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PROVERB
THAT'S NOT WORTH TWO HOOTS, AND ONE OF THEM HAS ALREADY
HOOTED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): VALUE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-08-1970
FOLK SAYING
(YOU CAN'T) THROWING OUT THE BABY WITH THE DIRTY WATER.
Submitter comment: VARIANT: (YOU CAN'T) THROWING OUT THE BABY WITH THE BATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-31-1969
SAYING
AIN'T NOTHIN' GROWIN' BUT JOHNSON GRASS AND THE CHURCH
OF CHRIST.
Submitter comment:
MRS. YOUNG HEARD THIS PHRASE ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO IN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE. SHE SAYS THAT EVERYBODY BACK HOME (MONTGOMERY
COUNTY) USES THIS PHRASE. I HAD ASKED HER IF SHE KNEW ANY
CLARKSVILLE SAYINGS (THIS WAS ON JULY 25, 1968).
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLARKSVILLE ; ROUTE 3 ; CARDINAL LANE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
GRAVEYARD MARKER
WILLIAM DRIVER / BORN IN SALEM, MASS. MARCH. 17, 1803 /
DIED IN NASHVILLE, TENN. MAR. 3, 1888 / A MASTER MARINER
SAILED TWICE / AROUND THE WORLD, ONCE AROUND AUSTRALIA. /
HE REMOVED THE PITCAIRN PEOPLE FROM / SICKNESS AND DEATH
IN TAHIETI TO THEIR / OWN ISLAND HOME SEPT. 3, 1831. /
THEN 69 IN NUMBER, NOW 1200 SOULS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS THE GRAVE OF WILLIAM DRIVER WHO NAMED THE FLAG
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
GRAVEYARD MARKER
HENRY MIDDLETON RUTLEDGE / ONLY SON OF / EDWARD RUTLEDGE /
SOUTH CAROLINA / A SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE /
BORN IN CHARLESTON / APR. 5, 1775 / DIED JAN. 20, 1844
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
GRAVEYARD MARKER
SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / COL. JOE LEWIS / WHO WAS BORN /
AUGUST 28TH 1760 / HE WAS AN OFFICER OF THE / UNITED STATES /
DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR / AND CONTRIBUTED HIS FULL SHARE /
OF / PATRIOTISM, PRUDENCE & BRAVERY / TOWARDS / THE
INDEPENDENCE OF THIS COUNTRY. / HE COULD (FOUR BLANK WORDS
INDICATED ON 5 X 8 CARD) / AND SET THEM A STRIKING EXAMPLE /
OF THE LIFE / OF A VIRTUEOUS MAN AND A USEFULL CITIZEN /
A FIRM AND PRACTICAL BELIEVER / IN THE DOCTRINES OF REVERED
RELIGIONS / AND WITH UNWAVERING FAITH AND / CHRISTIAN HOPE /
HE DIED ON THE 22ND OF NOVEMBER / ANNO DOMINI / 1816
Submitter comment: DUE TO PATCHING OF THE STONE THE FOUR WORDS IN LINE 14
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
JAMES F. / WARREN / BORN / MAY 25, 1873 / DIED / JUNE 13, 1889
OUR DARLING JIMIE / HAS GONE BEFORE / TO GREET US ON /
THE BLISSFUL SHORE
Data entry tech comment: THERE IS A THREE LINE DIVISION HERE ON 5 X 8 CARD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
GRAVEYARD MARKER
SEVIER / NOBLE AND SUCCESSIVE / DEFENDER OF THE EARLY /
SETTLERS OF TENNESSEE / THE FIRST AND FOR TWELVE / YEARS
GOVERNOR / REPRESENTATIVE IN / CONGRESS. / COMMISSIONER IN
MANY / TREATIES WITH THE / INDIANS. HE SERVED HIS / COUNTRY
FOR FORTY YEARS / FAITHFULLY AND USEFULLY / AND IN THAT
SERVICE DIED / AN ADMIRER OF / PATRIOTISM AND MERIT / UNREQUITED ERECTS THIS
Submitter comment: THIS IS ONLY A MONUMENT TO MR. SEVIER. HIS GRAVE IS IN
Data entry tech comment: THERE IS A 3 LINE DIVISION HERE ON 5 X 8 CARD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN SETTLERS WERE PUSHING INWARD, ONE FAMILY BY THE NAME OF
MOON, SETTLED IN ALBERMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, ALONG THE JAMES
RIVER. AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, THE HOUSE BECAME UNINHABITED, IN
TIME TO BECOME FAMOUS FOR THE MOON GHOST. THERE ON DARK, STORMY
NIGHTS, MANY WEIRD TALES ORIGINATED BY PASSING TRAVELERS.
