Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 33
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications

Previous | Next

Page 242
________________ 232 THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY. [SEPTEMBER, 1904. (8) Rajek ambu ganitnam dugiyek kdta pavasayi - When the king takes the wife to whom is the poor man to complain. (4) Kandata balla biruvata kanda mitivéda - Though a dog barks at a hill will it grow less. (5) Kesbevi bittara siyagananak ia kisi sabdayak nokaratat kikili eka bittard i gam kipékata ehenta sabdakaranaválu - Though the tortoise lays a hundred eggs and makes no noise, the hen crows over her one egg for several villages to hear. (6) Atisdréta amuda gehuvdvagey - It is like wearing a crupper to cure dysentery. (7) Gaha uda miya dekald engili levakanavd-vagey - It is like licking your finger on seeing & beehive on a tree. (8) Keté mupó kévdta gedara tibuna göna hamata tadibêvd vagey - It is like flogging the elk-skin at home to avenge on the deer who trespassed in the fields at night. (9) Angurak liren sødd sudu karanta berilu -- It is not possible to make a charcoal white by washing it in milk. (10) Puhul'hord karen deneyi - Who steals ash-pampkins will be known from his shoulder. The Hare and the Jackal.80 Once upon a time a hare and a jackal were sweeping a compound (midula) and they found two pumpkin-seeds (labuela); these they planted, but only one grew, as the jackal nourished his with his urine, while the hare did so with pare well-water. The hare agreed to kindly share the pumpkin with his friend, and the jackal proposed a ruse to obtain the other requisites for preparing their meal, vis., firewood, cocoanat, salt, rice, and earthen utensils. The hare laid himself on the high road as if dead, and when any pingo-bearer carrying what they wanted appeared, the jackal cried out, "keep the pingo down and kindly take away that dead hare." As the foolish peasant did as he was requested, the jackal carried away his pingo and the hare scampered away. After the meal was kept on the fire, the wily jackal asked the hare to procure for him some stalkless Macaranga tomentosa leaves (kenda kola) and stones with roots. The hare wandered far and wide to find them without suocess; he returned home late, tired, and asked for his share of the meal. He was directed to the rice-pot, but he only found there a few grains of rice. The insatiate jackal asked for half of that, too; and then ordered the hare to stroke his back. The hare noticed a cocoanat husk (polmuduva) acting as a stopper anderneath his tail, and, at the jackal's request, pulled it out and was besmeared with his excretion. He ran to a neighbouring mead, rolled himself well on the grass and came back "as white as wool," determined to revenge himself on the jackal, who wanted to know how he was so clean. The hare told him that the dhobi washed him, and the jackal, for once foolish, ran to the riverside and requested the washerman to wash him. The dhobi took him by his hind legs and thwacked him, till he died, on the washing-stone, saying, “This is the jackal who ate my fowls." The Story of Hokk4,81 Once upon a time there was a Gamarála who had contracted such an abhorrence to the expression " Aniccan dukkan" (this is a phrase in every day use among the Singhalese; it means literally "Sorrow is not eternal," and is used to express surprise or astonishment) that he formed a resolution to cat off the nose of any person, no matter who, that would dare utter it in his hearing. In * This is the first tale told to a child, who is never tired of hearing it repeated. From the Orientalist, Vol. I. (1884), Part VI. p. 181. This is an entertaining specimen of « Ceylon folk. story. The range of Singhalosp tales is not yet fully explored.

Loading...

Page Navigation
1 ... 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514