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PROVERB
DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERB
DON'T BUY MOONSHINE FROM SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T DRINK HIS
OWN BREW.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
PROVERB
CUT THE CRAP OUT!
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
CROOKED AS A DOG'S HIND LEG.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
COOL AS A MOOSE'S TIT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-27-1969
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
COOL AS A MOOSE'S ASS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-27-1969
PROVERBIAL SAYING
CAN'T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-27-1972
BLASON POPULAIRE
CAN'T FIGHT YOUR WAY OUT OF A PAPER BAG.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
TO BE BRIGHT-EYED AND BUSHY-TAILED.
Submitter comment: TO FEEL GREAT AND READY FOR ANYTHING.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-22-1972
PROVERB: BLASON POPULAIRE
THE BIGGER THEY ARE,
THE HARDER THEY FALL.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 06-27-1972
PROVERB
BEWARE OF THE MAN WHOSE BIBLE HAS DIRTY PAGES.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-06-1969
PROVERB
BETTER TO ASK THE WAY TEN TIMES, THAN TO GO ASTRAY ONCE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-02-1970
NOT GIVEN
BEER ON WHISKEY, RISKY,
WHISKEY ON BEER, NEVER FEAR.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A VERSE THAT HELPS ONE TO KNOW NOT TO DRINK WHISKEY
AND THEN TO DRINK BEER OR HE WILL GET DRUNK. HOWEVER, THE
PERSON WILL NOT GET DRUNK IF HE DRINKS BEER FIRST AND THEN
DRINKS WHISKEY. (WHISKEY INCLUDES ANY TYPE OF LIQUORS.)
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM MAXIM
BEER ON TOP OF WHISKEY
MIGHTY RISKY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
A BAD START MAKES A GOOD ENDING.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
A CERTAIN PROFESSOR AT VANDERBILT WAS HABITUALLY INTOXICATED.
ON MANY OCCASIIONS, AFTER THE STUDENTS HAD COME IN FOR CLASS
AND HAD BEEN WAITING FIVE OR TEN MINUTES, THIS PROFESSOR WOULD
RAISE HIMSELF UP FROM BEHIND THE DESK AND SAY: "CLASH DISH-
MISHED!"
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Man CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage |
Date learned: 02-06-1972
HAVE YOU GOT THE THING ABOUT THE GROUNDHOG? WELL, ON
FEBRUARY 2, EVERY YEAR A GROUNDHOG IS SUPPOSED TO COME UP OUT
OF HIS HOLE, AND IF HE DOESN'T SEE HIS SHADOW, THEN WE'VE
GOT SOME MORE WINTER LEFT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February 2 Candlemas Groundhog Day BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
WHENEVER YOU LOSE AN EYELASH, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PUT IT BETWEEN
YOUR THUMB AND FOREFINGER AND THEN GUESS WHERE IT WILL BE
WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR FINGERS. IF YOU GUESS "THUMB" AND IT'S
THERE, THEN YOUR BOYFRIEND IS SUPPOSED TO REALLY LOVE YOU.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of object for determining true love |
Date learned: 08-07-1968
REMMEBER HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE A WISH AND KEEP IT TO
YOURSELF ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, AND IF YOU BLOW ALL THE CANDLES
OUT ON YOUR CAKE, THEN IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Maturity BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 08-07-1968
DID YOU KNOW THAT MOVIE STARS HID A PENNY IN THE DRESSING ROOMS
AND IF THE NEXT PERSON WHO USES THE DRESSING ROOM FINDS THE
PENNY, THEN HE WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK IN HIS NEXT PICTURE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- D000 BELIEF -- Measure of quality BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: 07-23-1968