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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... woman says it is fixed at a silver coin for each plate of fried fish . Let the woman and the traveler go out of the court into the sunlight ; let the traveler hold out a silver coin , and let the woman take the shadow cast by it . For ...
... woman says it is fixed at a silver coin for each plate of fried fish . Let the woman and the traveler go out of the court into the sunlight ; let the traveler hold out a silver coin , and let the woman take the shadow cast by it . For ...
Page 86
... women usually go bareheaded , except , of course , for a flower . If there is a hot sun and work requires being exposed to it , a woman puts on something , but merely for protection - anything at all to fend off heat prostration — a ...
... women usually go bareheaded , except , of course , for a flower . If there is a hot sun and work requires being exposed to it , a woman puts on something , but merely for protection - anything at all to fend off heat prostration — a ...
Page 92
... women are chosen . But women have been thugyi , and in that role they listen to and settle disputes . In Burma today , women are elected to sit in the Parliament , they have been sent to participate in the United Nations and to serve as ...
... women are chosen . But women have been thugyi , and in that role they listen to and settle disputes . In Burma today , women are elected to sit in the Parliament , they have been sent to participate in the United Nations and to serve as ...
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