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PROVERB
AS SURE AS SHOOTIN'
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THAT WENT OVER LIKE A HOT POTATOE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): POTATO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THERE'S A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THIS IS A BUNCH OF BULL.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
TILL HELL FREEZES OVER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
WAR IS HELL, HELL.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
WATCH OUT FOR FALLING ROCK, HE'S BOLDER THAN YOU THINK.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS WHAT YOU SAY WHEN YOU PAST (PASS) THE SIGN ON THE
HIGHWAY THAT SAYS "WATCH FOR FALLING ROCK" OR "FALLEN ROCK
ZONE." FIRST YOU READ THE SIGN OUT LOUD, THEN SAY "WATCH
OUT . . . ." AND THEN LAUGH REAL LOUD. EVERYBODY ELSE
GOES "OHHHHH." GIVEN TO ME BY LYNN FISHER, WHEN SHE WAS
NINE YEARS OLD, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, 1968 SUMMER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-00-1968
PROVERB
YOU BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
YOUR ASS IS GRASS AND I'M A LAWN MOWER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR: STICKY SITUATION
YOU'LL BE UP SALT RIVER FOR SURE.
Submitter comment:
SAID BY NEIGHBOR, MRS. FLOYD SHRADER, IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,
1945-1972 TO EXPRESS THAT SOMEONE WAS LOST, OR THAT THEY
COULDN'T GET OUT OF A PARTICULAR SITUATION WITHOUT A LOT OF
TROUBLE. SHE SAID THAT HENRY CLAY WENT UP SALT RIVER IN
KENTUCKY TO CAMPAIGN AND GOT LOST UP THERE AND COULDN'T FIND
HIS WAY OUT. MRS. SHRADER WAS FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. BUT LIVED
IN LOUISVILLE, WHERE HER HUSBAND WAS WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS
IN THE GROUND WATER DIVISION.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): STICKY SITUATION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
YOU CAN CATCH MORE FLIES WITH HONEY THAN YOU CAN WITH VINEGAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT HER MOTHER AND TWO AUNTS SAID THIS TO HER
WHEN SHE WAS GROWING UP IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY DURING THE 1940S.
THEY MEANT THAT SHE WOULD GET WHAT SHE WANTED BY BEING PLEASANT,
RATHER THAN BEING MEAN. THEY ALSO MEANT THAT SHE COULD GET PEOPLE
TO DO WHAT SHE WANTED TO BY TREATING THEM IN A NICE WAY. THE
INFORMANT ALSO SAID THAT SHE HEARD THIS FROM A DISTANT COUSIN,
MRS. MINERVA REED, "COUSIN MINERVA," WHO WAS FROM RICHMOND,
KENTUCKY, IN 1968.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE ; RICHMOND
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001940 CA ; 00-00-1968
BELIEF
NEVER TAKE A THIRD LIGHT FOR A CIGARETTE IT MEANS A PARTING.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 06-24-1973
BELIEF
SADNESS WILL DESCEND ON YOUR HOME IF YOU TAKE MAY BLOSSOMS INTO
A ROOM.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 06-24-1973
BELIEF
DON'T THANK PERSONS WHO GIVE YOU PLANTS OR FLOWERS. IF YOU DO,
THE PLANTS OR FLOWERS WILL DIE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 06-24-1973
BELIEF
IF ALL THE BREAD ON A PLATE IS EATEN, THE NEXT DAY WILL BE FAIR.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 06-24-1973
BELIEF
PEARLS MEAN TEARS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 06-24-1973
BELIEF
IF YOU GO TO BED LAUGHING, YOU WILL GET UP CRYING.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 06-24-1973
BELIEF
PUT A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE UNDER YOUR PILLOW AND YOU'LL DREAM
OF THE PERSON YOU WILL MARRY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 06-24-1973
BELIEF
IT'S BAD LUCK TO SING AT THE TABLE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-24-1973