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Whether they killed a big sheep or a small one, it was all the same, Lai always had the nalawat in her plate. Hardly treated. Lai Dcd was very badly treated by her mother-in-law. One of the ways in which this woman delighted to tease her was by sending a stone called nalawat in her dinner. Cf. " Panjab Notes and Queries,'* No 20. Note 743. Honih chon butk nah.iah cMnis hhuwandah sund iih nu ? You have not a face like a bitch ? Then your husband has (i.e.., all the lot of you are bad). Honi/i kkoyihjets sm, buni Jcheyih panah sun. He will eat a bitch, fur and all ; and he will eat a chinar tree with the leaves. Qucerenda pecunia primum, virtus post nummos, Honin netun tah monin tach/in. Fleecing dogs and scratching walls. Ploughing the seashore. Hor h'v- A black and white crow. A marked man. Hud gav hunui myund. Just a morsel without vegetables left. Natives are accustomed to eat their dinner in the following manner. First they tako a mouthful of rice, and then a little vege- table, and so on regularly, until the meal is over. Should there happen to be a little rice left, but no vegetable, &g., left to eat with it, that little rice is not eaten. f 83 ITud is dry and poor food ; without vogotablcs, Ac. Cited conceminj? one who is oxporioncing a littlo trouble in his old age. All the previous time ho has been very proajKiroua. Jlfthm-i-hf'Jcim o hakim chhuh tnarg-i-mafijut. The ruler's and the doctor's orders are (like) sudden death (i.e.^ they both must be obeyed quickly). JInl gandit batich naUun, Tightening her girdle the duck dances. Cited against a woman, who wishing to quarrel, goes and unites in a *• row" going on close by. Kashinfri women have terrible tongues and most shrill voices. At the time of quarrolliug they aoroocb, shout, and dance to any extent. TJul gandit har karnn. To tighten one's girdle and fight. He moans business. ITh/ hyah karih sT'dis ? What shall a crooked man do to a straight man ? The strength of a good character. Tlnn asin tah kiths mah unn. May you be a dog, but not a younger son. Younger sons are generally the father's butt, the mother's scorn, and the brother's fag. Persian.— Sa<; hdah khCkrd ma hcish. Hun hus netih tah feur Jeus mangit neyih ? "Who will fleece a dog and who will take and marry a girl ? A good marriage is nut such au easy matter. Hun nak tah kutjurui, Npt a dog but a pup only. A childish-looking or childish-mannered person. IJnni huni har har an tah shnlah sinzih iungih wizih kuni. Dogs fight among themselves, but at the time of the jackal's cry they are united. Enemies are united against one common foe. Hitni lui ai thawizen kandilas andar, tatih tih nerih hdni lutui If a dog's tail be set in a kaudil, there even it will remain a dog's tail. Place dos uut alter race. 84 Kandil (Kandil, Arabic,) is the painted wooden or silver box about 1| ft. long and | ft. in circumference in which the heron's feathers are fixed, and from which they depend. As many as three hundred feathers are sometimes worn, and as much as one rupee has been ^ven for a feather. Rich people keep them hanging from the ceil- ings of their rooms from fear of the cat. Poor people can only afford to hire them for weddings, &c. ? There are three or four heronries in Kashmir. Huni mhas wutal wazah. The sweeper is the cook for dog*s flesh. A wicked, dirty man for bad, dirty deeds. The Wdtul has been called the gipsy of Kashmir, and indeed these people have all the manner and appearance of gipsies. They live separate from others, and by reason of their indiscriminate use of food are despised by all others, both Muhammedans and Hindus. It is a moot point whether the gipsies are not the descendants of Kash- miris, who were obhged to leave the valley at one time and another on account of persecutions and famines. Huni neyih bastah hhalari. The dog took away the piece of leather (while the men were quarrelling over it). The dog represents the lawyer. Euni sund hyuh sahur, achh piir, haUi dur^ huthis nur. May you have patience like a dog, and may your eye keep undimmed. Let misfortune remain at a distance from you, and let cheerfulness be always upon your face. A Kashmiri's blessing. One may often see both Hindfi and Muhammedan women spread- ing forth their hands in a supplicating manner and offering this prayer as they squat by the river-side in the early morning. Muni wordn tah Juurawunah paMn. The dogs bark but the caravan goes on. A dog may as well bark at the moon. Suni'Wuslikah yur nah wawan tur bow/in. Tares spring up where we do not sow them. H'dni-wushliah literally is dog-barley. Hunik mashidih hund jinn. The ogre of the deserted mosque. A wretched, selfish fellow. 