CHAPTER XI

POPULAR PHRASES AND SAYINGS

Humorous similes 158-160 Metaphorical and figurative phrases and sayings 160-170 Proverbial sayings 171-174 Phrases referring to death 175-176 Answers to inquisitive questioners 176 Dialect forms of greeting 176-177 Contemptuous and derisive expressions 178 Local similes 178-179 Local nicknames and rhymes 180 Local sayings and jibes 181-182 Historical allusions 183-189 Ethnological evidence afforded by the dialects 190