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100 1 $aCryer, Max.
245 10 $aPreposterous proverbs :$bwhy fine words butter no parsnips /$cMax Cryer.
260 $aAuckland, N.Z. :$bExisle Pub.,$c2011.
300 $a270 pages ;$c20 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 269-270).
520 $a"Max Cryer looks at a vast array of proverbs from around the world. Proverbs on birth, food, women and love rub shoulders with others on money, animals, sin and death. He has chosen some of the most interesting and perplexing, and with his characteristic wry wit he analyses their meaning and truth. A great book to dip into, Preposterous Proverbs will take you from Greece ('A thousand men cannot undress a naked man') and China ('A dry finger cannot pick up salt') to Japan ('Fools and scissors must be carefully handled') and India ('A fat spouse is a quilt for the winter')"--Publisher information.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Birth -- Breeding -- Life -- What makes a man? -- Solitude and patience -- Silence -- Truth -- Clothes -- Face and hair -- Tall or short -- Wine and strong drink -- Women -- Love -- Marriage -- The home -- Employment -- The law -- Democracy -- Money -- Investment -- Poverty -- Animals -- Books -- Pictures -- Knowledge -- News -- Friends, neighbours, visitors -- Weather and gardens -- Seasons and hemispheres: saluting the South -- Sleep and rest -- Sin -- Old and new -- First or second? -- Remedies -- Death.
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776 08 $iOnline version:$tPreposterous proverbs [electronic resource] : why fine words butter no parsnips
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