ONE PERSON WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE IN GHOSTS, DECIDED TO PROVE HIS
POINT. WITH A LAMP AND BOOK, HE SETTLED DOWN FOR A BORING NIGHT.
JUST THEN, A LARGE CAT WALKED INTO THE ROOM. THE CAT ACTED REAL
SOCIABLE, AND JUMPED ON THE TABLE. HE SAID TO THE MAN, "THERE
DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANYONE BUT YOU AND ME HERE TONIGHT." THIS
WAS TOO MUCH FOR THE MAN, SO HE SAID, "IN A MINUTE, THERE WON'T BE
ANYONE HERE BUT YOU."
HE THEN RAN FOR THE DOOR. HE WAS WILLING TO ACCEPT THE MOON
GHOST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
GHOST STORY
THESE TWO GIRLS LIVED IN A ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT. ONE
NIGHT WHEN ONE OF THE GIRLS HAD GONE OUT, THE OTHER WENT
ON TO BED, BUT GOT UP LATER IN THE NIGHT TO GO TO THE
BATHROOM, SHE REACHED DOWN + THE DOG LICKED HER HAND. THE
NEXT MORNING WHEN SHE WENT TO THE BATHROOM SHE FOUND IN
HER HORROR, HER ROOMATE WITH HER THROAT SLIT AND THE DOG
DEAD TOO. ON THE MIRROR WAS WRITTEN IN BLOOD "KILLERS CAN
LICK HANDS, TOO."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
BELIEF
IT IS BAD LUCK TO GO OUT OF A HOUSE BY ANY OTHER DOOR THAN THE ONE
YOU GO IN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HOHENWALD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
BELIEF
IT IS BAD LUCK TO BURN SASSAFRAS WOOD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HOHENWALD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
BELIEF ABOUT WEATHER
WHEN THE CORN HAS REAL HEAVY SHUCKS, IT WILL BE A HARD WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HOHENWALD
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
BELIEF
A ROOSTER THAT CROWS BEFORE 4:00 A.M. WILL BRING BAD LUCK UNLESS
THE ROOSTER IS KILLED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HOHENWALD
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
BELIEF
A WHIPPOORWILL SINGING ON TOP OF A HOUSE IS A SIGN OF DEATH IN THE
FAMILY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HOHENWALD
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
THIS MAN USED TO BEAT HIS HORSE AND HE WOULD MAKE IT WORK HARD
AND WOULDN'T LET IT REST. WHEN THE HORSE GOT OLD, THE MAN
SHOT IT AND JUST LET IT LAY TO DECAY. IF YOU GO BY THE MAN'S
HOUSE YOU CAN SEE THE HORSE WORKING IN THE FIELDS. THEY SAY
THAT THE HORSE CAME BACK TO LIFE AND KILLED HIS MASTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
GRAVEYARD MARKER
TENNESSEE / DAUGHTER OF / WILLIAM BLUNT ROBERTSON / AND
LEADOCIA IRWIN / AND GRAND DAUGHTER OF / GEN. JAMES
ROBERTSON / ONE OF THE EARLIEST SETTLERS OF / TENNESSEE /
BORN AUG 15, 1808: / NEAR NASHVILLE, TENN. / DIED JULY 28,
1857 / IN THE 49TH YEAR OF HER AGE.
Data entry tech comment: THERE IS A DESIGN DENOTING A DIVISION HERE IN THE WORDING
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
GRAVEYARD MARKER
GENL. JAMES ROBERTSON / THE FOUNDER OF NASHVILLE / WAS BORN IN
VIRGINIA / 28TH JUNE 1742 / DIED / 1ST SEPT. 1814
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
WHENEVER A GROUP OF CATS GATHER IN A GRAVEYARD ON THE
NIGHT OF THE NEW MOON, THEY ARE INHABITED FOR THAT NIGHT
BY THE SPIRITS OF THE DEAD. THEY WILL CONVERSE (LOUDLY)
ALL NIGHT LONG, BUT IN THE MORNING THEY WILL BE "ONLY"
CATS AGAIN.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MCKENZIE
Keyword(s): Cats ; Dead ; GHOST ; GRAVEYARD ; Inhabit ; MOON ; New Moon ; SPIRIT ; Tale
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 10-14-1973
INFORMANT'S GRANDMOTHER USED TO GO (TO) THE BARN IN THE
SPRING, GET THREE HORSESHOES, AND NAME ONE THE HAWK, ONE
THE CROW, AND ONE OF THE OWL. UPON RETURNING TO THE HOUSE,
SHE WOULD PITCH THEM INTO THE FIREPLACE, TO KEEP HAWKS,
CROWS, AND OWLS FROM CATCHING THE CHICKENS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MCKENZIE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Fire BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Measure of time Summer BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 07-05-1970