The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-08-04
pR0yERBS OF TIE NATIONS.
what the Various People Say OF Them
selves and Others.
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tn SDaiu its said "The Englishmah SCI
! 4 drunkard, the Frenchman scamp, ~
he Duichman q butterman ana the w
snanIard . cavalier ~ and again "lt nc
s best to be born In Italy, to i've 10 y.
France and 10 die In Spain" IN
The Russians say: /" Englishmen nave &c
.helr Wits at their fingers ends, french o!
men 1t the ends of their tongues. p,
Il ia said in Poland "What the i,a- "
Han iuvents the Frenchman makes tne !"
German seliss the Pole buys anu VIC
Russians take from him.: a. a.
The Itslians say: "When 'louDIe - -
comes the German browns II III o''ns, =,
the Frenchman talks it down, the n
Snanlard meets 1t with tears, the l'a''a"
eoes 10 sleep till 1t is past" .
mono the Germans England is said
- ia the paradise of women aud the
nnruatory OF servants, but far worse
place than that for horses.
Ahont the French, say the Italians
..Thev do not say what they Intend 10
do. nor read what is written, nor sing
the notes set before them
And a German says: ga frenc",
man Ia good acquaintance but oao
neIchbor.0 a truth which Prince BIS
m.rck ts never tired of inpress'ns on
the naoDle. aud urging them accord
,no,v "a enlarge the standing army.
T,Ha negroes in French colony say
uMouche .(Monsieur) Conna,out pas
onnniat tout'' - Mr.. knoW-a'l ooht
know II ell. ~,
Perhaps the Greeks fare worse OF al
In the opinion of those who have to 90
with them. If we may judge by the
savings concerning them that pass from
mouth to mouth. Among the South-
ern S,av races this is especially the
case. They say "Three Turks ana
three Greeks make up six heatheu;
and AGAIN: ga crab is not fish, nor
Greek true man;" and again, "a
Greek speaks the truth once year;
and again; ga Gypsy cheats Jew, :,
low Greek and a Greek the devil.
The Venetians say Gle VINO trusts
the word of a Greek is more fool than
the mailman" Even in Normandy
the repute of the Greek has passed inte
a proyerb, and he who obtains some
thing quite unexpectedly IS sa'o u
have ugot paid by Greek.
Holland and Flanders nave pow
been places of refuge for bankrupt AM
fraudulent Frenchmen for long time
and as such are regarded ProverDiah.
In France. "Go TO Holland" mea"
eyade paying your debts. And 10 sa!
of a man, "Ii est dc Flandres'" IS III
same as saying he is a ruined man.
Mynheer Van Dunck, though ~
never was drunk, slipped brandy an,
whisky daily - for the Dntc"nhn
draught must be deep as the ro'i'n
Zuvder Zee. That we all know, ana
drink like Dutchman Is every""e'
prOverbial.
az italians It is said by the French
uIJan one Ia too much in the house !;
aud tho I,lyrian says of the lIaliaT
what the Englishmen and the aerma
sav of the Swiss uHe would sell h
own father for gold"
The Jews share with the prerogatiV
Of being the best abused OF all pr"pl
proverbially.
The Pole says:
The German cheats the Pole,
The italian cheats the German,
The Spaniard swindles the Italian.
Tho Jew dcfrauds tho Sparard,
But only the devil can got INC po''ei VI
Jew.
The German says: "The Jews chea
even while praying"
And the inhabitant OF Lesser Nuss'
"The jew did not learn to cheat; nc
born with the faculty."
To build castles in the air is render
In French, having castle i'll Spain.
Compliments that mean nothing
culled Spanish coin; aud in Italy p
son Is designated euphemistlca
"Spanish figs" because Spaniards
supposed to poison those they desire
get rid of with fruit in which arsc
has been inserted.
The Swiss Is not known proVefD';'
for his patriotism, but for his mercln'
nature. "No kreutzer, no Schwi'Ze
Is common saying in Germany, a
"Point d'argent, point de Suisse, y
the French version of the same. I
evening when distinguished Gene>
actress and Swiss company were
forming "Wiiliam Tell'' in Paris Il
had an empty house. The actress ca
forward and said: 81 see-the prov
ia reversed. To-day 1t is no mon
plenty OF SWISS"
We speak OF carrying Goals to n
castle when we wish to designate
absurdity of sending something
where there Is superfiuity; lii Ru
they speak of sending snow to Lapi
and in Germany OF dispatching q
to Norway. In Holland, when
desire to say that man is In his
ment, they describe him as being
q goat in Norway.
Tho Railroad to COushatta.