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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... meal with the smell of her fried fish . The traveler cannot deny that the wind did carry the smell of frying fish to his nostrils as he sat eating . There- fore , he must pay the price . But what was the price of fried fish ? The woman ...
... meal with the smell of her fried fish . The traveler cannot deny that the wind did carry the smell of frying fish to his nostrils as he sat eating . There- fore , he must pay the price . But what was the price of fried fish ? The woman ...
Page 89
... meal is chili , hot red peppers . So much chili is crushed in the mortar , and so frequently , the kitchen mortar is referred to as " the chili mortar , " ngayoke - sone . Grains are pounded in huge mortars ( see p . 72 ) . The pestle ...
... meal is chili , hot red peppers . So much chili is crushed in the mortar , and so frequently , the kitchen mortar is referred to as " the chili mortar , " ngayoke - sone . Grains are pounded in huge mortars ( see p . 72 ) . The pestle ...
Page 93
... meal . SERVING AND SITTING : A Burmese family of ordinary circumstances puts down a mat where the meal will be served ; the food is brought in a large round receptacle on its own pedestal . The family gathers around the btaminok ...
... meal . SERVING AND SITTING : A Burmese family of ordinary circumstances puts down a mat where the meal will be served ; the food is brought in a large round receptacle on its own pedestal . The family gathers around the btaminok ...
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 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 دو