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FOLK SAYING: APPEARANCES
BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-20-1972
FOLK SAYING
WASTE NOT, WANT NOT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-20-1972
FOLK SAYING
AFTER THREE DAYS, FISH AND COMPANY SMELL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
Keyword(s): HOSPITALITY UNWELCOME GUESTS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
FOLK SAYING
NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON TROUBLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
FOLK SAYING
HE WHO LAUGHS LAST, LAUGHS LONGEST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
FOLK SAYING
NEVER COUNT YOUR CHICKENS UNTIL THEY ARE HATCHED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
FOLK SAYING
DON'T PUT ALL YOUR EGGS INTO ONE BASKET.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
FOLK SPEECH: EXCUSE
HE'LL BE HOME LATE WITH A FLOWERY TALE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
FOLK SPEECH
HOLD A HIGH HEAD AND A BOOMING TAIL (WHEN SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT
YOU).
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
FOLK SPEECH: GETTING AHEAD
HE'S HEADED THROUGH THE PEA PATCH WITH HIS TAIL OVER HIS BACK.
(HE'S GETTING AHEAD.)
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
FOLK SPEECH: RESPONSIBILITY
HE TOOK THE BIT IN HIS MOUTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
FOLK SAYING: A BIG DINNER
THEY PUT THE BIG POT IN THE LITTLE ONE.
Submitter comment: SAID ABOUT A BIG DINNER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
FOLK SPEECH: FAMILY TIES
BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
FOLK SAYING
YOU CAN'T GET BLOOD OUT OF A TURNIP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
FOLK SAYING: GOSSIP
A DOG THAT WILL BRING A BONE WILL TAKE ONE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
FOLK SAYING
EVERY TUB MUST SET ON ITS OWN BOTTOM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
FOLK SAYING
NEVER A BORROWER NOR A LENDER BE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
FOLK SAYING
A WATCH POT NEVER BOILS.
Data entry tech comment: SHOULD SAY "WATCHED" POT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
FOLK SAYING
WATER SEEKS ITS OWN LEVEL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1972
FOLK SAYING
BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-12-1972