Another year has added 95 new and reprinted proverb
collections from around the world to my international
proverb archive here in Burlington, Vermont (USA). Scholars
from various countries have come to use these materials, and
I am glad to know that my library benefits so many students
and scholars.
As always, the collections are of different scope and
value. There continues to be a flood of small and popular
proverb collections intended for the general market. But
while such collections might not be of much importance to
paremiographers, it must be kept in mind that they introduce
proverbs to large numbers of readers who would otherwise not
come across these treasures from other cultures and
languages. It actually behooves serious scholars to
participate in the publication of such popular collections,
thereby assuring that they are based on serious
scholarship.
But there are, of course, also those serious and
voluminous collections which represent the most advanced
paremiographical accomplishments. For example, the first of
five volumes of a superbly executed Lithuanian proverb
collection has appeared with Kazys Grigas acting as its
editor-in-chief: Lietuviu patarles ir prie_od_iai. 5
vols. (Vilnius: Lietuviu literaturos ir tautosakos
institutas, 2000). Of great value are also H.L. Cox, Spreekwoordenboek: Nederlands, Fries, Afrikaans, Engels,
Duits, Frans, Spaans, Latijn (Utrecht: Van Dale
Lexicografie, 2000), and Julia Sevilla Muñoz, and
Jesús Cantera Ortiz de Urbina, 1001 refranes
españoles con su correspondencia en ocho lenguas
(alemana, árabe, francesa, inglesa, italiana, polaca,
provenzal, y rusa) (Madrid: EUNSA, 2000). But there are
many others as a glance at this bibliography will show.
Let me thank Hugo Bizzarri (Buenos Aires), Kazys Grigas
(Vilnius), Joseph Healey (Dar es Salaam), Gyula Paczolay
(Veszprém), Stanislaw Predota (Wroclaw), Maria Helena
Sampaio Sereno (Lisbon), Julia Sevilla Muñoz
(Madrid), Dumitru Stanciu (Bucuresti), Fionnuala Williams
(Belfast), and Francisco Zuluaga (Medellín, Colombia)
for their special help in making this extended bibliography
possible. Also, please keep in mind to inform me of your
newest publications. If you send me 300 flyers of your new
book, I will most certainly include them free of charge in
the next mailing of Proverbium to help you advertise
your work and to let other paremiographers know about your
significant accomplishment.
1. Abu-Sharar, Hesham. Refranes y dichos
populares comparados:
español-inglés-ruso-árabe. Bellaterra: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,
1998. 153 pp.
2. Ademola, Lady Kofo. African Proverbs. Ibadan: Bookcraft, 1998. 58 pp.
3. Adler, Mortimer J., and Charles Van Doren. Great
Treasury of Western Thought. New York: R.R. Bowker
Company, 1977. 1771 pp.
4. Andrei, Al. Proverbe, zicatori, ghicitori. Bucuresti: Regis, 1999. 141 pp.
5. Andrews, Oscar. Dutch Song (Perverted
Proverbs). Words and music by Oscar Andrews; arranged
by O.W. Lane. Boston: Oliver Ditson, 1883. 5 pp.
6. Anonymous. Proverbs of Solomon, Son of David,
King of Israel. Sprüche Salomos, des Sohnes David
des Königs von Israël. Proverbes de Salomon,
fils de David, roi d'Israel. Jerusalem: Korén
Publishers, 1997. 54 pp.
7. Anonymous. Sayings of the Sages of the Mishnah.
Sprüche der Weisen der Mischnah. Préceptes
des sages de la Michnah. Jerusalem: Korén
Publishers, 1997. 50 pp.
8. Apácai Bölöni, Sándor.
"Közmondások, szólások Arad
megyében. Proverbs from County Arad." In S.
Apácai Bölöni. Cú,
vénasszony bábája. Arad megyei
népmesék, közmondások,
szólások. Pécska:
Kálmány Közm_velodési
Egyesület, 1997. 133-166.
9. Assion, Peter (ed.). "Entweder et ränt -
oder de Schranke sin zo": Bönnsche/Kölsche
Redensarten. Bonn: Divossen, 1997. 149 pp.
10. Aurand, Monroe. Wit and Humor of the
Pennsylvania Germans. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Aurand
Press, ca. 1940. 32 pp.
11. Ayres, Alex (ed.). The Wit and Wisdom of
Eleanor Roosevelt. New York: Meridian, 1996. 242
pp.
