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; FRIENDSHIP ; RHYME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |