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IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, HE'LL BRING YOU BAD LUCK.
TO AVOID THIS, GO BACK TO YOUR STARTING POINT OF THE JOURNEY
AND BEGIN AGAIN.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color
BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals
BELIEF -- Conversions Animals

Date learned: 06-15-1973

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ALWAYS LEAVE A HOUSE BY DOOR YOU ENTERED THROUGH OR YOU WILL
BRING BAD LUCK TO YOURSELF AND YOUR HOSTESS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel

Date learned: 06-15-1973

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IF YOU SPILL SALT, THROW IT OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER TO KEEP
FROM HAVING BAD LUCK.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Mineral
BELIEF -- Conversions Food and drink

Date learned: 06-15-1973

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IF YOU OPEN AN UMBRELLA INSIDE THE HOUSE, IT WILL RAIN.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Human condition and activities
BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon

Date learned: 06-15-1973

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NOT GIVEN

BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED PAPERHANGER.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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LIKE A FROG AFTER A JUNEBUG.

Submitter comment: USED TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE'S POSITIVE RESPONSE TO SOMETHING
OR ACTUAL PHYSICAL PURSUIT OF SOMETHING.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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GRINNING LIKE A POSSUM EATING BUMBLEBEES.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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HAPPY AS A MULE EATING BRIARS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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IF IT WASN'T FOR HIS (HER) ADAM'S APPLE, HE (SHE)
WOULDN'T HAVE ANY SHAPE AT ALL.

Submitter comment: USED TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE WHO IS THIN (HUMOROUSLY).

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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IT'S BETTER TO CHEAT THAN TO REPEAT.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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LOOKS LIKE DEATH EATING A CRACKER.

Submitter comment: USED TO DESCRIBE A PERSON (USUALLY HUMOROUSLY).

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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LOOKS LIKE DEATH WARMED OVER.

Submitter comment: USED TO DESCRIBE A PERSON WITH SICKLY APPEARANCE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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NERVOUS AS A LONG-TAILED CAT IN A ROOM FULL OF
ROCKING CHAIRS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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NERVOUS AS A WET CAT IN A DOG POUND.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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NO MORE THAN A SNAKE HAS HIPS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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LIKE A PEAVINE GROWING THROUGH A CYCLONE FENCE.

Submitter comment: TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING VERY ENTANGLED.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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SLICKER THAN DEER GUTS ON A DOORKNOB.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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SAYING: AGGRAVATION

HE (SHE) COULD MAKE A BULLDOG CLIMB A PLATE GLASS WINDOW.

Submitter comment: USED TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE WHO IS AGGRAVATING OR ANNOYING.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Keyword(s): AGGRAVATION ANNOYANCE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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SAYING: DESTRUCTIVENESS

HE (SHE) COULD TEAR UP A RAILROAD WITH A TACKHAMMER.

Submitter comment: USED TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE WHO IS DESTRUCTIVE OR CLUMSY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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SAYING: THIN-NESS

HAS TO DANCE AROUND IN THE SHOWER TO GET WET.

Submitter comment: USED TO HUMOROUSLY DESCRIBE SOMEONE WHO IS THIN.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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