The Wisdom of Many: Essays on the ProverbWolfgang Mieder, Alan Dundes |
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... Hausa , for example , say that “ A chief is like a dust - heap where everyone comes with his rubbish ( complaint ) and deposits it . " 27 Among the Southern Bantu the likening of something to dew melting away in the sun appears in many ...
... Hausa , for example , say that “ A chief is like a dust - heap where everyone comes with his rubbish ( complaint ) and deposits it . " 27 Among the Southern Bantu the likening of something to dew melting away in the sun appears in many ...
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... Hausa comment on the effects of idleness ( " The want of work to do makes a man get up early to salute his enemy " ) , or the cynical Ila remark " He has the kindness of a witch . " 45 The quality of being far - fetched and humorous is ...
... Hausa comment on the effects of idleness ( " The want of work to do makes a man get up early to salute his enemy " ) , or the cynical Ila remark " He has the kindness of a witch . " 45 The quality of being far - fetched and humorous is ...
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... Hausa and Fulani . This may perhaps be connected with the signifi- cance of the ancestor cult in many Bantu societies , so that the equivalent of this sort of allusion is made in terms of human experience and activity without reference ...
... Hausa and Fulani . This may perhaps be connected with the signifi- cance of the ancestor cult in many Bantu societies , so that the equivalent of this sort of allusion is made in terms of human experience and activity without reference ...
Contents
Proverbs in Africa | 10 |
On the Structure of the Proverb | 43 |
Towards a Structural Analysis of Yiddish Proverbs | 65 |
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abstract advertisement African akaguca akagukuura akaguteera Alan Dundes allusion analysis appear Arewa argument Arrow of God Bantu bird buriri Chinese cited cold collection common concrete context contrast correlation culture Dictionary discussion English essay examinees example expression fact folklore folklorists front-room genre haakweru Hausa headline hoopoe humorous ikwéru illustrate important ingle-nook instance Irish item of folklore language literary literature lodge the Tuutsi logical luotu manics mental status examination metaphor Mieder Milner modern muryango muu mbere nest nidum Nyanja occurs opposition original paradox parallel paremiology particular patterns person phrases popular proverb interpretation Proverb Test proverb usage question quoted raters reasoning reference riddles ruguru Rwanda saying schizophrenics scholars Scottish Gaelic semantic Shakespeare significant slogan social situation Spanish proverbs structure Synoptic Synoptic Gospels thing traditional Tuutsi you lodge Umutuutsi umusembereza upper-room Usembereza umutuutsi variant versions wisdom words Yiddish proverbs Yoruba Z statistic Zulu