12. Bartoszewicz, Iwona. Deutsch-polnisches
Sprichwörterlexikon: Eine repräsentative
Auswahl. Heidelberg: Julius Groos, 1998. 159 pp.
13. Bartu, Ion. Întelepciunea
dâmboviteanâ: Dictionar de proverbe,
zicatori, sfaturi întelepte si expresii proverbiale
din judetul Dâmbovita. Târgoviste:
Editura Bibliotheca, 1999. 270 pp.
14. Bedoya, Luis Iván et al. Refranes y
dichos. Medellín, Colombia: Universidad de
Antioquia, 1996. 417 pp.
15. Berrey, Lester V. and Melvin van den Bark. The
American Thesaurus of Slang. A Complete Reference Book of
Colloquial Speech. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1942.
1174 pp.
16. Bizzarri, Hugo O. Diccionario
paremiológico e ideológico de la edad media
(Castilla, siglo XIII). Buenos Aires: SECRIT, 2000.
385 pp.
17. Blank, Steven C. "Partial Glossary of American
Food/Agricultural Clichés, Colloquialisms,
Sayings, Etc." In S.C. Blank. The End of Agriculture
in the American Portfolio. Westport, Connecticut:
Quorum Books, 1998.
18. Brazão, José Ruivinho. Os
Provérbios Estão Vivos no Algarve: Pesquisa
Paremiológica em Paderne. Lisboa: Editorial
Notícas, 1998. 367 pp.
19. Broek, Marinus A. van den. De spreekwoorden van
Jacob Cats. Antwerpen: C. de Vries-Brouwers, 1998.
179 pp.
20. Browning, D.C. Dictionary of Quotations and
Proverbs. London: Octopus Books, 1982. London:
Chancellor Press, 1988. 745 pp.
21. Byrne, Robert. The 2,548 Best Things Anybody
Ever Said. New York: Galahad Books, 1996. no pp.
22. Chen Peraza, Berta Alicia. Proverbios
Chinos. Panamá: CMC Publishing, 2000. 61
pp.
23. Colfescu, Silvia. Pacale - snoave, proverbe,
ghicitori. Bucuresti: Editura Vremea, 1999. 159
pp.
24. Cox, H.L. Spreekwoordenboek: Nederlands, Fries,
Afrikaans, Engels, Duits, Frans, Spaans, Latijn. Utrecht: Van Dale Lexicografie, 2000. 998 pp.
25. Dickson, Paul. War Slang: Fighting Words and
Phrases of Americans from the Civil War to the Gulf
War. New York: Pocket Books, 1994. 403 pp.
26. Eyering, Eucharius. Proverbiorum Copia: Etlich
viel Hundert / Lateinischer vnd Teutscher schöner
vnd lieblicher Sprichwörter. 3 vols. Eisleben:
Henning Groß, 1601-1603. Rpt. edited with an
introduction by Wolfgang Mieder. Hildesheim: Georg Olms,
1999. I,817; II,721; III,615 pp. (introduction I, pp.
1*-26*).
27. Eyre, Richard. Don't Just Do Something, Sit
There. New Maxims to Refresh and Enrich Your Life. New York: Fireside Books, 1995. 175 pp.
28. Faber, Harold. The Book of Laws. New York:
Times Books, 1979. 113 pp.
29. Farries, Helen. A Sampler of Proverbs: A
Collection of Familiar and Less Familiar Proverbs Done in
Stitchery. Illustrations by Sandy Eylar. Anaheim,
California: Buzza-Cardoza, 1970. 25 pp.
30. Franceschi, Temistocle, and Claudia Cervini. Atlante Paremiologico Italiano: Questionario ventimila
detti proverbiali raccolti in ogni regione d'Italia. Alessandria: Edizioni dell'Orso, 2000 (1st ed. 1998). 672
pp.
31. Friesen, Victor Carl. "Maxims [Proverbs],
[Proverbial] Comparisons, and Other
[Proverbial] Expressions." In V.C. Friesen. The Windmill Turning: Nursery Rhymes, Maxims, and
Other Expressions of Western Canadian Mennonites. Edmonton, Alberta: University of Alberta Press, 1988.
88-115.
32. Galef, David (ed.). Even a Stone Buddha Can
Talk: The Wit and Wisdom of Japanese Proverbs. Illustrations by Jun Hashimoto. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle,
2000. 230 pp.
