Telegram-herald., 1889-08-23
0FT-QUOTED PHRASES.
Thslr Origin Traced Back % Gocc
Old Days q Yore.

Old Days or Iore-
Thsy Dla4s spell FAea ast a. We D.
~. bat xAsg Di1 .4s-e cd Fbla4-
lax-A k4eora Ie2s ria - IsS-
fsl a. sesulag N44y Dissasss-
soaae 4 sLs coaEz1o@esE sayulss ss hear
ss@y 14y 1--we -Sez az-loea d9~a - -.
fzs1 tz11er . So. f-r gaeEe IA2a = E1lslsl1i
ye@zs- z1t even long L@tOrs t1sss proverbs
a. thought - 1ass ose1 "a zss s--aas oGr
k1sika fofefatners /. L1slr IS a1z~s-4lc a.
Eszrta D@Tn-41y befors thsy colqUsrsd All
ssttied s1s izlan1 they artsrsar1 ca - kQg-
-.1A Aaay = s1sla ara eoaaaoG - s1s
~E8ls AFy4H r4es.
As Eiag A4rs5 ~ha lived n tns Ninth
eenn4ry. Nss q gsod are 4lss mAn. oar an
testers Ia s1e 1ll2lle 4gss attributed 20 AKA
0a4ny 4 these xiss asyilsS, And Ibers Is
tradition Ela- -A-s provsrta-i philosophy ~as
ssisefsa - ain to hls wlt4nag gs1Icl. or ola
E1khsa pa la1sa-
a. GID sASUSCHPT.
There - nlauls-T1pg OF sne rhirteeuth
csntzry containing many Of these proverbs
~---E have been printed less sl <as ~ris-
tes, Ia sks sty.s 2ad spelling q 1o0 yaars 40
The specu4aas thAs follow VII - ro.so rnlsea
a. oncs. Ia sgiss u tAair al1 f44hi4z zsd LIZ
Ash dress
Brcgc c1iit tvf tre1etA-
lie Is tTa % Aora JAAL usr n-ts soa-
W-i 'yEt ihat Sc rytA
Cod b-y ls..as .n44eta xod eacyaS
at .aa sl-ola
sef lla-. r.e ser lr0m hsrta
Hea l-- --..s .-aI. = fullest tAsnns Der hh
ls5sest
Wlsn us bals Is hest rhisaesrl. Ehsn1s Is lie
eo1s boot remedy nest nlxAsstl
Coming down - the FourJeenth century
~ hnd many = our common proverbs Ia
Piers Plowman' aud Chsucer. Tte author
ol Piers floa ulaa" .ays that f&itn without
work IS
led Is a core nayls
Wisdom AMI ~ltte now Is uOakht worth a ca-se.
This survives Ia our no. worth cursa,
or ''cont care n cur-@ where curse stands
+ Tor cress. Ia Turner's book on the Names
I of Herbesn ISIS both forms are IN use cresse
aad ksrss. An old alllterative poem contains
this lins:
+ Anger gaynez igalnsl thee not crussA
and C1aucer has.
lie raeglt .reeksdl hs 10, a kern
+ In the Canterbury Tales" one would nat
Graiy expect % ind many OF our common
+ bywords, such as:
Sordrv y a ots thar day ey cay
Than Is !- wisdom as is talnketh ne
To naken vsrtu Of uecczsite.
Hyt u 20, ii gotie that zLAreca-
UpTigat q bo1t-
Bet than lSver = l4to
Which We have changed into better late.
+ than never"
Besy a. bees: piping hot. etc
To curry favor il a corruption OF middle
: English-to curry faveN-that is, 10 rub down
a horse. Faveu was common name for
horse II the Fourteenth century
Specimens OF proverbs found In the Fif
teenth century literature are:
F l know nol Ga 4 from the wynd-myine. ne a
from a bo.e foot.-Jack Upland
We have a 70 puLe.-To Sniy Mysteries.
Odyous u oldo been com parLAonls-Ly gates
Poems.
AFTER THE FrFTEESTH CENTURY.
rs We reach the Sixteenth century many
proverbs appear for the first time. Tyndsle
the translator OF the Bible says that ''if the
porridge be burnt, or when "A thing spcedeth
not well, we say: The bishop hath put his
foot In the pot"
This Is partly revived IN our dayi
Put us foot n 1t.
Lylo's "Euphuss:'
As iyke as one poase Is % another
+ Falnth hart neither wirneth cesteu nor h1v
TruSser's Five Hundredth Pointes OF Good
/ Husbandrie."
Christmas comes but once a year
Who goeth a-borrowing goeth a-sorrowtng
Haywood Proverbs, - Published in l545:
No man ought 70 look given horse IN the
mouth
TWO heads are better than ono.
BcggarS should be chooser1
Rome vas not built n one day.
New broom swePth cleene
NJ era without some smoke
Leape out 0f the frying pan into the fyrol
/ know which side ny bread Is buttered
When give yo1 an inch you take ~
She looksth az butter viii not melt In her
mouth
penny for your thought
You not 49, the wood for the trees-
Ths gray mare "a the better horse.
Yoa might have gone further and Jared worse
Hi- ths Eal ca the head
"Rnle ths roost" Is a corruption Of "rule
the roast" genuine English proverb It is
found IA Gascoignes Steel Glas" l576 but
is appearance In literature is several cen
suries earlier.
Forsoorh good SIR tho lawyer leapeth fn;
Nay, rather leapes beth over hedge aad ditch
Aud rules tie roSt, bot fa~ rule ~ rh,ht
The literature Il the Seventeenth century
sbounds n our every day proverbs
"Aboott's Account OK lis Trials GG,7:
A sool and dis money Is seoa parted
Mo5bes translation Of Life Of Guzaaa~
G63g:
Make the best q a bad barxaia
a. merry a. ths day k ionE
Deli - e herring.
"Wychsrley'5 Conedies- 1850 ~:
damn with fantprsise=- -Ttain Dealer
D-eau-s 70 bT ooutrsr.es
FoTewarned IA forearasd - rAs Gentleman
DsnciaE rsster
far'iiI TitT hraeiJ coutsrnpt
Walls have ears-I<0vs n a Wood
Flaia as a Pc state
Yetch tAela OYER the coais- Merry DTorery
Congrs~e's Plays uC-s-l70Q:
CIT diamond with diamond old Bachelor
Chip of tss o.d 5ieck Love for Iovs
turn UJ vf8 70 gTa--s. way Ok tie
Word
Ills IS perhaps TIE origin q sur grass
wid0w
Buffers "Eu4Ehras~ 1913.
r'nz ths caanrs
Jeremy Golfers short View of English
Stage l6<0
co-e q With flying colars
AZ to1T ca there IA he .hore g hope
z A Alien in s. Louis Republic
VALUE OF LIFE AND LIMB.
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