As They Say In Zanzibar. David Crystal
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446 Neighbours
447 Enemies
448 Society
449 Politeness
450 Love
452 Dislike – Anger
453 Marriage
455 Goodness – Evil
456 Deserving
458 Praise – Blame
459 Drunkenness
460 Laws – Lawyers
461 Punishment
462 God – Gods
463 Angels – Saints
464 Devils
465 Heaven
466 Worship
467 Clergy
468 Church
Panel 1 Family mottoes
Panel 2 Groups of three
Panel 3 Proverbs in Shakespeare
Panel 4 Country variations – climate
Panel 5 Present tense
Panel 6 Belonging together
Panel 7 Children play with proverbs
Panel 8 Country variations – artefacts
Panel 9 Succinctness
Panel 10 Local words
Panel 11 Phonetic structure
Panel 12 Dramatic proverbs
Panel 13 Tracing a history
Panel 14 First person proverbs
Panel 15 A character called Proverbs
Panel 16 Country variations – animals
Panel 17 Country variations – plants
Panel 18 Contrasts
Panel 19 Proverb grammar
Panel 20 A catch-phrase becoming a proverb
Panel 21 Nonstandard language
Panel 22 Paremiographers
Panel 23 Proverbs in Shakespeare’s school
Panel 24 A proverb poem
Panel 25 Proverbial software
Panel 26 ‘Proverbs’ in Shakespeare
Panel 27 Being bilingual
Panel 28 Authorial creations
Panel 29 Adults play with proverbs
Panel 30 Country variations – beliefs and behaviour
Panel 31 Biblical proverbs
Panel 32 Unfinished proverbs
1 EXISTENCE
1 God did not create hurry FINLAND
2 Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank Him for not having given it wings ETHIOPIA
3 The face came before the photograph USA
4 Heroism consists in hanging on one minute longer NORWAY
5 Everything comes to those who wait ENGLAND
6 There’s a time and a place for everything ENGLAND
7 The existence of the sea means the existence of pirates MALAYSIA
8 Handsome is as handsome does ENGLAND
9 Friendly is as friendly does USA
10 Everything is possible, except to bite your own nose NETHERLANDS
11 Fingers were made before forks ENGLAND
12 The bigger they come, the harder they fall USA
13 When God made the rabbit He made bushes too HUNGARY
14 Let the church stand in the churchyard ENGLAND
15 Everything will perish save love and music SCOTLAND
16 Rules are made to be broken ENGLAND
17 If you aren’t what you ain’t, then you ain’t what you are USA
2 FAMILY
1 If you have no relatives, get married EGYPT
2 Vultures eat with their blood relations SOUTH AFRICA
3 One family builds the wall; two families enjoy it CHINA
4 In every family’s cooking-pot is one black spot CHINA
5 The bazaar knows neither father nor mother TURKEY
6 A hundred aunts is not the same as one mother SIERRA LEONE
7 If my aunt had wheels, she might be an omnibus NETHERLANDS
8 Bed is your brother ZANZIBAR
9 Better a neighbour over the wall than a brother over the sea ALBANIA
10 Two happy days are seldom brothers BULGARIA
11 Three brothers, three fortresses PORTUGAL
12 Brotherly