A Kingdom Lost for a Drop of Honey: And Other Burmese FolktalesParents' Magazine Press, 1968 - 96 pages A collection of fifteen Burmese folktales including "Why the Rabbit's Nose Twitches" and "The Origin of the Coconut." Also contains a separate section explaining Burmese terms and customs mentioned in the stories. |
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... Burma , half a world away , is little known to Americans . These fifteen folktales are offered by way of a pleasant introduction . There are fifteen folktales for several reasons , but one is because fifteen is a typical Burmese sum ...
... Burma , half a world away , is little known to Americans . These fifteen folktales are offered by way of a pleasant introduction . There are fifteen folktales for several reasons , but one is because fifteen is a typical Burmese sum ...
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... Burma , the dammer bee produces a wax so tough , it is used to calk the seams of boats . DAH : A dah is not the bleat of an animal ; it is the word in Burmese that means a blade . A villager , even a good Buddhist and therefore ...
... Burma , the dammer bee produces a wax so tough , it is used to calk the seams of boats . DAH : A dah is not the bleat of an animal ; it is the word in Burmese that means a blade . A villager , even a good Buddhist and therefore ...
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... Burmese . It's Arabic . It was , and still is , used to name the winds that blow from the Southwest in summer and the Northeast in winter . In Burma's " summer , " or rainy season , these winds bring rain from May until October . The ...
... Burmese . It's Arabic . It was , and still is , used to name the winds that blow from the Southwest in summer and the Northeast in winter . In Burma's " summer , " or rainy season , these winds bring rain from May until October . The ...
Contents
Foreword | 11 |
Mister Luck and Mister Industry | 18 |
Why the Rabbits Nose Twitches | 24 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
asked bamboo shoots bamboo thorn baskets became bee-hunter bees boat brass dish brass ladder Buddhist Burma Burmese calf called cattle chamberlain colt cool dispute driving spear DROP OF HONEY drunkard elephant farmer fight my enemy fisherman folktales fried fish ghosts gold dish Golden Crow golden ladder gong greedy girl hair head headman herdsman house lizard inside my stomach jackal jaggery Judge Rabbit jumped king king's laughed little girl live longyi looked Mandalay mats meal mischief-maker Mister Industry Mister Luck monsoon Moon-goddess morning mortar moss mother muddy water Naga night ogre oozie opium-eater otter pagoda parasol partnership pleaded poor traveler pots of gold Princess Learned-in-the-Law rafts rain replied Master Thumb rotten egg sesamum plant seven pots shouted silver coin sire snake stallkeeper surprise tamarind tattooed tiger toddy toddy-climber village village at sunset water jars wear wild pheasant woman zayat