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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Page 86
... wear long hair . A few men in the villages still do and they wear it in the old - fashioned way- pulled tight into a knot at the top or to the side of the head ( see p . 19 and 30 ) . Women still wear their hair long and the style hasn ...
... wear long hair . A few men in the villages still do and they wear it in the old - fashioned way- pulled tight into a knot at the top or to the side of the head ( see p . 19 and 30 ) . Women still wear their hair long and the style hasn ...
Page 87
... wear . It is a skirt from waist to ankles that is tied on . There are no hooks , buttons or zippers . The boys and men tie it on at front , center , with a deep pleat , shake out the folds , tug it , then twist and tie the ends . The ...
... wear . It is a skirt from waist to ankles that is tied on . There are no hooks , buttons or zippers . The boys and men tie it on at front , center , with a deep pleat , shake out the folds , tug it , then twist and tie the ends . The ...
Page 88
... wear the super longyi called a pasoe . It is about six yards long , of splendid rustling silk cloth . In the Burmese Court , it was the custom for courtiers , ministers and of course the king , to wear this luxurious type of longyi ...
... wear the super longyi called a pasoe . It is about six yards long , of splendid rustling silk cloth . In the Burmese Court , it was the custom for courtiers , ministers and of course the king , to wear this luxurious type of longyi ...
Contents
Foreword | 11 |
Mister Luck and Mister Industry | 18 |
Why the Rabbits Nose Twitches | 24 |
Copyright | |
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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