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" Pirah, loantam masalla,** dupanas " Aki gom tasalla.'* ** O pir, tell me an illustration." He said to him, " From once saying there is comfort to me." 171 A pfr visiied a certain village, and was asked bj the people there to jpve them a religioug word. He said to them " Do not steal " ; whereupon thoy smote him so that he ran awaj. A long time after he again went to this village, and again the villagers asked him to Bay something. Ho replied *' No, no ; I am quite happy from having spoken once." Once is enough of this person or that thing. Ptrav truWyov ddnd^ mih kyah rdvyov sih htth wanahaA kdhsik. The pirs killed an ox, what have I lost that I should tell anyone. No bosiuoss of mine. Pish kari gundh loagawis rhoh^ wuchtav lukav iaindshd ! The Hea sinned, but the matting got the beating. Behold, O people, the sight ! Pitari not dsan iak huni tih wuran n& ? If there were no cousins, would not the dogs bark ? Yes. The best of men have their onomies. Cousins are constantly grumbling and fighting over the family property ; so constant and bitter are these qoarrels, that the wurd pitar, a cousin, has oomo to mean an enemy. Pilar ai lUzen kalah kin dunas zangav auH phufarumh rupeijih bdnah. If a cousin be cast head-first into the fire, he will break a rupee's worth of pots with his legs (kicking about). No love is lost Iwtween cousins. Pitur ai dizen p^ni tatih tih ijatih yhii. If a cousin is asked to brush the warp with peni, (even then he will harm you), he will cut the warp. Pen. — Natives rub the warp with a hand-brush soaked in rice water, to make the warj* stronger. Piyih nah ahrap&n tah umin gogalan ds ddrdn. Cannot digest rice-water, yet he opens his mouth for uncooked turnips. A conceited, ignorant fool. Poh dwai Uhoh tjhoh dewdn. Mag chhum viol tah karem kyah? Pht'njani pherahnam sheyih-trah phdh. Tsithar hahar kare kyah ? \yahik khasav bathore icatjh dup waUhare, 172 The month of December has come making gladness, January is my father — what will he do to me? In February thirty-six times heat will return to me. What will my brother-in law March do ? Said the male calf to the female calf, "We will climb the hill in the month of April V December in " tlie Happy Valley" is a splendid month, if there is no snow. Jannary. is called a father, because it is such a hard, strict month. In February the weather begins to get warmer. March is called a brother-in-law, because with its cold winda and rains it is constantly bothering the people. April is a nice month for the cattle, as the snow begins to melt off from the hills and the green grass appears. Towards the end of this month the gupan-g6r, or cow -herd, collects large herds of cattle belonging to other people, and drives them away to the mountains to graze. Pohali nyU. The shepherd's sign. At the time of the crops people hand over their cattle to shepherds, who take them away in large numbers to the mountains for pasturage. Each beast has the special mark of its owner, (cf . note to Pohol chhuh, &c.), and should it happen that a wild beast devoar it, the skin is, if possible, obtained and handed back to the owner as a proof that the animal has been slain. Cited when a man loses by lending a friend any thing, or by depositing anything in his care. Nothing but the remnants of the deposit are handed back with great sorrow. Pohol chhuh dapdn lokan, *' Ak khev sahan bydJc khev shfUan." The shepherd says to the people (who gave him these sheep to tend upon the mountain), '* One was devoured by a lion, and the other by a jackal." At the time of the crops people hand over cattle to a shepherd, who takes them far away to pasture upon the mountains. Sometimes a thousand or more animals are in the charge of one family, and each one of these are specially marked with a cut on the leg, or a slit in the ear or tail, &c., so that they may at once be recognised by their different owners. The city people say that these hirelings generally happen to have two sons, the one called " Lion" and the other called " Jackal, " who have very large appetites, and eat the sheep ; so that when the shepherd says that a lion and a jackal ate them, he is not altogether (according to the popular native idea) telling a lie. 173 Poshah-matin aish. The [)lea8ure of a flower-fancier. An easy timo of it. Many natives visit the difforont gardens around Srfnagar, CBf>ociaIIy on Fridays, and with late or guitar play, sing, and loll away the livelong day. Ponfuikan chhuh vmnamut " Tdh kartam ahiih karat.