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GIVING SOMEBODY TWO FORKS AT A DINNER TABLE MEANS COMPANY
IS COMING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 10-03-1973
A BIRD HITTING YOUR WINDOW MEANS DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-03-1973
SIGN OF A HOWLING DOG MEANS DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-03-1973
THE ONLY BAD LUCK YOU GET FROM BREAKING A MIRROR IS THAT
IT COST (S) MONEY TO REPLACE IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: 10-03-1973
NEVER OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN A HOUSE, IT'S BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 10-03-1973
IF YOU FIND A PENNY, PICK IT UP AND ALL THE DAY YOU'LL
HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.881 BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
SAYING
MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS SAID, "I'D TRADE WITH THE DEVIL IF HE
HAD WHAT I WANTED."
Submitter comment:
MARGARET PREFACED ALL HER GRANDMOTHER DYER'S SAYINGS THIS
WAY--HER GRANDMOTHER WAS A CHARACTER. WHEN SOMEONE SAID,
"WELL, I DON'T THINK I'LL GO TO THAT STORE," HER GRANDMOTHER
WOULD RETORT WITH THIS SAYING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREEN HILLS ; CAIN SLOAN DEPARTMENT STORE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-08-1964
SAYING
MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS SAID, "IF I EVER GET HYDROPHOBIA,
I HAVE A LONG LIST OF PEOPLE I WANT TO GO OUT AND BITE."
Submitter comment:
MARGARET'S GRANDMOTHER DYER WAS A CHARACTER AND THIS
POINTS IT OUT. THIS COULD PROBABLY BE TRUE OF MARGARET
AND HER FATHER TOO--IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREEN HILLS ; CAIN SLOAN DEPARTMENT STORE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
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 |
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