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PROVERB
HE'S AS LIMBER AS A DISHRAG.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERB
HE IS A IRISH AS PATTY'S PIG.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERB
HE HASN'T GOT THE SENSE THE LORD PROMISED A GREEN APPLE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
SAYING
HE HASN'T GOT THE SENSE GOD GAVE A GOOSE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
HASTE MAKES WASTE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMMON EXPRESSION
FREEZE THE TAIL OFF A BRASS MONKEY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-11-1969
NOT GIVEN
FREE AS A BIRD.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HIS EYES LOOK LIKE TWO BURNT HOLES IN A BLANKET.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
WELLERISM
"EVERYONE TO HIS OWN NOTION," SAID THE LADY AS SHE KISSED
THE CALF.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 06-21-1972
PROVERB
DRIVING TO THE POOR HOUSE IN A CADILLAC.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
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
WEATHERLORE--FROST
FALL BUGS BEGIN TO CHIRP SIX WEEKS BEFORE THE FIRST
FROST OF THE SEASON
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time AutumnFall |
Date learned: 00001969 ASSUMED
WEATHERLORE--INDIAN SUMMER
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE INDIAN SUMMER IN THE FALL
SEASON, IT WILL COME IN THE WINTER.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter BELIEF -- Measure of time AutumnFall |
Date learned: 00001969 ASSUMED
WEATHERLORE--FOG AND FROST
IF THERE IS CONTINUED FOG, FROST WILL SOON FOLLOW.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00001969 ASSUMED
WEATHERLORE--RAIN
IF THE CORNS ON YOUR FEET BEGIN TO ACHE, RAIN
WILL COME SOON.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00001969 ASSUMED
WORD ORIGINS
HOW 'BOUT THE WORD HUNCH--YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU HAVE A
HUNCH SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN. WELL, A LONG TIME
AGO THEY THOUGHT THAT DEFORMED PEOPLE HAD A SPECIAL
CONNECTION WITH THE SPIRITUAL WORLD. AND SUCH A PERSON
WAS LIKELY TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE A HUMP OR HUNCH ON
HIS BACK. SINCE THESE PEOPLE COULD SUPPOSEDLY LOOK
INTO THE FUTURE, ANYBODY NOW WHO HAS LITTLE FLASHES
OF INSIGHT HAS A "HUNCH."
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Prophet / Seer / Soothsayer BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
WISHING STORY
THERE'S A LITTLE RHYME ABOUT WISHES:
STARLIGHT, STAR BRIGHT,
FIRST STAR I SEE TONIGHT,
WISH I MAY, WISH I MIGHT,
HAVE MY WISH COME TRUE TONIGHT.
IF YOU WISHED ON THE FIRST STAR YOU SAW, AND DIDN'T
TELL ANYONE YOUR WISH, THEN IT WOULD COME TRUE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): APOSTROPHIE ; INTERNAL RHYME
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Star |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
DO YOU KNOW WHERE TIPPING CAME FROM? WELL, IN ENGLAND
A LONG TIME AGO, THEY HAD A PLATE BY THE DOORS OF
RESTAURANTS AND AS PEOPLE WENT IN, THEY PUT MONEY
IN IT TO INSURE PROMPTNESS. THE PEOPLE WHO PUT THE
MOST MONEY IN GOT THE BEST AND QUICKEST SERVICE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): TO INSURE PROMPTNESS--INITIALS=TIP
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: 08-06-1968