1890.] A Grammar of the Chhattisgarhi dialect. 
“ Arcades omnes, blackguards all.” 
The cow-herd, the shepherd, and the toddy-seller, are rascals 
all. (6). 
fft stm II « II 
Expellas naturam furca. 
No matter how well-read (even) in prosody cow-herds may be, 
they will stUl worship their twelve ghosts. 
(^Ahirs are greatly addicted to demon worship). (7). 
5IT^ *rff II = II 
Great cry, little wool. 
Named (His Majesty) Moti-Chand (Pearl-Moon), and not the 
lusti’e of a cotton seed. (8) . 
sif? '3t ^ II (J « 
TTapa TTpocSoKtav 
Named Jabar Singh (Samson), and he leans on the ground when 
he gets up. (9). 
irrz iTOT ii w 
“ Baccy is the staff of life.” 
Let him be ever so clever at preaching and praying, but how 
can a Brahman exist without his tobacco pipe ? (10). 
'rn v-fit-# II II 
Hereditary vice. 
The father unjust, the son unjust ; the fault of the one appears 
in the other. (11). 
317??, ?§tfi 3r^T ii ii 
Empty threats. 
“ I’ll strike you with a sword, and your head will tumble off.’ 
“ Where is your sword ? ” “In the house of the father-in-law of 
my grandfather.’’ (12). 
VT-TIT II 7,^ II 
Cinderella dreams. 
He sleeps in the dust, and dreams of Heaven. (13). 
fHJiT?!, 3?: ^ fiiTr:?) II t,a ii 
Be minimis curat. 
An earring worth five cowries, (and he is asking) where he is 
to put it (for safety). Shall I hide it in my house or indoors (tauto- 
logy) ? (14). 
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