100 SOME ASSAMESE PROVERBS. Both aat and singi fish are unclean to Hindus. This proverb is an instance of the “pot calling the kettle black, also, cf, proverb No. 60. 299. Tigers and smates, সাপে থাই বাঘে খাই যদি মৰে জলে, যাৰ যি হব লাগে নিজ কৰ্ম্মৰ ফলে। Sape khai baghe khai jadi mare jale, Jar ji haba lage nij karmar phale. | whatever happens to any man, whether he is bitten by a snake or devoured by a tiger or drowned, is the result of his own action 900. Dogs. কুকুৰক নিদিবা ঠাই, লৰা ছোৱালীক নিদিবা লাই। Kukurak nidiba thai, lara chhowalik nidiba lai. Don't give a dog a place and do not give indulgence to children. The dog being an unclean animal, must not be allowed any- where where there is a possibility of its defiling any of the cook- ing or eating or drinking vessels. Ol. Dogs. কুকুৰে জানে কি তাম তুলসী? Kukure jane ki tan tulsi? what docs a dog know of the value of copper vessels or of the “tulsi”? When a Hindu worships his god, he dedicates to him leaves of
- tulse” in a copper vessel. The “tulsi ” is the “ Ocyum ৪aac-
tum, or holy basil. cf.--Bihar proverb: “Can a monkey appreciate ginger”? also Telegu proverb : “What can a pig do with a rose bottle”? Univ Calif - Digitized by Microsoft ®