33. Gárate, Gotzon. 27.173 Atsotitsak.
Refranes. Proverbes. Proverbia. Bilbao:
Fundación Bilbao Bizkaia Kutza Fundazioa, 1998.
741 pp.
34. García, Carlos. Diccionario de
locuciones del habla de Antioquia. Medellín,
Colombia: Universidad de Antioquia, 1991. 151 pp.
35. Geiger, Karola. Deutsche Verse. Gedichte, Reime
und Sprüche als Wege zum gesprochenen Deutsch. Bensheim: Verlag Bensheimer Stadtblatt, 1952. 105 pp.
36. Ghitescu, Micaela. Novo dicionário de
provérbios: Português, espanhol,
francês, italiano, romeno. Lisboa: Fim de
Século Edições, 1992 (2nd ed. 1997).
202 pp.
37. Golescu, Iordache. Proverbe. Craiova:
Editura Hyperion, 1998. 178 pp.
38. Goodman, Ted (ed.). The Forbes Book of Business
Quotations. 14,173 Thoughts on the Business of Life. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1997. 992
pp.
39. Grigas, Kazys, Lilija Kudirkiene, Rasa
Kašetiene, Gediminas Radvilas, and Dalia
Zaikauskiene. Lietuviu patarles ir prie_od_iai. 5
vols. Vilnius: Lietuviu literaturos ir tautosakos
institutas, 2000. I, 928 pp.
40. Grose, Francis. Dictionary of the Vulgar
Tongue. London: C. Chappel, 1811; rpt. London:
Bibliophile Books, 1984. 224 pp.
41. Healey, Joseph G. 241 Misemo Kwenye Khanga za
Afrika Mashariki (Sayings on East African Cloth). Dar
es Salaam, Tanzania: Maryknoll Society, 2000. 17 pp.
42. Jurado, Augusto. Los refranes del vino y la
vida. Madrid: C & G Communicación
Gráfica, 1999. 400 pp.
43. Kabira, Wanjiku Mukabi, and Karega Mutahi. "Thimo
Gikuyu Proverbs." In W.M. Kabira and K. Mutahi. Gikuyu
Oral Literature. Nairobi: East African Educational
Publishers, 1988. 135-138.
44. Knowles, Elizabeth (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary
of Phrase, Saying, & Quotation. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1997. 694 pp.
45. Kurzer, Michael (ed.). Alte
Handwerksweisheiten. Mit Miniaturen aus dem Codex des
Balthazar Behaim. Würzburg: Stürtz, 1998. 62
pp.
46. Kurzer, Michael (ed.). Das kleine
Sprichwörterbuch. Illustriert mit vielen
Detailabbildungen des Gemäldes "Die
Niederländischen Sprichwörter" von Pieter
Bruegel d. Ä. Würzburg: Stürtz, 1998. 62
pp.
47. Kuzwayo, Ellen K. African Wisdom: A Personal
Collection of Setswana Proverbs. Cape Town: Kwela
Books, 1998. 56 pp.
48. Lean, Vincent Stuckey. Lean's Collectanea:
Encyclopedia of Proverbs. 5 vols. Bristol: J.W.
Arrowsmith, 1902-1904; rpt. Detroit: Gale Research
Company, 1969; rpt. again Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 2000.
Vol. 1, 509 pp,; vol. 2, part 1, 477 pp.; vol. 2, part 2,
463 pp.; vol. 3, 512 pp.; vol. 4, 481 pp.
49. Levin-Steinmann, Anke. Thematisches
phraseologisches Wörterbuch der russischen Sprache.
Beschreibung und Charakterisierung des Menschen /
Tematischeskii frazeologischeskii slovar' russkogo iazyka
(opisanie i kharakteristika cheloveka). Wiesbaden:
Harrassowitz, 1999. 352 pp.
50. Lewis, Gerald E. How to Talk Yankee. Thorndike, Maine: Thorndike Press, 1986. 57 pp.
51. Lupande, Joseph M., and Wilbard J. Lupande. Zinza Proverbs. Mwanza, Tanzania: Privately
printed, 2000. 14 pp.
52. Machado, José Pedro. O Grande Livro dos
Provérbios. Lisboa: Editorial Notícias,
1996 (2nd ed. 1998). 639 pp.
