1. Amuri, tussi e fumu nun si ponnu tèneri cilati.
2. Tinta dda casa unni canta la gaddina.
3. Figghia di gatta, si nun mùzzica, gratta.
4. Anni e piccati su' cchiù di quantu si dicinu.
5. La saluti veni di l'alligrizza di lu cori.
6. Cui perde l'onuri, perdi assai, ma cui perdi la fidi, perdi tuttu.
a. He who loses his honour loses enough but he who loses his faith loses everything.
b. A man's years and sins are always more than he tells you.
c. Love, coughs and smoke cannot be kept hidden.
d. Health is the result of a happy heart.
e. Dark is the house where the hen sings [ie., instead of the rooster].
f. If a cat's daughter doesn't bite, she scratches [ie., the daughter of a bad woman is not to be trusted].
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1c, 2e, 3f, 4b, 5d, 6a.
3 comments:
1c, 3f, 4b, 2e, 5d & 6a. Not sure about the singing hen - does it mean that men should rule the roost?
Got them but without the translations I would ahve been sunk!
Hi, WW. I think that's the implication, yes. Well done, jams!
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