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PROVERB
IT'S AS HIGH AS A GEORGIA PINE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
SAYING
IT'S AS DARK AS EGYPT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERB
I'M SO LOW I HAVE TO LOOK UP TO SEE DOWN.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-16-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
I'M SO HUNGRY I COULD EAT A MULE'S ASS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-14-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
I'M SO HUNGRY I CAN SEE BOWLEGGED BISCUITS WALKING
ON CRUTCHES!
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-14-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
I'M SO HUNGRY I COULD EAT A SOW AND SEVEN PIGS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-14-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
I'M GOING TO STICK TO YOU LIKE WHITE ON ICE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-26-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
I'LL JUMP ON YOU SO FAST, LIKE A DUCK ON A JUNE BUG.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-26-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT SINCE HECTOR WAS A PUP!
Submitter comment:
NOT A FAMILY PET--JUST A SAYING STRESSING A LONGEVITY
OF TIME.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-19-1972
PROVERB
IF YOU PUT NOTHING INTO YOUR PURSE, YOU WON'T BE ABLE
TO TAKE ANYTHING OUT.
Submitter comment:
TO ME THIS MEANS YOU SHOULD STORE UP SOME OF THE GOOD
THINGS WHICH YOU LIKE FOR FUTURE USE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
IF YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING NICE ABOUT SOMEONE, DON'T SAY
ANYTHING AT ALL.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERB
IF WISHES WERE HORSES, THEN BEGGARS WOULD RIDE.
Submitter comment: THIS MEANS WISHING FOR SOMETHING NEVER DOES ANY GOOD.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
PROVERB
IF HIS WORD WERE A BRIDGE, I'D BE AFRAID TO CROSS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-03-1970
SAYING
IF A PERSON IS BEING CATTY, PEOPLE USED TO SAY, "PUT HER
MILK IN A SAUCER!"
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
IF A MAN CAN'T LOVE A DOG, HE CAN'T LOVE A HUMAN.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
I'D RECOGNIZE THAT VOICE IN DARKEST AFRICA.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
I'D RATHER BE AN OLD MAN'S DARLING (THAN) A
YOUNG MAN'S FOOL.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-16-1972
A PREGNANT WOMAN SHOULD NOT LAUGH AT ANY DEFORMED PERSON
OR HER UNBORN CHILD WILL HAVE THE SAME DEFORMITY.
Where learned: ALABAMA, ASSUMED ; HUNTSVILLE
Date learned: 06-20-1972
IF THE SUN SHINES WHILE IT IS RAINING, THE DEVIL IS WHIPPING
HIS WIFE WITH A RIN PAN.
Where learned: ALABAMA, ASSUMED ; HUNTSVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): DEVIL BEATING HIS WIFE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
NOT GIVEN
I DON'T KNOW HIM FROM A SACK OF SALT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-00-1972