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BELIEF: WEATHER
RED SKY AT NIGHT, SAILOR'S DELIGHT.
RED SKY IN MORNING, SAILOR'S WARNING.
Submitter comment:
RED SKY AT NIGHT MEANS FAIR WEATHER THE NEXT DAY, BUT A RED SKY IN
THE MORNING INDICATES BAD WEATHER FOR THAT DAY.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 02-27-1969
CUSTOM
WHEN YOU ARE A CHILD AND LOSE A TOOTH, YOU PUT IT UNDER YOUR
PILLOW THAT NIGHT. THE TOOTH FAIRY COMES AND SWAPS MONEY
FOR THE TOOTH.
Submitter comment: MY PARENTS DID THIS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
BELIEF-PROVERB
GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE ; GEORGE PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of quantity or weight PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-24-1969
CUSTOM
IF YOU EAT BLACK-EYED PEAS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY THSI WILL
BRING YOU LUCK THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 03-24-1969
SAYING
THAT'S ENOUGH TO MAKE A PREACHER CUSS.
Submitter comment: RESPONSE WHEN YOU ARE ANGRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-22-1969
SAYING
PAY THROUGH YOUR TEETH FOR IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
SAYING
LIGHTENING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-02-1969
SAYING: EXPLETIVE
JUMPING JEHOVA-SPLAT!
Submitter comment: RESPONSE TO SOMETHING UNEXPECTED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-27-1969
SAYING
DAY HELL FREEZES OVER.
Submitter comment:
SAYING THAT MEANS YOU HAVE NO FAITH THAT WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD
WILL HAPPEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-22-1969
SAYING
LAW-SE MERCY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-27-1969
SAYING
WELL, BUST MY BREACHES.
Submitter comment: RESPONSE TO SOMETHING THAT HAS SURPRISED YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-27-1969
SAYING
THIRD TIME IS CHARM.
Submitter comment:
MEANS THE THIRD TIME YOU TRY SOMETHING, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK
AND SUCCEED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-27-1969
SAYING
CAN I TAKE A RAIN CHECK ON THAT?
Submitter comment:
MEANS--I CAN NOT ACCEPT YOUR PRESENT INVITATION, WOULD YOU
EXTEND ANOTHER ONE?
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-12-1969
SAYING
I'LL BE A MONKEY'S UNCLE.
Submitter comment:
SAYING USED WHEN YOU HEAR SOMETHING YOU DON'T BELIEVE, OR
SOMETHING THAT SURPRISES YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-12-1969
SAYING
DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH.
Submitter comment:
SAYING INFORMANT ALWAYS USED WHEN SHE GOT REAL EXCITED ABOUT
SOMETHING INDEFINITE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-24-1969
SAYING: HUNGER
I'M SO HUNGRY, I COULD EAT A HORSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
SAYING: FIDGETY
GOT ANTS IN YOUR PANTS.
Submitter comment: MEANS YOU CAN'T SIT STILL AND BEHAVE YOURSELF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-23-1969
SAYING
CUTTING THE APRON STRINGS.
Submitter comment: MEANS GROWING UP AND LEAVING HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-24-1969
POPULAR SAYING: BUSY-NESS
BUSY AS A CAT IN A HOT GRIDDLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-24-1969
SAYING
BUST A GUSSIT.
Submitter comment:
SAYING THAT MEANS YOU ARE SO MAD OR HAPPY THAT YOU ARE ABOUT
TO EXPLODE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-23-1969