Curiosities in ProverbsG.P. Putman's sons, 1916 - 428 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 27
... four things there is no recall— the spoken word , the arrow that sped from the bow , the march of fate , and time that is passed . " The practice of enumerating many objects in proverbs is very ancient . The Bulgarians are sombre ...
... four things there is no recall— the spoken word , the arrow that sped from the bow , the march of fate , and time that is passed . " The practice of enumerating many objects in proverbs is very ancient . The Bulgarians are sombre ...
الصفحة 33
... four dates are taken afterwards the whole will be digested , " and some advised , " When a severe illness comes eat bread and onions . " SUPERSTITION IN PROVERBS The more ignorant the community , the more absolutely it depends on signs ...
... four dates are taken afterwards the whole will be digested , " and some advised , " When a severe illness comes eat bread and onions . " SUPERSTITION IN PROVERBS The more ignorant the community , the more absolutely it depends on signs ...
الصفحة 53
... four fingers . Sometimes the proverb is rendered , “ Between truth and false- hood the distance is four inches , four inches being the supposed distance between the eyes and ears on both sides of the face . Belyve is twa hours and a ...
... four fingers . Sometimes the proverb is rendered , “ Between truth and false- hood the distance is four inches , four inches being the supposed distance between the eyes and ears on both sides of the face . Belyve is twa hours and a ...
الصفحة 61
... four Thursdays . ( Louisi- ana Creole ) . You will keep your promise when a week has four Thursdays and not before . The beard will pay for the shaving . ( English ) . The work will pay for itself . The proverb is used in referring to ...
... four Thursdays . ( Louisi- ana Creole ) . You will keep your promise when a week has four Thursdays and not before . The beard will pay for the shaving . ( English ) . The work will pay for itself . The proverb is used in referring to ...
الصفحة 70
... deliberate ! ' Tis worth four hundred ( Hebrew ) . zuz . " The proverb originated under the following cir- cumstances : R. Ida , the son of Ahaba , once pulled a kind of head covering only worn by non - 70 Curiosities in Proverbs.
... deliberate ! ' Tis worth four hundred ( Hebrew ) . zuz . " The proverb originated under the following cir- cumstances : R. Ida , the son of Ahaba , once pulled a kind of head covering only worn by non - 70 Curiosities in Proverbs.
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African Arabian Arabs asked Assamese beard beauty Behar Bengalese better Bible bird blind camel cheese Chinese Christmas comes Creole crow Danish death devil drink Dutch eggs English evil fool fortune French Gaelic German give goat gude hair hand hath head heart Hebrew Hindustani honour horse INDIANENSIS indicate Irish Italian Japanese John John Heywood Kashmiri king land Latin lish live Louisiana Creole luck lucky Luke man's Marathi marry Martinique master Matt misfortune Modern Greek morning mouth never night Osmanli Persian phrase Portuguese Prov proverb is applied quoted rain referring replied Rhyme Russian Sanskrit saying Scotch Scotland SIGILLUM simile snake sneeze sometimes Spanish stone tail Tamil Telugu Testament thee things Thomas Tusser thou tomorrow tongue tree Turkish Urdu weather weaver Welsh wife wind wise woman words Yule