He that keeps malice harbours a VIPER in his heart. (English). Sorrow is to the soul what the WORM is to wood. (Turkish). INSECTS INCLUDING SPIDERS "One grain-destroying insect will consume a BUGS are all the same whether they bite or not. (Tamil). What could the ANT do if it had the head of a bull? (German). From the same flower the BEE extracts honey and the wasp gall. (Italian). The BEETLE is a beauty in the eyes of its mother. (African). The COCKROACH is never in the right where the fowl is concerned. (Trinidad Creole). The light of the FIREFLY is sufficient for itself only. (Marathi). Nothing is ever well done in a hurry except fleeing from the plague or from quarrels and catching FLEAS. (Italian). A drop of honey catches more FLIES than a hogshead of vinegar. (German). GLOWWORMS are not lanterns. (Italian). When GNATS swarm in January the peasant becomes a beggar. (Dutch). Like a GRASSHOPPER-fascinated by a lighted lamp. (Tamil). It is nonsense to set a LOUSE on a steel to bark at a tailor. (English). There is no cloth cut so fine but MOTH will eat it. (English). (Italian). He that keeps malice harbours a VIPER in his hea (English). Sorrow is to the soul what the WORM is to wood. (Turk INSECTS INCLUDING SPIDERS "One grain-destroying insect will consume BUGS are all the same whether they bite or not. What could the ANT do if it had the head of a b man). From the same flower the BEE extracts ho wasp gall. (Italian). The BEETLE is a beauty in the eyes of its m can). The COCKROACH is never in the right wh concerned. (Trinidad Creole). The light of the FIREFLY is sufficient (Marathi). Nothing is ever well done in a hurry the plague or from quarrels an (Italian). iend who has ceased to be one. (French). ep awhile, after supper go to bed. (Eng ipt for health is contradicted by many bs that give different directions, as for .....ple: r rest, after supper walk. (Venetian). ig walk a hundred paces. (Sanskrit). g stand or walk a mile. (Latin). her you must stand awhile or walk a thousand (German). 3. ner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. (English, tch). Alexander Hislop in referring to the Scotch form of the proverb says: "This advice is unfitted for the dining practices of the present day; but when our ancestors breakfasted at six, dined at eleven, and supped at four or five, the counsel may have been good enough.' "The Normans were dainty eaters, epicures, and therefore their cooking was nice. Rich spices were plentifully used. Among the grand dishes provided on great occasions were the boar's head and the peacock, served to the blare of trumpets, with much ceremonial-of which more anon. A dish of cranes was a favourite dish on the table of a baron. Simnel and wastel cakes and spice bread were among the usual dainties. Wastel was a fine well baked white bread next in quality to simnel, a rich cake generally made in a threecornered shape. The daily routine of a Norman household is seen in the rhyme of the period: To rise at five and dine at nine, To sup at five, to bed at nine, CONTRADICTING PROVERBS A bird in the cage is worth a hundred at large. (Italian). This proverb is found in many lands and in various forms. Better be a bird in the wood than one in the cage. (Italian). "Better be a free bird than a captive king." (Danish). See Curious Objects Referred to in Proverbs: "A titmouse in hand is better than a duck in air." A black Christmas makes a fat churchyard. (English). A green Yule makes a fat kirkyard. (Scotch, English, Danish). Both proverbs express the same thought, though they seem to contradict each other in the use of the words "black" and "green." See Weather and Christmas Proverbs. A blind man may sometimes shoot a crow. (Dutch). "A blind pigeon may sometimes find a grain of wheat." (Danish). "A blind hen can sometimes find her corn." (French). "The blind man has picked up a coin." (Portuguese). The blind catch a flea! (Osmanli). An exclamation of surprise, that any one should suggest the possibility of such a thing. A friend is not known till he is lost. (English). "A friend is often best known by his loss." (Ger man). |