The Matti Kuusi international type system and database of proverbs

Abbreviation: AP III

Freytag,Q.W. (ed.): Arabum proverbia III 1838-1843 Bonnae et Rhenum.. ARAB/LAT*

Proverb number(s): 2808.

Abbreviation: APp

Karapetjan, G.O. (ed.): Armjanskie poslovitsy i pogovorki. 1973 Moskva: Nauka. ARMENIAN/RUS*,RUS

Proverb number(s): 4.

Abbreviation: Aqu

Aquilina, J.: A Comparative Dictionary of Maltese Proverbs 1972 Malta: The Royal University of Malta.. MALTESE/ENG*,ARAB,ENG,GER,ITA,FR,SPA,PERS,AFR>ENG*,>FR*

Proverb on page: 442. Proverb number(s) on page: 36.

The ass loaded with money took it to the dunghill where he used to go (translation Maltese) / Der Esel trägt das Korn in die Mühle und bekommt Disteln

Abbreviation: DPm

Finbert,E.-J. (ed.): Dictionnaire des proverbes du monde 1965 Paris: Laffont.. glob>FR*

Proverb on page: 321.

Abbreviation: DS II

Wander,K.F.W.: Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon II 1867 -1880 Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.. GER, varia EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

Proverb on page: 1567. Proverb number(s) on page: 105.

Wenn Krähen der Leute Führer sind, so kommen sie zu Hundegerippen.

Abbreviation: DS IV

Wander,K.F.W.: Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon IV 1867 -1880 Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.. GER, varia EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

Proverb on page: 1861. Proverb number(s) on page: 4.

Abbreviation: EpS

Vaasan Jaakkoo (J.O.Ikola) (ed.): Eteläpohjalaisia sananparsia. 1920 Vaasa: [J.O.Ikola]. FIN

Proverb on page: 15. Proverb on page: 47.

Abbreviation: KL

Virtanen, Leea (ed.): Kasvantaviärät leuvat: savolaisia sananparsia. 1964 Helsinki: Savolainen osakunta.. FIN

Proverb on page: 246.

Abbreviation: Kos

Koskimies, A.V.: Kokoelma Suomen kansan sananlaskuja. 1906 Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.. FIN

Proverb on page: 282.

Abbreviation: McK

McKane, W.: Proverbs. A New Approach. 1970 London: SCM Press.. ENG

Additional number(s) and notes: (137).

Abbreviation: OD

Smith,W.G.- Wilson (eds.): The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs. 3rd edition. 1970 Oxford: Clarendon.. ENG

Proverb on page: 642.

Abbreviation: PPnv

Braginskij, I.S. et al. (eds.): Poslovitsy i pogovorki narodov vostoka. 1961 Moskva: Izdatel'svo vostotšnoj literatury.. glob>RUS*

Proverb on page: 65. Proverb number(s) on page: 462.

Abbreviation: PS II

Hakamies et al.: Proverbia Septentrionalia II (a database and manuscript in the Finnish Literature Society) 2001 (Helsinki / Tartu). FIN/ENG*,KAREL/ENG*,EST/ENG*,VOT,VEPS,LIV,LETT,LITH,RUS,GER,SWE

Proverb number(s): 1297.

Abbreviation: RP

Champion, Selwyn Gurney: Racial Proverbs. 2nd ed. 1950 London. glob>ENG*

Proverb on page: 13. Proverb number(s) on page: 25. Proverb on page: 339. Proverb number(s) on page: 424. Proverb on page: 345. Proverb number(s) on page: 60. Additional number(s) and notes: 521:166, 628:311, 459:100.

Follow the owl and he will lead you into a ruined place (Arabic) / If you fly with John Crow you will eat dead meat (Jamaican)

Abbreviation: Ste

Stevenson, Burton: The home book of proverbs, maxims and familiar phrases. 1948 New York: Macmillan.. ENG,varia GLOG>ENG*

Proverb on page: 1937. Proverb number(s) on page: 2.