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WEATHER PREDICTION--THICKNESS OF OUTSIDE SKIN OF ONION.
Submitter comment: THIS BELIEF IS STILL HELD. PEOPLE WILL SEND IN THEIR
Where learned: BUFFALO ; TENNESSEE ; LEBANON ; NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL MAXIM
IF YOU CAN'T SAY SOMETHING NICE, DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL.
Submitter comment:
A SAYING THAT THE INFORMANT WOULD REPEAT WHEN ADMONISHING
HER CHILDREN ABOUT BEING POLITE AND KIND TO OTHER PEOPLE.
THE INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER, WHEN GROWING UP
IN NELSON COUNTY, NEAR BARDSTOWN, KENTUCKY ABOUT 1920.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMPARISON
(IT'LL) TWILL NEVER BE NOTICED ON A GALLOPING HORSE.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS SAID TO SOMEONE WHO IS WORRYING ABOUT A MINOR
DETAIL OF HIS (OR HER) DRESS, TO ENCOURAGE THEM NOT TO
WORRY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T MATTER. IT IS ALSO
SAID TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO HURRY UP AND GET READY TO GO,
THAT THE SMALL DETAIL SHOULDN'T MAKE HIM OR HER SO
ANXIOUS. THIS WAS SAID MANY TIMES BY THE MOTHER AND
AUNTS OF THE INFORMANT WHEN GROWING UP IN LOUISVILLE,
KENTUCKY 1930-1950, AND THEY STILL SAY IT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; TENNESSEE ; LEBANON ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
TIGHTER THAN DICK'S HATBAND.
Submitter comment:
SAID BY MR. FRED MAGGART OF LEBANON, TENNESSEE IN FALL 1970
TO DESCRIBE THE TIGHT MONEY SITUATION. MR. MAGGART WAS
PRESIDENT OF THE LEBANON BANK, LEBANON, TENNESSEE. HE DID
NOT KNOW ANYMORE ABOUT THE EXPRESSION EXCEPT HE HAD HEARD
AND USED IT ALL HIS LIFE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-00-1970
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
WASTE NOT, WANT NOT.
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION WAS USED WHEN THE FAMILY WAS CLEANING UP
DEBRIS FROM A LARGE CEDAR TREE THAT FELL DURING A STORM.
THE FATHER WAS CUTTING OFF THE BRANCHES WITH A POWER SAW,
AND THEN CUTTING UP THE BRANCH FOR FIREWOOD. THE CHILDREN
WERE TAKING THE SMALL BRANCHES TO THE FIRE TO BURN THEM.
A QUESTION AROSE AS TO WHAT SIZE WAS BIG ENOUGH TO SAVE;
THE MOTHER ADMONISHED THE DAUGHTER NOT TO BURN THE BRANCH,
THAT IT WAS TOO BIG AND COULD BE USED. THE DAUGHTER LOOKED
AROUND AT ALL THE BRANCHES AND LIMBS THAT FILLED THE SIDE
YARD AND SAID, "WE'VE GOT PLENTY," AND THE MOTHER REPLIED,
"WASTE NOT, WANT NOT." APRIL 1972--MY FAMILY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR: DON'T DAWDLE
SHIT OR GET OFF THE POT.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS SAID BY A MAN WHO WAS TRYING TO GET SOMEONE ELSE TO MAKE
UP HIS MIND ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO GO DOWNTOWN. OVERHEARD IN
LEBANON, TENNESSEE, SAID BY TWO MEN STANDING ON SIDEWALK IN FRONT
OF A GROCERY STORE. WHEN THEY REALIZED THEY HAD BEEN HEARD BY
ME, THEY LOOKED VERY EMBARRASSED AND LAUGHED SHEEPISHLY. THEY
LOOKED 45-50 AGE GROUP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR: LIMITED COMMITMENT
THE LORD WILLING AND THE CREEK DON'T RISE.
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION IS SAID WHEN SOMEONE ASKS YOU IF YOU WILL BE AT A
CERTAIN PLACE IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE. YOU REPLY WITH THIS
EXPRESSION TO SHOW THAT YOU WILL BE THERE IF IT IS IN YOUR POWER
TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, BUT THAT YOU SHOULD REMEMBER THAT EVERYTHING
IS NOT IN YOUR HANDS TO DO. THE INFORMANT HAS HEARD THIS ALL OF
HIS LIFE, WHILE GROWING UP IN PRESTONSBURG, KENTUCKY 1928-1952,
AND IN LEBANON, TENNESSEE DURING THE PAST FOUR YEARS (1972).
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; TENNESSEE ; LEBANON ; PRESTONSBURG
Keyword(s): LIMITS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR: SPEED
FASTER THAN YOU CAN SAY "JACK ROBINSON."
Submitter comment:
EXPRESSION I HAVE HEARD ALL MY LIFE, BUT NOT SO MUCH NOW FROM
YOUNGER PEOPLE. IT MEANT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY,
OR LASTED ONLY A VERY SHORT TIME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON
Keyword(s): SPEED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
CUSTOM
TO SHOW RESPECT FOR THE DEAD, STOP THE CLOCKS AND COVER THE
MIRRORS AT THE TIME OF THE DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
BELIEF
TALK TO A "GRANDDADDY" (SPIDER). SAY, "GRANDDADDY, GRANDDADDY,
WHICH AWAY'S THE COWS?" HE WILL POINT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
BELIEF
YOU CAN CALL A DOODLEBUG OUT OF THE GROUND BY LEANING OVER HIS
HOLE (WHICH LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE AN ANTHILL WITH A HOLE IN THE
MIDDLE) AND CHANTING, "DOODLEBUG, DOODLEBUG, COME HOME. THE
HOUSE HAS BURNED DOWN, THE CHILDREN ALL GONE. DODDLEBUG COME
HOME."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
BELIEF
WHEN YOU SEE A REDBIRD, YOU SHOULD THROW IT A KISS AND MAKE A
WISH. THE WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CURE FOR COUGH
TWO CUPS OF WHISKEY, A CUP OF HONEY, AND TWO OUNCES OF PAREGORIC
BOILED TOGETHER MAKE AN EXCELLENT COUGH SYRUP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CURE FOR STOMACHACHE
BRING MILK TO A SIMMER, ADD ONE TEASPOON OF NUTMEG AND ENOUGH
SUGAR TO FLAVOR. DRINK AS HOT AS YOU CAN STAND IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CURE FOR COUGH
DISSOLVE ROCK CANDY IN WHISKEY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CURE FOR COLITIS
BOIL DOWN ROOTS OF GOLDENROD TO MAKE A TEA.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
PREVENTIVE
TOUCHING YOUR TONGUE TO TURPENTINE WILL WARD OFF ANY COMMUNICABLE
DISEASE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CURE
CHEW CALAMUS ROOT FOR UPSET STOMACH OR INDIGESTION.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CURE FOR HICCUPS
DRINK NINE SWALLOWS OF WATER WITHOUT GETTING YOUR BREATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 06-17-1972