MEETINGS. 275 



L'arc d'aliance du matin 

 Met la mare au chemin ; 

 L'arc d'aliance du ser 

 Est belle a voir. 



The rainbow of the morning 



Puts water on the path ; 



The rainbow in the evening 



Is beautiful to behold. 

 Dis me qu'est q'tu penses quant tu n'pense en rien? 

 A t'repondre quand tu n'dis rien. 



What do you think of when you think about nothing ? 

 To answer you when you say nothing. 

 II a la casaque au Maite Georges Fenean. 



An idle fellow is said to wear the coat of Mr. George Faignant. 

 II a etai a betanie. 

 He has taken a drop too much. 

 Ses poules valent des oies. 

 His fowls are worth geese. 

 Un sauche bran. 

 A miser. 



Un pinche-maigre. 

 A skinflint. 

 Un Agrippa. 

 A needy fellow. 



Si tu tue ten pourchet au cressant, t'a viande r'soudera dans 

 l'pot ; mais si tu l'tue au r' que -ant, a r'aptichra. 



If you kill your pig before the full moon, your meat will swell in 

 the pot ; but if you kill it on the wane, it will shrink in cooking. 



I n'est pas gueri d'la hmrde. 



He is not cured of stupidity. 



Qu'est qu'est quee ? 



What has fallen ? 



Qu'est-ce qui est tombe ? 



La lune est l'soleil es voleuc. 



The moon is the thieves' sun. 



Un touan r'pas vaut mu que ds'equers de Cannes. 

 A good meal is better than broken crockery. 

 La s'maine es tres Jeudis. 



The week with three 'lhursdays, i.e., the week in which promises 

 are to be accomplished. 



Ch'est un sac a daeux goules. 



He is a bag with two mouths, i.e., Jack on both sides. 



Ch'est un coute a daeux tranches. 



He is a two-edged knife, i.e., a back-biter, 



Daeux ceux pourris. 



Two rotten eggs, i.e., blackguards both. 



