Arabic proverb of the day highlights the saying “The end result of a good deed is a slap with the palms.” The proverb ...

The Old English Proverb that April showers bring May flowers seemed prophetic as the month began with rain. The Hill Country hamlet of Hurricane in North Mississippi has the woodlands ...

Outlander season 7 features more Scottish Gaelic than ever before - here's what terms like Sassenach, Mo Chridhe, and other ...

Last time, we sought a name for common expressions “that are used correctly but refer to activities completely unfamiliar to ...

If you’re still awake after that April diatribe, here’s a few notes on sports, which I think I’m actually supposed to be writing about in this space. The final participant in this year’s Final Four ...

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As I bundled up on the first to face the freeze, I found myself thinking about that very old piece of weather folklore that’s often cited at this time of year: “March comes in like a lion and goes out ...

Your device does not support the audio. You can hear it in a school hallway, a grocery store checkout line, or a group chat: someone looks out the window, shakes their head, and says, “March comes in ...

The first generation makes it, the second generation spends it and the third generation loses it. You’ve probably heard some version of the “Shirtsleeves ...

The Old English Proverb that April showers bring May flowers seemed prophetic as the month began with rain. The Hill Country hamlet of Hurricane in North Mississippi has the woodlands ...

THIS book is intended to serve two distinct objects: to serve as a chrestomathy of the Hausa language, and as a collection of the local folk-lore and custom. It contains a series of lithographed Háusa ...