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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS CUTE AS A BUG'S EAR.
Submitter comment:
UNUSUALLY ATTRACTIVE. THE EXPRESSION IS OFTEN USED WHEN
REFERRING TO CHILDREN. EXAMPLE: SHE IS AS CUTE AS A
BUG'S EAR.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERBIAL MAXIM
DON'T JUDGE ANOTHER UNTIL YOU HAVE WALKED SIX MOONS IN HIS
MOCCASINS.
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION USUALLY ADMONISHES PEOPLE TO PROLONG THEIR
CRITICAL JUDGMENTS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim V300.533 |
Date learned: 04-02-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS DRUNK AS A LORD.
Submitter comment:
ESPECIALLY INTOXICATED. THE EXPRESSION IS USED WHEN ONE SEES
A PERSON ESPECIALLY INTOXICATED.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-02-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS MEAN AS A SNAKE.
Submitter comment:
UNUSUALLY MEAN.
"YOU ARE AS MEAN AS A SNAKE."
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-02-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS PLAIN AS THE NOSE ON YOUR FACE.
Submitter comment:
NOTABLY PLAIN; CLEAR IN VIEW.
EXAMPLE: "THAT TREE IS AS PLAIN AS THE NOSE ON YOUR
FACE."
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-01-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS UGLY AS A MUD FENCE.
Submitter comment:
ESPECIALLY UNATTRACTIVE. EXAMPLE: "SHE IS AS UGLY AS A
MUD FENCE."
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-29-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS WILD AS A MARCH HARE.
Submitter comment:
EXTREMELY UNRULY. THE EXPRESSION CAN REFER TO A DAY WITH
ROUGH WEATHER OR TO ANY ACTION OR PERSON WHICH APPEARS
IN CHAOS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 04-29-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A WATCHED POT NEVER BOILS.
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION MEANS THAT WHEN CAUTION IS EXERCISED THAT THINGS
ARE WELL-CONTROLLED.
Data entry tech comment:
THIS IS AN UNUSUAL VARIATION OF THE MORE COMMON MEANING: PAYING
TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO SOMETHING WE ARE WAITING FOR TO HAPPEN
WILL MAKE THE TIME DRAG ON ENDLESSLY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-02-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
IF YOU LIE DOWN WITH DOGS, YOU GET UP WITH FLEAS.
Submitter comment:
YOU PICK UP THE HABITS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PEOPLE YOU
ASSOCIATE WITH.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-02-1972
BELIEF
THERE WILL BE A BIG CHANGE IN WEATHER WHEN THE TELEPHONE POLES AND LINES BEGIN TO BUZZ.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 03-28-1972
DEWBERRY WINTER
DEWBERRY WINTER--THE SECOND COOL SPELL OF SPRING; APPROXIMATELY THE TIME THAT THE DEWBERRIES START APPEARING ON THE GROUND.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
DOGWOOD WINTER
DOGWOOD WINTER--THE FIRST COOL SPELL OF SPRING; APPROXIMATELY WHEN THE DOGWOOD TREES BLOOM.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 04-15-1972
BLACKBERRY WINTER
BLACKBERRY WINTER--THE THIRD COOL SPELL OF SPRING; APPROXIMATELY THE TIME THAT BLACKBERRIES APPEAR.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 04-15-1972
WHIPPERWHILL WINTER
WHIPPERWHILL [SIC; WHIP-POOR-WILL] WINTER--THE FOURTH COOL SPELL OF WINTER AND USUALLY THE LAST; APPEARS WHEN THE WHIPPERWHILLS BEGIN SINGING.
Data entry tech comment:
Correct spelling is whip-poor-will.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 04-15-1972
BELIEF
IF MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION, IT WILL GO OUT LIKE A LAMB.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
James Callow comment:
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 04-02-1972
BELIEF
IF THE SUN SETS CLEAR ON FRIDAY, IT WILL STORM BEFORE MONDAY NIGHT.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 04-02-1972
BELIEF
THE TWELVE DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS INDICATE THE WEATHER FOR THE FOLLOWING MONTH. EACH DAY IN ORDER SHOWS THE WEATHER FOR ONE MONTH.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
BELIEF
WHEN FARM ANIMALS ARE UNUSUALLY FRISKY, IT IS A SIGN OF RAIN.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 04-16-1972
BELIEF
IF SOME NIGHT YOU HEAR A CRICKET CHIRPING IN THE HOUSE, LOOK FOR COLD WEATHER SOON.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 04-02-1972
BELIEF
A SPIRIT WILL HAUNT YOU IF YOU STEP ON ITS GRAVE IN THE
CEMETERY.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-15-1972