LL-L "Proverbs" 2005.03.02 (10) [E]

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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at scotstext.org>
Subject: "Proverbs" [E]

> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Proverbs
>
> Hi, Gary, Lowlanders!
>
> I'm glad you enjoyed that.  Your Gran surprised me.  I didn't know that
this
> "genre" was known in the English-speaking world.  I'd be interested to
know
> if it's used elsewhere.  The formula: take an established proverb, change
it
> into a quotation and extend it in a humorous, even twisted way describing
> the action of the speaker.

This seems old in Scots as there are several in Hislop's collection from the
19th century:

"Mony a thing's made for the penny," as the wifie said when she saw the
black man.
"Muckle din aboot ane," as the deil said when he stole the collier.
"Shame faa the couple," as the cou said tae her fore feet.
"There's smaa sorrow at oor pairtin," as the auld mear said tae the broken
cairt.
"They're a bonny pair," as the craw said o his feet.
"They're a bonny pair," as the deil said o his cloots.
"They're curly an crookit," as the deil said o his horns.
"Twa heids is better than ane," as the wife said when she an her dug gaed
tae the mercat.
"Claw for claw," as Conan said tae the deil.
"Every man tae his taste," as the man said when he kissed his cou.
"For better acquaintance' sake," as Sir John Ramsay said when he drank tae
his faither.
"I'll naither mak or mar," as the young cock said when he saw the auld
cock's neck thrawn.

Sandy
http://scotstext.org/

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