85 Hnnis athih aut mdndanhcun. To knead flour by a dog's paw. Ne 8utor ultra crepidam. Shfrin o Khusrau. — Ki az bUtina najjdH na dyad. Hunis chob dinah nerih gas^n yot. You only get manure from hitting a dog. What is tho good of a policoman boating a poor man P He will not got a bribe. II mis mukhtaht'tr, A string of pearls to a dog. Casting pearls before swine. Buniipyav '' Subirah " nAv, suif M m&lihj t&nih yas wuthit The name "Patient" has been given to the dog, but he knows, O father, whom he has come to bite. A generally good man, who now and again breaks oat into a fit of passion, &o. Hurih hen wurik ley ah tah dunasl What ! will he throw a handful of grass into the fire-place ? Like a handful of grass in a iiruplaco is a little money in a big conoom — soon swallowed up. Hurdus tah burdus! A beating and smiting I Such a hullabaloo ! Ilusih wun tah musih I'yih pahh. A woman said something and she believed it. Credulity. Jlyut Icami tah dyut Icami, Who took and who gave ? (God). " Tho Lord gave and tho Lord hath taken away."— Job i. 21. 86 I. J. JaMmuh tamok. Tobacco from Jaham (i.e., splendid tobacco). Jahdm tobacco is said to be the finest in the valley. Jahim chhuh ashkun mazhar. The world is a theatre of love. Jammt gayih harumat. A company of men is as good as a miracle (i.e., difficult matters are easily accomplished by their mutual and united help). Jm hus chhuh ? Tanun pan, "Who is good 1 I myself. Suunh cuique pulcrum. Jonah, ditah dastur punah roz tah wudah nun. Beloved, give me your turban and you remain bareheaded. Cited when a man asks for something which is indispensable to you. Jandanui chheh zuwak asm. Lice is in the beggar's ragged cloak. A quick reply given to the importunate mendicant. Lice here stands for money. Hence " You've got as much money as there are lice and dirt sticking to your garment." Jandas puri, yath Jcarizih wandas rohat. Blessed be the ragged garment, which keeps me warm during the winter. The poor man's retort when twitted concerning the antiquity of his garment. Jangas manz chhai thil tih tah guli tih. You get purse and bullet, too, from fighting ; (therefore think over the matter before you enter the lists against an adver- sary) A man had an ass which he used for carrying loads by day, and was leaving out in the field at night to pick up what grass the poor animal could find there. The ass rebelled against such treatment, and one night ran away to the king's stable, and was there fed most liberally along with the royal horses. He became very fat and strong and was very happy ; but, alas ! a war commenced, and when the enemy had arrived near to the king's capital, all the royal 87 horaos, and tho solitary ass, wore ttimod out and sent forward to the fight. There tlio ass saw ono horso after another shot down, and be- cominf? afraid ho escaped back apiin to his former master. '' Hero is t)ic guli as well as the tliil," said ho, as he galloped back. " Bettor to have little and sure." •' Jat pat " tih Khuda rat. ** Quickly" you must lay hold upon God. There is but a stop between you an<l death, or somo torriblo mi&- fortnno, or somo groat event. Yon must act at onoo. Then throw yourself upon God to prosper you. Nee Detts interttitf nisi dignus vindice nodtu. Jnyih chhuko zih shuyih chhuko. You are safe in your own place. Landed and house pro{)erty are sure invostmonts. Jawunia nah rozgur ; lukutit mdj marani ; tah budis Mani marani. Yim tr^inawai k dhah chhtih sakht musibat, A young mau without work ; a mother dying and leaving a baby ; the wife of on old man dying. These three are terrible misfortunes. 'Id guh wasit sun hyak ranav ?