274 MEETINGS. 



I prend des brais pour ramenda'fr la cotte. 



lie takes from the breeches to mend the coat. — He robs Peter 

 to pay Paul. 



I n' peut pas apprendre a sa grand' mere a suchier d's ouex. 

 He can't teach his grandmother how to suck eggs. 

 Ne in' fait pas montai dans m'en poummier d'suret. 

 Don't make me climb into my sour apple tree. 

 Pierre Pipet n' donne pas a Moussieu Careye. 

 The poor gives not to the rich. — The Pipets being the poorest 

 and the Careys-the richest families in the island. 



Quand l's hirondelles volent haut, c'hest pour du biau temps, 

 mais quand i volent has c'hest singne de pllip. 



When the swallows fly high it is for fine weather, but when 

 they fly low it is a sign for rain. 



Quand 1' blla'i est bel en herbe, 

 I n'y est jamais en guerbe. 

 When wheat is fine in leaf, 

 It is never so in the sheaf. 

 Fraid Mai, pllaine grange ; 

 Caud Mai, pllain chimquiere. 

 Cold May, full barns. 

 Warm May, full burying-grounds. 

 Gros vent, jooint d'abri ; 

 Paure homme, point d'ami. 

 Stormy weather, no shelter ; 

 Poor man, no friend. 

 A Noue au perron, 

 A Paques au tison. 

 At Christmas on the seat by the front door, 

 At Easter near the fire-place. 



Si l'mais d'Mars durait sept ans, 

 L'hiver dnr'rait autant. 

 If the month of March lasted seven years, winter would last as 

 long. 



Avril doux ; mais quand i s'y met, ch'est l'pierre de tous. 

 April mild ; but when it shows itself, it is the worst of all. 

 La poussiere de Mai vaut un ecu l'bouisset. 

 May dust is worth a crown a bushel. 

 Quand l'orge epie 1' coucou s'en va. 

 When barley comes in ear, the cuckoo goes away. 

 A la mi-Aout l'hiver se noue. 

 In the middle of August winter begins to form. 

 Fevrier, pour ave dit a Janvier que s'il etait a sa pieche i frait 

 les pots gelai su' 1' faeu, fut racourchi d'daeux jours. 



February, for having said to January that if it was in the latter's 

 place it would make the pots freeze on the fire, was shortened two 

 days. 



