Polish Proverbs
Collected by Joanne Asala
Wycinanki by Alice Wadowski-Bak

Proverbs in English with some original Polish versions given. Accompanied by striking black-and-white wycinanki, or paper cuttings, by Alice Wadowski-Bak: "Na wzsysztko jest przyslowie" there is a proverb for everything.

Beautiful wycinanki, a Polish art form that creates traditional designs by paper cutting, graces front and back covers in full color. Wycinanki designs in black and white illustrate the pages of Polish proverbs inside.

Proverbs gathered from historical and modern day sources offer insight and wit on such topics as love and marriage, romance, law and order, religion, home and family, bread and beer, nature, money, friends, and the cycle of life.

Examples of Polish proverbs:

• Love yourself, and be hated by the multitudes.
• May the Lord grant me a sword and no need to use it.
• Krakow was not built in a day.
• Without work there is no bread.
• Nowadays to meet an angel, you must go to Heaven.
• Trust in the Lord, and then put your shoulder to the wheel.
• Eat short banquets, live a long life.
• Love your neighbor, but do not remove the fence.

Publishing House: Penfield Press, Iowa City 2002
SoftCover book measuring 6" x 9"
64 pages
English Language Version

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