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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (September, 1911. 
** Blech pano gud. 
In slipping the hand lights upon a stone. (It never 
rains but it pours). 
‘* Néling shim, toling krab.’’ 
Dead last year, mourn this year. 
« Kagg shishis li ma shishis lt rokki.’’ 
The crow, washed or unwashed, is still jet black. 
** Shi mi rang krab.”’ 
A lament over a corpse. (’Tis no use weeping before a 
dead man, for he can not hear). 
‘* Bandras gud6 norel.’’ 
A (cocoanut) pipe in a monkey’s hand. 
‘* Shorydshis chhangt meling kotago klt.”’ 
The favourite son’surine in the fire-place. (Even those 
we love trouble us). 
‘* Nari roshanges chhéngt kulim.’’ 
Angry with his wife, and beating his son. 
** Nakich pydchi motas titydang.’’ 
The bird is small, but it sings a loud song. Cf. No. 28 
above). 
** Imyd zub, demya krub.’’ 
At one time eating too much, at another time fasting. 
** Jamig bodi, golang ndkich.’’ 
Plenty to eat, but a narrow throat. 
‘* Méngsarang f6, rut untak ringo, kdnangi géshob.”’ 
An ibex of MAngsarang (a forest above "ge. village) 
asked for horns, but lost its ears. (Cf. No. 33). 
‘* Nydr omchi batlas, ché omchi chékhas.”’ 
The grain of a pea is naturally round, and a thorn is 
naturally sharp. 
** Rigt tanges khur rdsmig.’’ - 
To sharpen one’s knife for the sake of a louse. (To 
crush a fly on the wheel). 
** Bajnydch ganthang, warkyo shapthang.’’ 
A ringing bell’s sound goes far. 
** Pyd li zob, wa li zob.”’ 
The bird was burnt, and so was its nest. 
