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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... young readers and are being published for the first time in the United States . These tales appear among several hundred others in two of Dr. Htin Aung's scholarly books : Burmese Folk Tales and Burmese Law Tales , Ox- ford University ...
... young readers and are being published for the first time in the United States . These tales appear among several hundred others in two of Dr. Htin Aung's scholarly books : Burmese Folk Tales and Burmese Law Tales , Ox- ford University ...
Page 70
... young men , of their own accord and on humanitarian grounds , freely offered their assistance to the two dangling men , it did not mean that they had surrendered their legal right to compensation for any injury or loss . On the other ...
... young men , of their own accord and on humanitarian grounds , freely offered their assistance to the two dangling men , it did not mean that they had surrendered their legal right to compensation for any injury or loss . On the other ...
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... Young children have their " long " hair tied with a ribbon into a ponytail that points up ( see p . 72 ) . The back of the head is shaved all the way up to meet the fringe which gives Burmese children a charming long - necked look ...
... Young children have their " long " hair tied with a ribbon into a ponytail that points up ( see p . 72 ) . The back of the head is shaved all the way up to meet the fringe which gives Burmese children a charming long - necked look ...
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