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DO NOT EAT WILD RABBITS UNLESS THE MONTH HAS AN "R" IN THE
SPELLING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-25-1973
IF YOU ARE TELLING A STORY TO A GROUP AND YOU BUMP YOUR HEAD,
WHILE LEANING BACK IN A COUNTRY STORE CHAIR, YOU HAVE TOLD A
LIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-25-1973
IF YOU SIN BEFORE BREAKFAST, YOU WILL CRY BEFORE NIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-25-1973
IF YOU HAVE A MOLE ON YOUR NECK, YOU WILL HAVE MONEY BY THE
PECK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-25-1973
EVERY NAIL YOU NAIL ON SUNDAY, YOU WILL PULL IT OUT BY YOUR
TEETH ON JUDGEMENT DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-25-1973
PEAS PORRIDGE HOT,
PEAS PORRIDGE COLD,
PEAS PORRIDGE IN THE POT
NINE DAYS OLD.
Where learned: OHIO ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; BRYAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-16-1973
NOT GIVEN
ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN.
Submitter comment:
AN EXPRESSION USUALLY SAID JUST AFTER SOMEONE HAS HAD A
MINOR ACCIDENT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
Submitter comment:
WHAT YOU DO MAY SAY MORE ABOUT YOU THAN YOUR WORDS.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU SAY, IT'S WHAT YOU DO THAT
COUNTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ALL DRESSED UP
ALL DRESSED UP LIKE MRS. ASTER'S PRIZE HORSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
PROVERB
ALL HER TASTE'S IN HER MOUTH.
Submitter comment: POOR TASTE IN DRESS, DECOR, ETC.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
PROVERB
ALL MEN CAN'T BE MASTERS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
ALL PEACH BUTTER AND AXEL GREASE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
ALRIGHT . . . YOU SHALL MIND.
Submitter comment:
EXAMPLE: PARENTS ASK CHILD TO TURN OFF T.V. AND GO TO
BED. CHILD CONTINUES TO WATCH TELEVISION. MOTHER SAYS,
"ALRIGHT, JUST SET THERE AND WATCH T.V., YOU SHALL MIND!"
USED OFTEN BY MY MOTHER!
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
APPEARANCES ARE DECEIVING.
LOOKS ARE DECEIVING.
Submitter comment: ALSO SAID:
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A SAYING
AS NERVOUS AS A TOMCAT IN A ROOM FULL OF ROCKIN' CHAIRS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
SAYING
AS NERVOUS AS A WHORE IN CHURCH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-02-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS THE CROW FLIES.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED IN REFERRING TO DIRECTION, A STRAIGHT LINE
FROM ONE SPOT TO ANOTHER. EXAMPLE: IT'S 200 MILES
AS THE CROW FLIES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
HE'S AS BAD OFF AS A ONE-LEGGED MAN AT A RUMP KICKING
CONTEST.
Submitter comment:
HEARD FROM 70-YEAR-OLD SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IN
NORTH GEORGIA.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-20-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
BEAUTY IS AS BEAUTY DOES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB--BEAUTY
BEAUTY IS AS BEAUTY DOES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-10-1969