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Every kind of misfortune is a madness. IltWah Uur. A cowrie thief. A mean fellow, a stint. Hartitnuk mtil har&machih watih ; nah hheyih pdnas tah nah neyih athih. Ill-gotten wealth goes in the way of wickedness ; the getter neither eats it himself, nor takes it with him. Persian. — Mdl i hardm bud bajd e hardm rafU 78 Sardah gurus metrat, sontah gurus shetras. Autumn butter-milk for the friend, and spring butter-milk for the enemy. The autumn grass is much better than the spring grass ; conse- qnently the milk is better in the autumn. Earafm gawoh tah mendis shariJ:. A witness against (my) words but a sharer in (myj mouthful. The man who is always " loafing" about like the mahalladdr or spies, appointed over every village and district in Kashmir. Hitrih ai wuhih Icunun usih tah Mr m'd asih tah herizis Jcyah ? If an elephant is to be sold for a cowrie, and there is not a cowrie, what can be done ? Kothing can be done without money. Harih am hozarah kanit tjeh chhui syud hozanah yiwdn. You think him a righteous man, but he would sell you for a cowrie in the market. Barih gov nav hyah ? What is the name to a Har ? Har, of course. *' What's a table ? A table, you stupid !" Max is a black and white cow. People give a special name to every cow except this one. Harih, harih samih hoh. Gradually from chippings a mountain is made. Many a little makes a muckle. Harih nahjai ; mbad phdlis shed ! No place for a cowrie, but place for sweetmeats ! " The doctor orders this and that, but how can I afford it ?'* Harih soda tah hozaras hhalbali. He has only a cowrie to spend, but he rushes about and makes a stir all oyer the bazar. Harih tah totas wanun, (May as well) speak to a starling (or a parrot). An inattentive person. Han fang tah zulahnai ; muhuri tsoht tah zulit. If the pear cost only a cowrie it should not be peeled ; but if the apple cost a muhur it should be peeled. Natives of Kashmir, from H. H. the Maharajah down to the hum- blest subject, seldom ever skin a pear, but always skin an apple. Apple-skin, they say, is not easily digested. 79 Harkat har tah barkat hart. Be up and doing and God will bless you. Persian. — Himmat i marddn madad i Khudd. Haramuhhuk Gostini, The jogi of Haramukh. Haramukh is a mountain 16,905 foet high, to the north of Kaahmfr. A person with a bad memory. There was a Jogi who tried to meant Haramukh. Every day for twelve years he climbed to a certain height, and every night for tho same space of time he descended as far as he had ascended. How it came to pass he conld not tell. Perhaps he was a sonnambnlist. At any rate every morning he found himself reposing quietly in the very spot, whence he had started on the previous morning. One day, the last day of these twelve years, a shepherd was seen by this Jogi coming down from the mountain. The Jogf asked him whether he had reached the snmmit and what he had seen there. The shepherd replied that he bad reached the top of the mountain, and had seen a sweeper with his wife, and they were milking a bitch with a human head, and they had asked him to drink that milk, which he had refused to do, because he thought that it- was unholy ; and then they threw some tfkd upon his face, which, perhaps, was there now The Jogi knew that that the supposed sweeper and his wife were none other than the god and goddess Shiva and Parvati, and so he went close up to the shephei^'s face and licked off the tiki. He was then caught up into the clouds much to the astonishment of the poor shepheid. The reason the shepherd was able to climb the mountain and the Jogi unable, was, that the shepherd went up heedlessly and totally ignorant of the great deities who resided on the summit. ("An ignorant man fears nothing.") A boy with a dull memory works hard all the evening, and the next morning, when he comes to appear before the schoolmaster, he finds that he knows nothing, and is like the Jogi, as he was, and where he was, before. HuTueh gugaj tah Ldrueh gunas chhih barubar. A June turnip and a Lir serpent are equal. A native would not eat a turnip in the month of June on any account. Ounas (or o/*o) is a short, thick, round-headed serpent, whose bite is generally fatal. Some say it has a black back and yellow belly ; others that it is ash colour. It is met with principally in the district of Ldr. The native method of treating snake bites is amas> ing. " When a person is stung on the arm or leg, a ligature is applied between the heart and the wound, which is besmeared with foam. The patient has 'arak and conserve of roses given him to eat, while music is played to cheer him up." Ldr is a parganah of the Kamria district. 