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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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FOLK SPEECH
SLIPPERY AS OWL SHIT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SAYING
SMART AS A WHIP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
FOLK SAYING
TIGHT AS THE BARK ON A TREE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-26-1972
FOLK SPEECH
TIRED AS A DOG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SPEECH
TOUGH AS SHIT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SAYING
WET AS A DROWNED RAT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
FOLK SAYING
WISE AS AN OWL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
FOLK SAYING
TROUBLE COMES IN LARGE DOSES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-26-1972
FOLK SAYING
LOUD DOGS NEVER BITE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-26-1972
FOLK SAYING: REPUTATION, CHARACTER BY ASSOCIATION
YOU CAN TELL A MAN BY THE COMPANY HE KEEPS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-26-1972
FOLK SAYING
POLITICS MAKES STRANGE BEDFELLOWS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-26-1972
FOLK SAYING: APPEARANCES
YOU CAN'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
FOLK SAYING: VALUE AND SIZE
PRECIOUS THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of quality PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-26-1972
FOLK SAYING
BEWARE OF THOSE THAT LURK IN THE NIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-26-1972
FOLK SAYING
IDLE GOSSIP MAKES FOR TROUBLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-26-1972
FOLK SAYING: SMALL JOBS
A SHORT HORSE IS EASILY CURRIED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-10-1972
FOLK SAYING
HE GOT BY WITH THE SKIN OF HIS TEETH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-10-1972
SAYING: PUNCTUALITY
MAKE A HABIT OF ALWAYS BEING ON TIME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-10-1972
SAYING
IF ALL FOOLS WORE WHITE CAPS, WE WOULD ALL LOOK LIKE GEESE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-10-1972
SAYING
A WHISTLING GIRL AND A CROWING HEN ALWAYS COME TO SOME BAD END.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-10-1972