The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-03-27
VENEzUELANS IKE PROVERBS
Are Unusually Caustic of WomenMarry the Women When
You Can Says One Quotation.


The Venezuelan delights in the use of provera phrases in his
conversation and is quite impossible hold
him without having to listen them in almost every
These have interest of Importance and regard
ed embodyng much OF the national character them
preserved the popular thoughts feelings and ASPIRATIONS how
vulgar vugary expressed They history
record of manners and customs and mirror of language
which sozed by the Indian dialects lends itself easily to the
sanisng of discourse In them found embedded
the best OF old Caian encrusted perhaps with the of
the of eracy Many these of course proverbs
IN the terms strict sense but rather maNims, adages and
Trains Couched in short Hudibrastc doggee they fall like
sparks the mine Of the hearers readily
membered They their speech what garlic Stew
the essential, peculiar national flavor
Towards the speech extremely severe and of
the adages highly favored bear quotation. Nnas
vnas son NAL guardian CCs and vines are hard to guardD
speaks of anxiety respect the inclination Of the girls
y the age when their services profitable
parents. Casa e hocuando queserey hocuando pudere
Marry the when will and the daughter when you cam
sentiment orcbl If less tersey expressed by FL hjo
de veCnO, quitale ell casae hja Wipe the
OF thy neighbours and marry him thy daugher!
To the large the illusions uncompmenary. De la
mar la sal de la muger uco NAL om the sea comes salt and
from much i'll is surpassed in lack of gal
lany by the sweeping De la naa guarda de la buena
NADIA bad woman beware and good woman
neerD Where the children all girls often said
Ha nadrc diabos par de parde Ihe daughters
with the mother are devils for the father isogvnv reaches an
with La muger la pera, que Gala e and the
pear take the that is silent To show the rooted objection
70 woman receiving an education we often hear Nra are haze
hn-n muger que sabe Latin hCera buen fin The mule
that whnnies and the that knows Latin to
any good end Another shewd though albeit unknd saying
CWOnanS advice is little and he who takes it not fool }
The OF all the experience this matter is contained in this
OraCuar En- de mugcr sadas ha de acer
Gin the OF Woman life she has make but three jour
ytfat the baptisma font the marriage altar and the
grave. At all other times she had better remain home
Some of the proverba sayings, although directed the gen
era affairs of the world and human conduct and distinguished
by pCturesquenes and pthness, nevertheless difficult
erpre The people relish them but outsider has lit
tie comprehension Of the significance OF their meaning Two,
frequently heard these: Calar negra bano Gas
dumb negress in the bath and Puerco fresco nuevO,
Clsianlo al cemeteo Fresh pork and wine for the lit
tie Christian the cemetery! These both sound odd but the
visitor learns that regards the is the popular idea
negress always takatve except when the BATH where
she enens fear and suspicion that unless she remains quiet
she will become wte The other refers the practice
OF providing refreshments for the funerals among
which fresh pork and wine staples
Occasionally hears proverb which is decidedly novel
One which recall said afternoon by my donkey
boy passed an olive orchard remarked that if
that there dogs there guard against thieves
would pick olive co. hot exclaimed the boy me fragile
boda perro las oas Neither rar the wedding
dog among the oves have the least idea the
necon correlation The lad dealing with parOemology
freely a sage told day that trip he
would have send another boy substitute he had other
business replied by telling him that if could agree
price would purchase animal At this he up his
hands and asked me if did not know the adago"N compress
de nj ha de mesOnero Neither buy
of the mueter marry the nnkeepers daugher) In
vain asked him explain his meaning He either could
would But like all his countrymen he stilu at
using proverbs Cervantes in enrchng the humo of San
cho Panza AL educated and eteae alike, cannot refrain
repeating proverbs and sought abstain he would
succeed Don QuXote did who the of repoving his
squire for the same habit quoted moral proverbios.