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If the first player succeeds ho is called mir, until some other player, also, gets in, when this other player is called mir, and so on until the Uist mir player. If however a player fails to get his walnut in, he is called phats, When all have tried, the last m(r, who is tho greatest man, collects all the walnuts from the other players, and holding them in both his hands together over the miri hole he lets them fall. As many as fall into the miri hole is his; but those, which chance to fall outside are gathered by the second mir and droppetl by him in the same manner. ShotUd it happen that after all tho mir players have tried, there are still one or two walnuts left, which have not fallen into the mirl hole, then the phats player, if there is one, takes them, and holding them in tho same fashion, but above the plmts hole, tries his luck. And so the game oontinuea Mirzah Razdhun gddah drah. Mirza Razi's necklace of fish. A shameless man. This man was a government debtor, and not being able to pay hia debt, he was ordered by the king to parade the streets, wearing a necklace of fish. Ue did so, and after he had gone the round and reached his home, ho took off the neoklaoe, cooked the fish, anil ute them. Miskin Shdhun dstdn, brangdh ihud tah tharafd nah kihh, Miskln yh;ih's ziiirat has a lofty tower, but there is no honour attached to it. A wealthy, but an ignorant, low-birth man. A weU*dreaMd fool. Zidrat is a place to which a pilgrimage is made. Miskln Shah's zfdrat is a beautiful building in tho Sorah-feng division of the Khiuyir district of Sriuagar. Mitj ai tulak tun gatjhunai. If you pick up earth may it become gold to you. A Kashmiri's blessing. Hit jmnd tah zit umr' A pleasant sneeze and long Ufe (to you). A Kashmiri blessing. By a pleasant sneeze is meant a single easy sneeze, that does nofc give pain to the throat, or to the nose, or eyes. If such a sneeze happens when about any of the seven special works mentioned below, and quoted from the Sanskrit work VdrcUiiya, then it is a really good omen; some say that, good fortune will meet you, and othera that |)oopIe must be s{ieaking well of you (as foolish people in Kngluud do when their ears bum in a peculiar manner). The VdrAlnya says — (i.) sneezing is a good omen if it comes at the time of taking medicine, 144 Remember this for yon will not need to take another dose ; (ii.) sneez- ing is a good omen if it comes at the time of setting out upon a horse ; (iii.) sneezing is a good omen if it comes at the time of argument. To him who sneezes, or hears another person sneeze, it means success ; (iv.) sneezing is a good omen at the time of retiring to rest ; (v.) sneezing is a good omen at the time of eating ; (vi.) sneez- ing is a good omen at the time of reading ; (vii.) sneezing is a good omen at the time of seed-sowing. Great shall the harvest be. Except on these seven occasions it would be very unwise for a Hindu to do any other work, if he himself should sneeze, or hear anybody else do so. However, above and beyond these, at all times, even on the seven occasions quoted above, the sneeze of () an unmarried girl ; (b) of a widow ; (c) of a barren wife ; (d) of a shoemaker's wife ; (e) and of a woman sick from cholera, is an extremely bad omen. Let not a Hindu commence any work, when he hears such, but sit down and reconsider what he is about to do or say.' Cf . '* Punjdb Notes and Queries," Vol. I., notes 776, 949. Mitj ai tulazih badih banih. If you will get earth, then get it from a big mound. If you must work then get the service of a great man. Mol ai krdji Tcarih suh tih gayih mdji. If the father marries a potter-woman she is the mother. A second wife. Mol gat) tsrol tak mdj gayih aul. Father is a tsrol and mother is a nest. Tsrol is a Muhammedan sect, who have the choice of three em- ployments. They can become jailors, or bootmakers, or beggars. If they select the latter they visit everybody's house, and generally get something. Muhammedans outside their sect do not eat with them. They are said to be most unkind to their children. There are about two hundred families of the