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E. O’Brien —Notes on Edngra Dialect. [No. 2 } 
Assdti bachhdi kali karnalri ji, 
Kuramen bachhdi sutranji ji ; 
Tussdn ai baho angane 
We have spread black blankets ji', 
The opposite party in marriage (Kuram) have spread carpets 
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Come you and sit down in the courtyard. 
[ Note .—In marriage parties the bride’s family are “ kurame ” 
to the bridegroom’s party and the bridegroom’s party are “ kurams ” 
to the bride’s. There is no English word which expresses the relation¬ 
ship.] 
Ki tussah mnngde tukra, 
Muchrd hi tussdii sari de bhukhe the. 
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Assail niangde kurame did ddrid, 
Lei chubdre baithe the. 
Question .—What morsel do you want ? 
A piece, or are you hungry for the whole ? 
Answer .—We want the wdfe of the Kuram, 
They took her and were sittiugin the upper storey. 
Generosity. 
Mali Sdli sakke bhai, 
Thikria ri cldl bandi ; 
Chalande gidar tire lae. 
Sdli balandd bhujji khdni ; 
Mali balandd kdni lisse ha ; 
Kdni jo pujdni. 
Mali and Sali were two own brothers, 
They cooked a dish of dal ; 
They shot a running jackal with an arrow. 
Sail says “ Let’s eat it fried 
Mali says “ The one-eyed woman is ill ; 
“ Let’s take it to the one-eyed woman.” 
Song on Raja Sausar Chand, Ivatoch Rajput of Kangra, marry¬ 
ing a pretty Gaddi woman whom he saw herding her 
cows. — (Dharamsala) — 
Gaddi chare bakridh , 
Gaddin chare gde ; 
Gharrd bhaje sapi'idn, 
Binnd khddhe gde. 
Her jawan ruia , 
Raja Gaddin bidhe. 