80 Haiah Matin wasamat. Hasah the madman s wealth, A spendthrift's money. Hash tih had tah nosh tih bad lej duz tah walih Jcus ? The mother-in-law is great, the daughter-in-law is also great ; the pot is burnt, who will take it off the fire ? Somebody must do the work. Ma^h gayih tah noshih kur drum. Grandmother (on husband's side) died and the daughter-in- law got peace. These old dames have great authority over the entire household.— Vide " Hindus as they are," Chap I., pp. 3, 4. nasti dareyi nah wavah tah hujih had Jcapas, The elephants couldn't stand because of the wind, but the old woman went out and gathered the cotton from the plant. A poor, insignificant man can often accomplish what kings and others in authority have utterly failed to do. Hasti yad gasah gyad, A handful of grass for an elephant's stomach. A mere drop in a bucket. Hastis yad phat tah hangih delih wuth ! The elephant's stomach burst open and they mended it with hemp-skin ! Imperfect repairs. Hatah dedi ruhana man dui, tah hheni sum nah ok Tcuj ! •* O, mother, two and half maunds of onions will be given to you ; " and she has not got a plant to eat ! Promise of help, but no means of fulfilling it. Hatah JMwah puhtshu meh tih hetah manz. Hie, sir, here's a puntshii. Take me into your company. A man who forces himself upon people who do not particularly care for him. PuntshU is the twentieth part of an dn5, a small coin, not in use now, but to be obtained in the bdzdr. Hatah mur haldm. The doctor killed a hundred men. A doctor of some experience. 81 Hatih gav zih mafih gov, A promise is a charge to keep. Workmen who have promised to do some work, and on that promise have received some rupees in advance, often repeat those words as they walk away from the person's house. Ilatis khash tah hangani mithi. Kisses for the chin and an axe for the throat. A traitor. Huziras bog naztras chob, A share of the dmner to each of those present, but a beating for the cook. Sic V08 non I'obis, Heh yahUk, dih panUh haMar. To take five or give five — all the same to him. Poco curanie. Ilrllah karo, ILtjOy pallaht chhui dur. Be encouraged, O pilgrim, though your destination is far oif. Encouraging a man in a difficult work. Uemdyat dtin tah hi'unmi mahp^yin hdhtih. Patronize and be patronized, but do not tell any one, lest there should be harm (to the person patronized). Keep your own counsel. W^xi hemi. Like an insect to the pod (so is sin to a man). Sin brings its own punishment with it. Henah as tah meh nah ruh. Involved in difficulty, or taken prisoner, but for no fault of mine. The guiltless punished for the guilty. neng us nah tah wafjhanti chhch ! She has not got horns yet, she is only a calf! Cited concerning a woman who bears her first child late in life. A beardless man. An elderly person without a grey hair. Herat uyih toanduni hah nah tah nah kniih. "When Herat came eleven days of winter, or nothing, re- mained. Heral (Shiva-rdtri) is a IIind6 festival held on the fourteenth of tho dark fortnight iu the month Phaguu (Feb. — March). 11 82 Berih wuUhas anigatihy but chhulum haritih natih yet garaa yii waiih. I came down stairs in the dark and washed my face in a waterpot filled with water. This must be done in this house. If you go to Rome you must do as Uome does. Hisub horih tah baMiskish hharwurih. To take account of every cowrie, but to give away money by the maund (80 lbs). Careful but generous. Honav raUhui id. A festival vrithout dogs. Pleasui-e without difficulty. Hond maran kih nah hat, Lalih nalawat Ualih n<ih zah.