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What did he take with him going in, and what did he eat coming out ? Nothing. In stdtu quo. Gagur wetsih nah pananih wi'j, patah het mdj ! The rat himself cannot get into his nest properly, and yet he takes his mother after him ! Hardly enough for one, and yet two or three people are to share in it ! Gajih 8ur kudum, pajih sur lodum tah trowuM gayim trek humih. Ltilah wuzanowum, dudahan cho wum tah sowum^ gayim sheh hdmih. I took out the ashes from the fire-place, I put them into a basket ,and;then threw them away. I have done three works. I woke up the baby and gave him a little milk, and then I put him to sleep again. I have done six works. As busy as a hen with one chicken. Gam chhuh Jchdm ; shahr chhuh mnnindi hahar. The village is kachcha {i.e.y not the place to get anything) ; the city is like a river (there everything goes on swimmingly). Gamas garah Tcaryd wad ? Shall one house give answer to the whole village ? " What can I say ? You are all against me." Gumuk suh tah shahruk him chhuh bardbar. A village tiger and a city dog are equal. A stupid man from the city is eqaal to the great man of the village. 65 Gani Indim tah yindar Jcatan. When the prostitute becomes old she spins the wheel. G&hih kawah zanih ptiz sund shihur f How can the kite know the prey of the hawk ? Guhth kyah zanih bachah dod tah hdhth hyah z&nih putrah dod? Does the kite know anything of the pain of his prey ? Does the barren woman consider the child's pain ? Cited by tho beggar as he tarns away onhclped from the rich man's door. Gunth nah kunih tah gahtah aul ? No kite anywhere, but the kite's nest ready. Building a stable before the horse is parchased. Gahz Uul gdmah tah gaiia phakah nishih mukale. The tanner has run away trom the village and the people are relieved of the tanner s smell. Bid of tho offending party. Gar gundah. The fat man of the house. A lazy master of a hoose. Gar manz Gangd. Ganges in the house. Hiudustduf.— .4hZ i hismat itpns ghar haithe hi daulat pdenge Ydr ghar djdegd to dhnndhne kyun jdenge. Gxah Ninak to Angad. Gar na h'thad hehih andar wirah phuhj jdn i tUrin mibar6yad khwf'ih ma khwuh. If there is not the warmth of fire in one's bosom, the precious life will certainly come out. " Warmth of fire in one's bosom" refers to the k&ngar. Gar peth ztimuthur bar pith hun. A son-in-law who lives always in his father-in-law's house, ifl like a dog at the door. Hindus are so very fond of their children, male or female, that they cannot bear the idea of a separation, and so the sons-in-law are invited to come and dwell under the same roof. Nearly every wealthy family has its quantum of sons-in-law, who generally spend their time in eating, drinking, smoking and sleeping at tho expense of their fathers-in-law. In this way they contract the most demo- 9 66 ralizing habits, and are a scorn and reproach to all right-minded people. Such are called Gar Zamuthur. In Bengal they are called Ghar Jam6'i. — Vide " Hindus as they are," p. 73, f. n. Garah gav Uakah-ndv, dakah dalmh pakanav. The house is like a manure-boat, (only) by constant shoving and pushing (does) it makes progress. Tsakah-ndv is a large barge generally stuffed full of vegetable manure gathered from the Dal lake. These boats are so loaded that only an inch or so appears above water ; consequently a little stop- page might cause it to sink. They are towed and pushed along to their destination, and are at once unloaded on their arrival. Garah hur anih tah hanih, gardh rov mimmunih. A bUnd woman and a one-eyed woman tried to keep house together, but they disagreed and brought the place to ruin. Disagreement means ruination. Garah wandai garah sosu garah nerahah nah zah, O home, I offer you a thousand houses, and I will never go out from you. No place like home. Garazmand chhuh dewdnah. A selfish man is mad (so grasping is he, and so incessant in his solicitations). Gari nun til. Salt and oil in the house. Cited against a man, who makes money on purchases for his father, but does not take up any special work for himself. Gari gojih. (Like) the kernel of a water-chestnut (singh^rah). A Kashmiri curse, meaning " May your eyes start out of your head through trouble and sorrow." Also when a person is not sharp at finding any thing, another person will sometimes say, " You, gari gojih, can't you see it?" Gari warih dagan. Pounding spices in the house. A coward. ^' Pounding spices in the house" here means living indoors and afraid to stir out. Garibas tjuge tsur tah mandinen turn kurhas jashnah. A thief entered the house of a poor man, and they feasted themselves until mid-day. 67 It 18 of no use for a poor man to complain. The police only vet him more, until ho is obliged to bribe thom to keep quiet. Again these words are often quoted when more than the invited people are present at the wedding-feast. Hearing the sound of music passers-by go in, are lost in the company, and eat, drink, and steal to their hearts' content till mid>day. Garth chhukahy hik nah yazmanah handih ? Are you in your own house, or in your disciple's house? Brdhmans and other holy men do not eat much in their own houses, but save the money. When they visit their disciples' houses, they eat their fill. Oited to a child who is going beyond boonds at the dinner. Garih diyin tah znmin mah aUin, Better to give something from the house than to become surety for anyone. " He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.*' — Prov. zi. 15. Garih gafah tah maahidih tjohg. Darkness in the home, but a light in tho mosque. Miserable and miserly at home, bnt pleasant enough and liberal abroad. A frequent answer to the Mullahs, when they become im- portunate in their demands for contributions towards the support of the mosqaes. Garih manz ehhuh garyul ; dam ganiniat asl. The bell-striker at the hour ; breath is as spoil. A man, Azftn KhAn by name, becuTno mad fn)m nmch reading, and went about the city shouting these wor<ls. He was of very gr)od family, but turned a fakir. All his money, excepting a small porti<m which was given to his wife and children, was distributed amongst the poor. The wife marrieil again, and the cliildron were taught a trade, and are now earning a respectable livelihood. Garih nah bazin tah naubal wazin ! No oil in the house and the band plays f A man who is obliged to stint his stomach in order to cover hia back or feeil his horse, or pay his extra servants. A hard struggle to keep up appearances. Garih tih hoJe parih iih h/ik mt-haklcah zuah gari dn'Tc. Vegetables in my own house and vegetables in another's house. O life, you should not have come forth from your house. Vegetables here means trouble. Cited when one has trouble in the house and goes to another i)er8on'8 house and there gets more trouble. 68 Garth yelih Ualih, fai Shah sapanih rdzi ; adah hd mdlih chhui Tazi Bat Jcun. "When a man escapes from the house, and the king is happy, then, O Father, is Tazi Bat's arrow. After adversity comes prosperity. A man overtaken by misfortune ran away from his house. To support himself he hunted with his bow and arrow. The king of the country had promised that the man who could shoot an arrow through his ring at a given distance should receive a robe of honour and other rewards. The ring was hanged up in a certain place and a man always stationed by it to see fair play and report to the king. The poor man was shooting birds one day near to the place where this ring was suspended, when by the will of God the arrow was whirled by the wind straight through the ring. The man in charge immediately sent word to the Court, and the poor hunter was rewarded, and able henceforth to lay down his bow and arrow and live in ease. Gutah hun tah shutah him tah puji hurt, yim treh hunt chhih Jiihi. The landing-place dog, the river-bed dog, and the butcher's dog, these three dogs are alike (a wretched lot). GaUh Prunts tatih chhai zulah. Go to Punch and there get ague. I wish you were at Jericho. Punch is about five marches from Srinagar in a north-west direc- tion. It is a compact town and has a good bazar. E^ja Moti Singh resides there, and holds a considerable tract of country in fief under his cousin, the present Mahdrajah of Kashmir and Jammim. Gdv diyih nah tah wutsh cheyih nali. The cow will not give (milk) and the calf will not drink it.