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PROVERB
MEN'S VOWS ARE WOMEN'S TRAITORS.
Submitter comment:
THIS PROBABLY REFERS TO THE COMMON BELIEF THAT WOMEN CAN'T KEEP
VOWS, OR DON'T RESPECT THEM.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-19-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
THE SWEETEST MEAT IS NEXT TO THE BONE.
Submitter comment: SLIM WOMEN MAKE THE BEST LOVERS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): THIN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
TROT MOMMY, TROT DADDY,
DON'T EXPECT THE COLT TO PACE.
Submitter comment:
PROVERB USED TO MEAN THE CHILD CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO DO
ANYTHING BETTER THAN HIS PARENTS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): HEREDITY ENVIRONMENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-21-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
I WOULDN'T KNOW HIM FROM "ADAM'S HOUSE CAT."
Submitter comment: USED TO IMPLY SOMETHING OR SOMEONE TOTALLY UNKOWN.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-20-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
YOU'D NEVER NOTICE IT ON A GALLOPING HORSE.
Submitter comment: USUALLY SPEAKING OF SOME SMALL INSIGNIFICANT ITEM.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PROVERB
AN EMPTY WAGON MAKES THE MOST NOISE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-24-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
THE MORE YOU STIR SHIT, THE WORSE IT STINKS.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER OFTEN QUOTED THE FOLLOWING WHEN PEOPLE WERE DIS-
CUSSING SOME OTHER PERSON'S PERSONAL LIFE OR GOSSIPING. SHE FELT
VERY STRONGLY THAT ONE SHOULD NEVER SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ANOTHER
MEMBER OF THE FAMILY HOWEVER DISTANTLY RELATED.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
WILLFUL WASTE BRINGS WOEFUL WANT.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER WAS A VERY FRUGAL PERSON. SHE WAS GENEROUS WITH WHAT
SHE HAD BUT SHE NEVER COULD STAND TO SEE ANYONE WASTE ANYTHING.
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS SINFUL TO BURN BREAD. SHE PUT PRACTICALLY
EVERYTHING TO USE AS SHE MADE QUILTS, CANNED AND DRIED FRUITS
AND VEGETABLES. DISCARDED CLOTHING THAT WAS NOT FIT TO GIVE
AWAY WAS TORN INTO STRIPS AND CROCHETED INTO RAG RUGS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
YOU WOULD MAKE A BETTER DOOR THAN YOU DO A WINDOW.
Data entry tech comment:
SPOKEN TO SOMEONE WHO IS STANDING BETWEEN YOU AND
SOMETHING YOU ARE TRYING TO SEE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-16-1972
PROVERBIAL APOPTHEGM MAXIM
WISH IN ONE HAND AND SPIT IN THE OTHER,
SEE WHICH ONE GETS FULL THE QUICKEST.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERBIAL MAXIM
WHEN THEY ARE YOUNG THEY STEP ON YOUR TOES;
WHEN THEY ARE OLD THEY STEP ON YOUR HEART.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS SAID BY THE INFORMANT IN TELLING OF THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE WAY CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARE YOUNG AFFECT THE
PARENTS AND THE WAY THEY DO WHEN THEY ARE OLDER. SHE WAS
CONTRASTING THE WAY THAT A PARENT WORRIES AOBUT HIS
CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARE YOUNG AND THE WAY WHEN THEY ARE
OLDER. SHE SAID SHE HAD HEARD THIS VERSE ALL HER LIFE,
(IN) NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, AND EVEN TODAY (1972).
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SAYING
WATCH OUT FOR SNAKES--WHERE THERE'S ONE, THERE'S TWO.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
SAYING
THOMAS EDISON SLEEPS WITH A NIGHT LIGHT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 04-16-1969
PROVERB
A THIEF KNOWS A THIEF AS A WOLF KNOWS A WOLF.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
THAT WENT OVER LIKE A LEAD BALLOON.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
PROVERB
SWEET MEAT WILL HAVE SOUR SAUCE.
Submitter comment: THAT WHICH OFTEN SEEMS TO BE SWEET OR GOOD FOR ONE IS NOT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
SWEEP BEFORE YOUR OWN DOOR.
Submitter comment: IN OTHER WORDS, TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN BUSINESS FIRST.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SLOWER THAN MOLASSES ON A COLD WINTER'S MORNING.
Submitter comment: SEE AXEL, MYRA, V700 FOR VARIANT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERB
SLICK AS A BUTTON.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S BEEN RODE HARD AND PUT AWAY WET.
Submitter comment:
HEARD BY INFORMANT FROM FELLOW OFFICE WORKER WHO WAS A
NATIVE WEST VIRGINIAN.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-00-1972