Tsrol sect in Kashmir. Cf . note to *' Kashirih hahai garah" for their origin. Mol gutshum worah, moj gatshum sale, kkemahas trals iah kom karakas nah ah, tas lagiheh hhunt, suh dapiham nngajih Jcarun muthur, buh Idyahas rnah. O father, I want another father : O mother, I want my own mother. (In the old days) I used to eat (with them) about twelve pounds of food at one time, and did not even once work. O may he be wounded, and say to me pour water over my toe ; and then I will slay him with an axe. A step-pai-ent. I 145 Mol moj gav hizij akU rdzi tah akis bdzi. Parents are like judges, they are satisfied with one child and displeased with anothcr> Kiizi (QazO was a Mnhammedan jndge in all cases of law, whether religious, moral, civil, or criminaL The ofBoe ifl now virtually extinct under the British Government. Mol pdnur, nechuv Murdd Beg, Father — a water-carrier, and son — Murdd Beg. An upstart. 3furdd Beg was the head of the ohobdirs in Gnl&b Singh's time. These people carried a staff, and besides the ordinary work of a chaprdsi, they ezeonted the state punishments, such as serving a sum- mons, flogging, &o. Panjibi. — B^ip im tmCre HiaH pi&lur 9ol-an<i(U. Mondih nishih rani mdngai. Asking a husband from a widow. Drawing blood from a stone. Mohgah mat hhel chet tah hakkav. To eat a big pot of moiig ; to drink ; and then to run away. An ungratefnl servant. Untimely death of a cow or horse. Mong. — PhoMolu* Max or Radiatu* ; a vetoh at kind of kidney boan. Kakkav is a species of partridge, bat here it means to fly or nm away ; to disappear. Mordah tndlas chhuh Ichord-u-hord. A dead man's estate is eaten and taken away (t. e., the de- ceased's descendants quarrel over it and eventually carry the matter into court). Mordah tih chhuh pdhsas /is ddrdn. The dead even opens his mouth to get the paisiis. The exoee^ng love of money. Hindfis place some paisis within the month of the corpse just after death. Cf. Note to " Aycu wate," Ac. Mordag chhuh marit martahah hurdn. After death the man receives greater honour. Demortuis nil nisi honum. Mordas chhih waddn bihit, batas chhih wadon wudanih. People weep for the dead sitting down, but they weep for the bread standing up. Loss of bread is greater than the loss of one's friends. 19 146 *'Morun ai tah mdrunlcyahf" "Rat chon ai tak wot dini hyah r " It you squeeze me why do you kill me?" ** If you have drunk the blood, why do you leap ?" A dialogue between a flea and a man. To worry a man before giving the final punisliment. Mudamatis sharhat chhuhas marham pyos. Sherbet at the time of death is as ointment upon a wound. Opportune help is sometimes spoken of "as sherljet to a dying man." Mudas lorih hatah tah trukis hum hatah. A hundred stripes for a fool, but a word to a sharp man. Persian. — Agar dUi yak islidra has ast. Mudis Wihad sud kyah ? What is the good of giving sugar to the dead 1 Panjabi. — JUe na puchhe, mue dhar dhar p4te. Mudur dain Uuhih nah tah, t^uk dain mudarih ndh. A sweet pomegranate will not become bitter, and a bitter pomegranate will not become sweet. A man is according to his disposition. Mugul dishil gat^hih Phursi Jchasuni. On seeing a Mughal one should speak Persian. One should be au fait in all society. Mujih pethah muliweni. From the radish radish leaves. " Can the fig-tree bear berries or a vine figs ?" Mulan drot tah patran sag. A sickle for the roots, but watering the leaves. Quoted when a son is treated better than the father. Muli Mt hulih tjhanun. After buying a thing to throw it into the river. Expenditure without profit. Mulk-i begunas andar chhuh mahnyuv sag-i-diwana. A man in a foreign country is like a mad dog. Munanen hunen shaposh tah meh nah halaposh tih. M Una's dogs have got a big quilt, but I have not even a skull-cap. Not a shirt to his back. 147 Munih, munih Phuti Jcunih nai kehh. •Pounding pounding, O Phati, but nothing anywhere. Working like a horso and spending like an aaa — nothing for the vainy day. Munis nah liwun hmxa nah nast chhuh thawnn. He will not let the whitewash remain on the wall or the nose upon the dog (so cantankerous is he). Mur/idif hdl. Guntih nid thuL Wdd kar. Bdd peyiyi. O Munidi, hiil.