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Should they not like the food, they will spit into the palms of their hands and in other ways express their sorrow. Many show their grief under different circumstances in this vulgar manner. Parini tsar. Porous like a sieve. More holy than righteous. ParmmUanah rust kur chhai burzah rust lar. A daughter without parraaiitsan is like a house without pro- per roofing. 167 Parmdhfjun. At time of marriage Hindds give to their danghters a long piece of cloth called iiSj, to wear upon the crown of their heads, and thence extend to the small of the back. Some for certain reasons delay giving this till some years after ; bat this delay means increased trouble and expense. Burzah is the liher of a species of birch, used in roofing houses, and alap as paper for rolling up goods in. Native writing-paper, too, is made from it. Pashah p^thah shin irdwun. To throw snow off from the roof (generally done quickly and carelessly ; hence any work done hastily and carelessly.) Pashminaaui chheh narmi. Only pasbmiua has softness. Only good people are gentle. Patthmina is a fine kind of woollen cloth manufactured in Kaahmfa:. The finest goat's wool employed in its manufacture is brought from lurfiiu, in the Ydrkand territory. This is called Turfdni phamb; all oilier qualities are called KiuhmirC phamb ; though these as well aa the former are found only ou the animals who live on tho wind-swept steppes of Central Asia. *' Patah" ffti/tam whi. O friend, I said *' Afterwards.*' Opportunity mis-spent. Wis a female friend, a flirt. Patim gar chh^h bukuri Jar, The last hour is a hard time (i.e., the last hour of a woman's travail, or of life, or of any work, &c.) Pi'iz panjaras andar hand. A hawk shut up in a cage. A clever man without work. Phoguni mujen swudui kyah f What taste have radishes in the month of February ? What profit from an old wife or servant ? People gather tho radishes in the autumn, and bury them under the ground for use in the winter. By the month of February they begin to rot and are unfit for food. Phaktr fjayov /mgan tah honih watjkov dod. A faqir came into the court -yard, and the dog was pained. An old servant displeased with a new servant, to whom oat of charity the master has given a little work. 168 Phal hului chhuh namit. The fruit-tree is bending. The more knowledge there is in a man, the humbler he becomes. Persian — Nihad shdkh i pur mewa sar bar zamin. Phalis hyul tah helis hh/ir dryanai Khudii. May God bless your every seed to a sheaf, and your every sheaf to a kharwjir. A Kashmiri blessing. Pharih han Jchewun had tah myou han kardn lut. A small dried fish ate a big fish, and (the cat) gave a gentle mew, A man with a big appetite, but little voice. Pharih ham buzuyih muj lukav dupus *' Gddai chhuh buzdn" A fisherman, roasted his mother, and the people said vt^ithin themselves. " He is roasting fish.'* One-half the world does not know what a struggle the other half endures to live. " Roasting one's mother" here means selling her jewels and clothes for food. Cf. note " Tas nah watsh nar," Sfc. Pharih-hdnz chhuh guri hhasm ? Is the fisherman riding a horse ? Every thing will not be as we wish. There are many kind of boatmen in Kashmir named according to their boats, or their special work. The Pharih-hanz are those who catch the little fish to be found in the Wular lake dui-ing the winter season, and cook and dry them for sale in the bcizdr. Cf . note " Yasnah watsh nar," 8fc. Pharih Uuras chhuh ddrih kund lor. A bone stuck in the beard of the man who stole a dried fish. A thief carries marks of detection along with him. One day a great robbery was committed in the house of a certain person of the city, and report of the matter reached the ears of the ruler. The ruler was very much enraged, when he heard the account of such a dastard robbery. It appears that the robbers had first dined with their host and then robbed his house. Amongst other dishes provided for the dinner was a dish of broiled fish. The ruler declared that he would have the man discovered and punished. He sent for the deputy-inspector of police, and ordered him to show the thief or