Social interaction

GROUP SOLIDARITY

one /few are powerless or unable to compete; insecurity of one/few

The literature references of the proverb type:

Abbreviation: Bar

Baron,J.L.: A Treasury of Jewish Quotations 1956 New York: Crown Publishers, Inc.. ENG*

Proverb on page: 832. Proverb number(s) on page: 19.

Abbreviation: Bro

Brougham,A.E. - Reed,A.W.: Maori Proverbs 1963 Wellington / Aukland: A.H. & A.W. Reed.. MAORI/ENG*

Proverb on page: 18.

Abbreviation: DOm

Tang Kristensen, Evald (ed.): Danske ordsprog, og mundheld, skjæmtsprog, stedlige talemåder, ordspil og samtaleord. 1890 Kjöbenhavn: Gyldendalske boghandel.. DAN

Proverb number(s): 5582.

Abbreviation: DOs

Mau, E. (ed.): Dansk ordsprogs skat. 1879 Kjøbenhavn: G.E.C. Gad, Nielsen & Lydiche.. DAN

Proverb number(s): 6318, 6319.

Abbreviation: DS II

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

Proverb on page: 309.

Abbreviation: Dür II

Düringsfeld, Ida von — Reinsberg-Düringsfeld., Otto von: Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen II 1875 Leipzig: Hermann Fries.. GER and BOHEM,DAN,DUT,ENG,FR,HUNG,ITA,LAT,POL,SWE etc./GER*

Proverb number(s): 542.

Viele Hände machen kurze Arbeit, aber der Teufel fährt in die Schüssel. / Mange Haender giver rapt Arbejde, og mange Munde giver tomme Fade.

Abbreviation: Har I

Harrebomee,P.J.: Spreekwoordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal I 1858-1870 Utrecht: Kemink en Zoon.. DUT

Proverb on page: 155. Proverb on page: 282.

Abbreviation: Har III

Harrebomee,P.J.: Spreekwoordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal III 1858-1870 Utrecht: Kemink en Zoon.. DUT

Proverb on page: 169.

Abbreviation: KS

Miettinen, Liisa — Leino, Pentti (eds.): Karjalaisia sananpolvia. 1971 Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.. KAREL

Proverb number(s): 9541, 2397, 2571.

Abbreviation: Kuu2

Kuusi, Matti: Ovambo Proverbs with African Parallels. FF communications no. 208. 1970 Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica.. OVAMBO/ENG*,varia AFR>GER*FR*

Proverb number(s): 847.

Die Einsamkeit des Witwenkraales, seine viele Speise (Ovambo/Afr.) / One comes alone to a small house and its food (Ovambo/Afr.)

Abbreviation: Nir

Nirvi, R.E. — Hakulinen, L.: Suomen kansan sananparsikirja. 1948 Porvoo: WSOY.. FIN

Additional number(s) and notes: (64).

Abbreviation: Oos

Oost, Joseph van: Dictons et proverbes chinois. Habitant la Mongolie sud-ouest. Variétés sinologiques 50. 1918 Zi-ka-wei près Chang-hai: Imprimerie de l'Orphelinat de T'ou-sè-wè.. CHIN/FR*

Proverb number(s): 248.

Lorsqu'on est nobreux, cela va bien pour abattre de la besogne; lorsqu'on est peu nobreux, cela va bien pour manger (Chinese)

Abbreviation: P

Mieder, W. (ed.): Proverbium. Sprichwörterforschung 9/1-2. [Original: Proverbium. publié par J. Krzyzanowski, Matti Kuusi, Démétrius Loucatos, Archer Taylor] 1987 [1965-1975 Helsinki: Société de Littérature Finnoise.] Bern: Peter Lang.. varia GLOB>ENG*GER*RUS*FR*

Proverb on page: 717. Additional number(s) and notes: 1.7+-.

Abbreviation: Per

Permâkov, Grigorij Lvovic: Izbrannye poslovitsy i pogovorki narodov Vostoka. 1968 Moskva: Nauka.. varia EAST-EUR>RUS*

Additional number(s) and notes: (327).

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): 1250.

Abbreviation: RP

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

Proverb on page: 384. Proverb number(s) on page: 1359.

One can work well with many and eat well with few (Chinese)

Abbreviation: Sca

Scarborough,W.: A Collection of Chinese Proverbs. 1875 Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press.. CHIN/ENG*

Proverb number(s): 604.

Abbreviation: Ste

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

Proverb on page: 1061.

Abbreviation: Sto

Stoett, F.A.: Nederlandsche spreekwoorden, spreekwijzen, uitdrukkingen en gezegden 1905 Zutphen: W.J.Thieme & Cie.. DUT,(ENG,FR,GER)

Proverb number(s): 746.

Abbreviation: SuiS

Sarala, A.: Suistamolaisia sananparsia. Second edition by Helmi Virtaranta. 1982 [1968] Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.. KAREL

Proverb number(s): 138.

Abbreviation: Til

Tilley, Morris Palmer: The Proverbs in England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. 1950 Ann Arbor (MI): University of Michigan Press.. ENG

Proverb on page: 287. Proverb number(s) on page: 119.

Abbreviation: VKs

Kuusi, Matti (ed.): Vanhan kansan sananlaskuviisaus. 1990 [1953] Helsinki: WSOY.. FIN

Proverb on page: 281. Additional number(s) and notes: (122).

Abbreviation: VSs

Posti, Lauri (ed.): Varsinais-Suomen sananparsia. Varsinaissuomalainen Osakunta. 1936 Porvoo: WSOY.. FIN

Additional number(s) and notes: (228, 794).

Abbreviation: Win

Winter, H.: Vakkasuomalaisia sananlaskuja 1934 Uusikaupunki. FIN

Additional number(s) and notes: (14).

Literature references of neighbouring proverb types:

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Abbreviation: Kuu2

Kuusi, Matti: Ovambo Proverbs with African Parallels. FF communications no. 208. 1970 Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica.. OVAMBO/ENG*,varia AFR>GER*FR*

Proverb number(s): 729, 730.

In a crowd one gets neither well fed nor exhausted from work (Ovambo/Afr.)

H3b 29b

Abbreviation: Mie

Mieder, Wolfgang: The Prentice-Hall encyclopedia of World Proverbs. A treasury of wit and wisdom through the ages. 1986 New Jersey: Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall.. glob>ENG*,ENG

Proverb number(s): 2598.

The smaller the company the greater the share (Manx)