New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-13


seven times"
XXvIu. Walk fat. youTl get there to-mor-
row; walk slow. JouL get there to-day. (A're
haste least speed
KIN The day the leaf dies Is no. the day
il ro's.'
xxx. "It's not tie day my mother dies
that | weep" Both of these proverbs are used to
express he idea that i IS 40. uut some time after
misfortune that ve feel is weight.
XXXI A good hOrse is cure 10 die under lie
load"
XXXII. The donkey works Lat the horse m4y
be dscked @ith gold l,ce.'
XXXlII. "A title dog msy lave courage before
It's masters door
XXXIv. "Reprosch il heavier than a barrel
Of salt"
XXXV when you ga. with the devil hold
your spoon long way Of"
XXXNI. Tue man that helps you In buy a
horse with big belly, does not help you TO feed
him 10 tee dry season'
XXXyH. pig that has 60. two owners is
sure Ia die 81 hunger
AXXylH "Ify,u have never kept dog, don't
Say be- Il die tied up"
XXXIX. If the child is not Jour own. wssh
il ony On 0De .ide--lesye the other to it, mother"
X. 1.-The bird may forget; the trap,
never"
NIL "An empty sack can't stand upright"
NLll. ITO day does not III 10 morrow"
house, but the bowl never goes 70 the spoons
house."
NLIV. The back part of the house has become
the 'front.' This phrase probably rieioated in the
early days Of National Independence, woeO, the
ancient white rulers either banshed o. killed their
domestics held their lands, occupied their houses,
and sat in their places of authority.
XIV. Take care! Your tongue is longer
th,n your arm You are braggart, that IL, or
promise more than you Gao perform, or are under
taking greater enterprises than you can carry out
XLNI. The good God tell. you to shear the
sheep, but not to scratch his skin" This, proba
bly,, is a slave proyerb; very good advice TO the
STAKEHOLDER anywhere.
XLyII. "When your belly is full, your heart i'
satisfied"
XLyIII. Having does not hinder lacking
XLlX. "A good bone never finds its way ~
the mouth Of good dog
j. VERY bad is not death"
IL .'lAskinsl Pardon Dies not heal the
wound
LII. The cock wears spurs, but be is no horse
man for all that"
LII. Hate the dog; but do not say that his
teeth are black" Give the devil bis due; or don't
paint the devil too black.
LIV. - You can't make calabash out Of
| pumpkin" you can't make siken purse out Of
! stw's ear).
Lv. AN OK at TIE block can't say be is
afraid" That is, when YOU are 10 great danger
don't cry about it. (Whst can't be cured must be
endured.)
LvI. a promise is a debt"
LYII. The wild hog knows what tree he rubs
against"
LVlU. Credit never paid for it's own head
LIN. "As long as your head Is hot cut of,
you may wear a hat" ] think this is the Haytan
equivalent to cur bile there's life there's hOpe;"
or, in the language of Dr. Watts, the Calginlstie
ballad singer:
Is long as life its terms extends,
Hopes bessd dominion never ends
TX. " Four eyes are better than two 1.-Two
hesds are better than one
LXI Little by little, the bird makes its nest"
Xxi. "The day that the little chicken is pleased
is the very day that the hawk takes hold of him"
LXIII "When the OK dies he leaves trouble
about his sbn.'
LXIy. "A crab has got ten feet but he can't
walk in ten roads
LXV. IF your mother is dead, go to your
GRANDMOTHER to be nursed.' The Creole is more
acoLic than this translation, and the English might
be; but in Difference 10 the mOdesty wbloh talks Ct
piano limbs aud bushes when chicken legs are men-
toned | refri in from giving tue pIoyerb more
literal translation. 1t is the common form Of ex-
pressing the advice, " When you cant do as well As
you wish, do as well as you can"
LXVI. elf the sea were TO boil, all the little
fishes woulGbe cooked Of the sky falls We shall
catch lirks.)
LXyIl. '''If | had known is always behind
band
LXyTT. "You csn't make pancakes without
ecgs' "You can't make Sir Isaac Ne"ton's head
out of BARRIERS block, is the North OF England
equivalent for tnis proverb.
LXIX. "a day for the sportsman and day
for the bird Every dog has is day. Sc.
Ink. Need aids love"
LXXf. "a ghost th.t has tasted s.lt no longer
lives in the grave yard"
LXXIl. Il am not going to take my eyes Odt to
walk with cane" This Is rather a more grace
iul expression than Young Americas "Catcn me
go g il blind"
LAXuI. Your mother is dead; butmy mother
died the same day: I'm not going to leave my
others funera 70 see your mother buried THIS
il pTOyeTb frequently employed IN refusing - at
tend Ia other peoples business when ones own
affairs need lmmedl.te care.
IXXIY. ~ gave you my hail, but did not give
you NY bed-chsmber."
LXXy. They don't sell legs in the market
place"
LXXvI. d" Run out of the river and fall into
tie sea-" This surely. Is more elegant than Jump
out of the fryibg-p4n into the fire" The natIye
African pTOyerb. however Is even more beautiful
in expression than the Creole: " Leap from the
sword INFO tie sheath.
LXXVII. "A monkey ia sure Of what is in bis
belly; but what's only IN his mouth he's not sure
Of" there's many Sip 'twixt the cup and
the .ip.)
IXXyIII. Where the laughing come. from,
there the crying comes from, too True: MlrtA
and saduess ever twins.
LINK. Why does the donkey make little
Ole. but that his own back MAJ resi-
LINK. =. Your eyes may be red, but they are
not TIRE 70 burn up the sayanuss;" or, 81 Blood
sho, eyes are not torches" Applied probably, to
impoieht rage; but ain not certain OF it,