53. Margulis, Alexander, and Asya Kholodnaya. Russian-English Dictionary of Proverbs and Sayings /
Russko-angliiskii slovar' poslovits i pogovorok. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2000. 487 pp.
54. Mariño Sánchez-Elvira, Rosa Maria,
and Fernando García Moreno. Proverbios griegos.
Sentencias. Madrid: Gredos, 1999. 499 pp.
55. Marques da Costa, José Ricardo. O Livro
dos Provérbios Portugueses. Lisboa: Editorial
Presença, 1999. 551 pp.
56. Marton, Istvánné Balogh Ilona.
"Szólások, közmondások
(Mindszenten). [Proverbs in Mindszent, Hungary]."
In I.B.I. Marton. A szó köztünk
maradjon. Szavak, szólások,
közmondások. Ed. Péter
Gémes. Hódmez_vásárhely:
Marton István, 1999. 134-272.
57. Meredith, Mamie. "Prairie Schooner Slogans." American Speech, 7 (1932), 172-174.
58. Micu, Anamaria, and Mioara Besoiu (eds.). Proverbe, proverbs, proverbes. Deva: Editura Emia,
1999. 103 pp.
59. Mieder, Wolfgang. Garden of Wisdom: A
Collection of Plant Proverbs. Shelburne, Vermont: The
New England Press, 2000. 96 pp.
60. Miruka, Okumba. "Luo, Gikuyu, Yoruba, Acholi,
Kalenjin, Luhyia, and Maasai Proverbs." In O. Miruka. Studying Oral Literature. Nairobi: Akacia Stantex
Publishers, 2000. 123-134.
61. Mollay, Erzsébet. Németalföldi-magyar
közmondásszátor bevezet_
tanulmányokkal - Nederlands-hongaars
spreekwoordenboek met inleidende studies. Budapest:
Néderlandisztikai Központ, 2000. 115 pp.
62. Moreira, António. Provérbios
portugueses. 3rd ed. Lisboa: Editorial
Notícias, 1997. 407 pp.
63. Nyururi, Ngumba. Gikuyu Proverbs. Revised
edition by Alexander and Esmee Gichuke. (first ed. 1968).
Nairobi: Oxford University Press, 1983. 130 pp.
64. Odell, Ruth. "Nebraska Smart Sayings." Southern
Folklore Quarterly, 12 (1948), 185-195.
65. O'Donoghue, D.J. "Selected Irish Proverbs. etc."
In D.J. O'Donoghue. The Humour of Ireland. London:
Walter Scott, 1894. 414-420.
66. Paczolay, Gyula. Ezer magyar
közmondás és szólas - angol,
észt, finn és német
fordítással. 1000 Hungarian Proverbs. 1000
ungari vanasõna ja kõnekäändu.
1000 unkarilaista sananlaskua ja sanontaa. 1000
ungarische Sprichwörter und Redensarten. Budapest-Bicske: Bárczi Géza
Erték_rz_ Kiejtési
Alapítvány, 2000. 154 pp.
67. Panati, Charles. Words to Live By: The Origins
of Conventional Wisdom and Commonsense Advice. New
York: Penguin Books, 1999. 416 pp.
68. Parés i Puntas, Anna. Tots els refranys
catalans. Barcelona: Edicions 62, 1999. 635 pp.
69. Peña Izquierdo, César de la. El
refranero de los andaluces. Córdoba: Unta de
Andalucía, 1999. 246 pp.
70. Petro, Makuru S. Collection of 10 Ngoreme
Proverbs, 1 Song and 2 Stories (Northwestern
Tanzania). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Privately
printed, 2000. 20 pp.
71. Piccotti, Alberto. Proverbi friulani raccolti
dalla viva voce. Udine: Del Bianco, 1995. 358 pp.
72. Piirainen, Elisabeth. Phraseologie der
westmünsterländischen Mundart. 2 vols.
Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, 2000. Vol.
1: Semantische, kulturelle und pragmatische Aspekte
dialektaler Phraseologismen. Vol. 2: Lexikon der
westmünsterländischen Redensarten. I,535;
II,464.
73. Politis, Vera, Alan A. Reich, and Richard Sheldon
(eds.). Russian Proverbs: 100 Favorites of Professor
Nadezhda Timofeevna Koroton. Hanover, New Hampshire:
Dartmouth Triad Associates, 1998. 154 pp.
