Vol. HO, No. 7.] Some Street Cries of Persia. 285 
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Ay dava-yi mihr u muhabbat,! “Oh medicine for love and Love 
affection.” Philtres. 
pil-c rds ay pul-i buz,* “Oh money for goats! Oh Live goats, 
oe for goa 
barra- y : pared ! ay barra-yi parvar, “ Oh fatted lambs! g mbs, 
Oh Br lambs ge x 
Ay gab-i hart, “ Oh ploughing bulls.” Bulls 
(for the plough), 
gab-¢ shirt! ay gab-i Heit ay gab~i shirt, “Oh milch ows. 
cows! Oh milch cows! Oh mi 
Ay khuris-i Lari, “ Oh cocks ze tan" Cocks. 
Ay murgh-i tukhmi, “ Oh laying hens!” aa 
Ay jija! ay jiya, “Oh chickens! Oh chickens!” kens. 
Chic 
Ay bulbuli khwananda, Gy bulbul-i Lan chahcha® * Oh sing- Nightingales. 
ing bulbuls! Oh nightingales i in full song! 
Ay hadiya-yi Qur'an, “ Oh presents of Qur'an!” To sell a Qur’ans, 
Qur’an is impious; hence it is offered as a present, the re- 
ceiver giving a present o of money in return. en a vendor of 
Qur’ans cries his “ presents,” the following little an is enact- 
he purchaser, probably a woman, will en e, In Qur “ 
ed : 
chand hadiya mi-khwahad, “‘ How man presents ae this  Qur’an 
- The reply will be  Bi-rizimandi- -yi Khuda,“ As God wills.” The 
woman then reverently lifts the volume, gb it and produces 
” to call again. She next con- 
“ Pang tuman Hoops aang, 
sh 
calls for his “present,” and, if dissatisfied, he will say, Bi-pa 
timan hadiya nami-diham, “1 won't make you a present of it t for 
five tumans.’ 
Jews ® ae buy old oe re or rene EEE ery Old clothes. 
Ana m kuhna muhna h ru 
soe ern ih re Potiand is the ‘ isk, Visk ! oe of the shoe- Shoe-blacks. 
placks—at least so Persians inform me. The origin of the cry 
is doubtful. 
For the street cries of Cairo, vide Lane’s “ Modern Egyp- 
tians,” Chap. XIV. 
Pe ee es 
1 Persian form of mahabbat te 2 as 
4 Buz is properly the female : the he-goat is chapi 
3 Lar is famous for its large breed of poultry. Poaltry are always 
purchased alive 
“ Jija oder for obsolete ch#za: 
f renee 
7 5 Chahcha is the spring song when the bulbul is in love, as nd ; 
-khwani a bird-fancier’s term for the low warbling before the cage-bir 
eel In Calentta the 
comes into full s 
ikri-wala and are Hindas, not Jew! 
the latter is still in use in India and 
Such Jews when hailed are styled Mulld or Khwaja. 
purchasers of old articles are called b 
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