LL-L "Proverbs" 2004.12.02 (01) [E/LS]

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The previous version was too impatient to wait for its turn.  Sorry.  RFH
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From: Uilleam Òg mhic Sheumais <goidel.glas at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Proverb" 2004.11.30 (02) [A/E]

Feasgar math, Lowlanders;

Ron, you quoted various proverbs relating to hunger being the best
seasoning - let's not forget Benjamin Franklin's aphorism from _Poor
Richard's Almanack_: "Hunger is the best pickle."

Beannachdan,
Uilleam Òg mhic Sheumais

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From: ezinsser at icon.co.za <ezinsser at icon.co.za>
Subject: LL-L "Proverb" 2004.11.30 (02) [A/E]

Hi dear all,

Oubaas, is this Etymology or Proverbs?

Sandy, I think the Scots version spells it out:
Mind your own business, as your children might be entrapped/influenced by
someone else's idea of what is suitable/right/wrong/acceptable.

Is it not so that we don't like others to tell us  how to deal with our
children, and by the same token prefer that our doors cover our children's
necks/backs?

Regards,
Elsie

>>> 8.  You should mind how you go; you have children of your own, >>> and
you don't know
who's door may fall on the back of their neck.

> That's clear enough, but I still don't understand the Scots version.

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From: Arend Victorie <victorie.a at home.nl>
Subject: Proverbs

Mien aolde va zee altied: 'Honger et dwars deur stienen muren'

Arend Victorie.

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Proverbs

Elsie:

> Oubaas, is this Etymology or Proverbs?

You're back in Proverb-Land.

Arend:

> Mien aolde va zee altied: 'Honger et dwars deur stienen muren'

This Lowlands Saxon saying of Arend's dad bears translating:

"Hunger eats right through stone walls."

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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