^' The garnnents said, *' Take care of me and I will make you a king." Td/i kartam is literally " Fold mo up." Prhidn jahdnas tah wunCn pdnns. He finds fault with the world and forgets that he himself is in the wrong. Preyuguch buni nah tknddn nah lokun nah baddn. The chindr of Prey^g neither becomes taller, nor shorter, nor bigj;er. A puor sickly child, who does not grow or boootno fat. This chin&r tree is in the middlo uf a little island just big onoagh to pitch your tont uu, in the midst of the Jhelam river by the village of Shadipur. Iho Hindus have consecrated the place, and a UrAhninn is to be seen twice every day paddling himself along in a little boat to the spot, to worship and to make his ofFeringa Pujis purutjhuk adijih konak pachai ax dupnak, **PanuH dm nah kanh.** The people asked the butcher why his bones were not sold to-day. He replied, because none of my relations have been to me (to buy meat). PmA- ai dsih tah tokui jan. If it is cooked, then a little even is good (i.^., worth having). If ho is clever, &o., then loam something from him; a httle good, oven, is not to bo despised. Punz ai ptyih shethih gazak iotih chhuh punzui. If a monkey fall sixty yards below, still he is a monkey. Change of position does not chaugo the man. Purmut ehhuh yurmui, A well-read man is like a nicely cut stone. Pwhuk tih nai Uutuk tih nd ? If you have not got the victory, why do you not escape ? If you cannot stand your ground, thon give it up. 174 Fut chhukah thani. Butter from the last turn (or last beat) of the stick. A man fishing all day catches his first and only fisli just as he is going away. A man, who has been struggling to find out, or do something all day, discovers, or does it just as he is about to give it up in despair. Put mandit ; tut khasit ; zandnah prasit ; hut parit ; henda- wend t^atit ; tah insan phufit. Pattu must be pressed in the washing-tub ; a pony must be ridden on ; a woman must be in travail ; a son (must know the hardships of) learning ; a water-melon must be cut (before its sale) ; and a man must be broken {i.e., humbled). All things must be more or less tried by the rod of affliction, and are generally the better for having passed under it. Hendav:end fsatit. — The purchaser makes the baniyd cut the water-melon before he pays for it, as it may not be red and ripe. One cannot tell what it is from the outside. Put J soputy tah hoput A son like his father; a 'son greater than his father ; and a son less than his father. The Kashmiiis say that there are three kinds of sons. Put put chheh pddshnhas gaibat. Slander behind the king. Abuse always follows the high and great. Putrah buchhih hun liochhih. Hungering after a son she folds a dog to her bosom. Putrah diidih muri im'mgai. She holds out her skirt begging for a son. It is quite a commonplace event for a barren woman to go to a person with a large family and beg for a son. " Putrah, Jihar tjul." *' Babah, panah ratun tah khasit is.** *' O son, the ass has run away." O father, catch him and ride him back. A variant is : — Babah. Khar t_sul, hhar tsul. Gobrah. Khas walah, hhas walah. Father. " The ass has got away; the ass has got away." Son. " Go and ride him back; go and ride him back.'* A rude, disobedient child. 175 Puz tvanun chhuh achh haduni. A man may as well take out his eyes as tell the truth. Puz wananah pan zan naian ; apuz loananah lagan ras. Tell the truth and you'll tremble like a leaf ; tell a he, and you '11 get relief and pleasure. Pyav nah pyav ; zih Yaman khyav. In the act of falling the angel of death ate him. A quick death. Yarna or Yam. — " To great King Tama homage pay, Who was tho first of men that c1io<l, That oroesod tho mighty gulf and spied For mortals out tho hoavenwanl way." Muir. O. S. T., v.