74. Portmann, Paul F. (ed.). "Ohni Wii und Brot
isch d'Liebi tod": Schweizerdeutsche
Sprichwörter. Frauenfeld: Huber, 1999. First
published with the title: "Di letschti Chue tuet's
Törli zue": Schweizerdeutsche Sprichwörter. Frauenfeld: Huber, 1983. 173 pp.
75. Predota, Stanislaw, and P.G.J. van Sterkenburg
(eds.). Nederduytse spreekwoorden (1601), hs. Krakau,
Biblioteka Jagiellowska 2812 I. Wroclaw: Wydawnictwo
Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego, 2000. 140 pp.
76. Quitout, Michel. Dictionnaire bilingue des
proverbes marocains arabe-français. Paris:
L'Harmattan, 1997. 480 pp.
77. Robea, Mihail M. Proverbe, zicatori, ghicitori
si strigaturi. Bucuresti: Casa Editoriala Muntenia,
1999. 160 pp.
78. Rosenstock, Gabriel. Irish Proverbs in Irish
and English. Cork: Mercier Press, 1999. 79 pp.
79. Sailer, Michael. Die Weisheit auf der Gasse.
Deutsche Sprichwörter. Ed. Dieter Narr.
Wiesbaden: Insel, 1959. 54 pp.
80. Schanda, Eva. Hungarian-English,
English-Hungarian Mini Dictionary of Sayings.
Magyar-angol, angol-magyar mini szólás
szótár. Budapest: János Schanda,
2000. 206 pp.
81. Schipper, Mineke. Source of All Evil: African
Proverbs and Sayings on Women. Nairobi: Phoenix
Publishers, 1992. 97 pp.
82. Scott, Michael. The Book of Celtic Wisdom. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. 107 pp.
83. Sevilla Muñoz, Julia. "El refranero hoy." Paremia, 9 (2000), 133-141.
84. Sevilla Muñoz, Julia, Jesús Cantera,
Mercedes Burrel, Javier Calzacorta, and Germán
Conde. 877 refranes españoles con su
correspondencia catalana, gallega, vasca, francesa e
inglesa. Madrid: EUNSA, 2000. 357 pp.
85. Sevilla Muñoz, Julia, and Jesús
Cantera Ortiz de Urbina. 1001 refranes
españoles con su correspondencia en ocho lenguas
(alemana, árabe, francesa, inglesa, italiana,
polaca, provenzal, y rusa). Madrid: EUNSA, 2000.
86. Simpson, John, and Jennifer Speake. The Concise
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1998. 333 pp. (1st ed. 1982, 256 pp.;
2nd ed. 1992, 316 pp.).
87. Singer, Samuel, and Ricarda Liver (eds.). Thesaurus proverbiorum medii aevi. Lexikon der
Sprichwörter des romanisch-germanischen
Mittelalters. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1999. VIII,
Linke-Niere. 484 pp.
88. Singer, Samuel, and Ricarda Liver (eds.). Thesaurus proverbiorum medii aevi. Lexikon der
Sprichwörter des romanisch-germanischen
Mittelalters. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1999. IX,
niesen-Schädlichkeit. 475 pp.
89. Singer, Samuel, and Ricarda Liver (eds.). Thesaurus proverbiorum medii aevi. Lexikon der
Sprichwörter des romanisch-germanischen
Mittelalters. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2000. X,
Schaf-sollen. 443 pp.
90. Snegirev, I.M. Russkie narodnye poslovitsy i
pritchi. Moskva: V" Universitetskoi Tipografii, 1848;
rpt. ed. by Evgenii Kostiukhin. Moskva: "Indrik," 1999.
624 pp.
91. Tange, Ernst Günter. Zitatenschatz
für Lebenskünstler. Frankfurt am Main:
Eichborn, 2000. 95 pp.
92. Varrini, Giulio, and Maler [Friedrich]
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Bernardini. Heidelberg: Carl Winter, 2000. 78 pp. (with
39 ills.).
93. Welsch, Roger L. "Sayings, Proverbs, and Beliefs." A Treasury of Nebraska Pioneer Folklore. Ed. Roger
L. Welsch. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska
Press, 1966. 266-280.
94. Williams, Fionnuala. Irish Proverbs:
Traditional Wit & Wisdom. New York: Sterling
Publishing, 2000. 128 pp.
95. Wortman, Art (ed.). Will Rogers: Wise and Witty
Sayings. Kansas City, Missouri: Hallmark Editions,
1969. 62 pp.
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