die. The deputy-inspector trembled when he heard this command, but he did not despair. He was a bold and clever man. " Give me one hundred soldiers," he said, " and I will find the man." 169 The roqnoBt wna pn^nted. One day the •lepaty-inajxjctor gave* great feasit, and invited all iho people cf the city to come and make morry. A very largo 'owd was assembled. At a given moment he ordered the soldiers < silence the people and to seize the man, who should rub his board aftor he. tho deputy-in8|jector, had spoken to the company. There was perfect silence when the host, standing in a convenient position, that he might be seen by all, aboutcd with a loud voice, ** There is a bono in tho beard of that man who stole the fish. " The thief happened to bo pn^sent, and hearing those wonls, as if by instinct put up his hand to his board and rubbed it. The movomont was at once noticed by tho appointed watchers, and tho man was nt iico seized and taken before the deputy-inspector. Tho man's guilt IS proved l>oyond all dispute, and he was very severely punished. Krishna, the deputy-inspector, was promoted to much honour. Pkatah Matin batah. Mad Fatab'j" dinners. This man was a groat spendthrift. Quoted at an extravagant *1 inner, ic. Phati Bat tah yaktanai, Phati Bat and alone. '• Mo and myself <mly." Phati Pharhung. A caricatured Englishman. A stupid Kashmiri. Kashmiris at their private feasts are fond of painting piotnros of iuglish people on long slifM of paper and pasting these upon a long I hin basket. Sometimes they put on English clothes and mimic I lio Sahib's incorrect pronunciation of Hindustani, words and curt siil&m, ko. Phcla H^yih dyal. The skin will eat the pimple. An avaricious man. PhiramatMk puUah prhii kalat pt^th chhas zuwah adamani. A slut may have a clean chadar over her head, but her head is full of dirt. Piitx.—K long piece of cotton cloth thrown over the head and 1 ! lowed to hang down tho back. It is the ordinary veil worn by tho Koshuiiri females. I' hint pheran. Turning the garment. T.'llintr -i he : appearing different to what you really are. 170 Thul phut tah daw& kyah. The joint is broken, what claim is there 1 The dead wife's neglected mother. Pilis nah tah Uuki gas. He couldn't reach the fruit, and therefore he said it was bitter. The fox and the grapes. Pir nah hod, yakin bod. The plr is not great, faith is great. One day Akbar asked Birbal, which was the greater, the pir or faith. Birbal replied " Faith is the greater." The emperor said, " You are wrong. The pir is the greater of the two." Birbal waa silent. On leaving the emperor, Birbal went and buried an ass's head in a certain place, and ordered that a mosque should be built over it. Some years after this event, Akbar wag exceedingly troubled by his enemies, and took counsel with his wazir as to what he should do. Birbal advised him to go and pray for forty days in a certain mosque, and promised, that if he would there offer up prayers with a pure heart, God would certainly hear him and give him the victory over his enemies. The emperor obeyed and vanquished his enemies. One afteruoon, when Birbal was alone with Akbar, he refen*ed to their conversation some years ago, and asked the emperor whether he remembered it. The emperor replied " Yes"; and that he was of the same opinion still. Then Birbal asked Akbar to accompany him to the mosque, where he had spent forty days in prayer, and see for himself what there was under its foundations. The building waa razed to the ground, the foundations were dug up, and there, to the great astonishment of the one and the great amusement of the other, was discovered the skeleton of the ass's head. Akbar remarked : •* You were right, Birbal. Faith is greater than the pir," Akbar supposed that the mosque had been erected over the bones of some Muhammedan saint, and with faith in this he prayed. Cf. " Tale of Holy Donkeys," " Leisure Hour," January, 1875. PtV, ustdd. To call a saint a teacher (is a great insult). Pirah khutah chhuh be-pirui jan. A man who follows no saint (i.e., who does not make any profession of religion) is better off than the man who has a saint, (but does not attend to his teaching).