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PREDICTION OF DEATH
IF YOU SET OUT A CEDAR TREE, YOU WILL DIE WHEN IT GETS LARGE ENOUGH
TO SHADE YOUR GRAVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
James Callow Keyword(s): SIZE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of space: distance, height, depth |
PROVERB
TIME AND TIDE WAIT FOR NO MAN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
LOOKS
YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'VE BEEN BEATEN WITH AN UGLY STICK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
WHISTLING GIRL
A WHISTLING GIRL AND A CROWING HEN WILL COME TO NO
GOOD END.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-18-1968
AGE
TOO OLD TO CUT THE MUSTARD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
TIGHT
TIGHT AS A TICK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
STUPID QUESTION
A STUPID QUESTION DESERVES A STUPID ANSWER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
NOT GIVEN
STILL WATER RUNS DEEP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
COLD
SO COLD ALL HELL FROZE OVER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
COMFORT
AS SNUG AS A BUG IN A RUG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
SLOW
AS SLOW AS MOLASSES IN DECEMBER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
SLOW
SLOW AS A TURTLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
SLOW
AS SLOW AS A SNAIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
SLOW
SLOW AS CHRISTMAS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-07-1968
SLICK
SLICK AS OWL'S GREASE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
SLICK
AS SLICK AS GLASS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
Keyword(s): SLIPPERY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
QUIETNESS
AS QUIET AS A MOUSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
SPEED
QUICK AS LIGHTENING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
Keyword(s): LIGHTNING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
NOT GIVEN
AS QUICK AS GREASED LIGHTNING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
Keyword(s): SPEED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
NOT GIVEN
QUICK AS A FLASH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-06-1968