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1 Or az panj for jfewA) w/a Id panj'dh (or shast) sala i.e., "young and old." 



2 Ch ugh it chitmd(jh = chub-u chumdgh, " sticks and staves." 



3 Sdhib-TOiana and idhib-uti.q. no izafat. 4 Z>w bardbar, i.e., r/7-bi-n'i, "opposite." 



5 Kursi, a low table covered with a large quilt and having underneath it a lighted brazier. People sit or lie under the quilt, 

 their heads outside but their legs under the kursi. 



I JZughan-t, " a dish of butter." 



" Rvghanhd rd, pi = " all the butter." 8 Or kusht. 9 Bi-haibat = " in a rage." 



10 Z)ar bi-ham zcdan, " to slam to the door " (here after entering). 



11 Maq»ud, i.e., meeting with Muham Ja'far. 



12 Chiragh riishan na-kard=' she lit no light,' but chirdgh ra rushan na-kard, ' she did not light the lamp.' 



13 Zfa»z chundn-'i ki for harritn ki, " as soon as." 



14 Bi-gu bi-ddnam, m.c, " Tell me." (Irish people frequently before asking a simple question, say, ' So and so, now tell me ') 



15 Pari in colloquial Persian means a good fairy, and Jinn a bad one. 



II Mi-shi, vulg. for mi-shavi. 11 Abddi, i.e ., " village." 



