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Some lullabies and topical songs collected in Persiaarticle 1906 • Phillott, D. C. (Douglas Craven)
Iran • Middle East > Middle East
The original Persian texts as well as some of the English translations of these lullabies and topical songs may be found in this article. The author was a British Army officer who served for two years in Iran....Some Persian riddles collected from dervishes in the south of Persiaarticle 1906 • Phillott, D. C. (Douglas Craven)
Iran • Middle East > Middle East
Both the original Persian texts and the English translations of these riddles are provided in this article....Some street cries collected in Persiaarticle 1906 • Phillott, D. C. (Douglas Craven)
Iran • Middle East > Middle East
The street cries listed here were collected by the author in Kerman. In addition to linguistic data, information is provided on food preferences, business methods of particular vendors and some aspects of religious behavior....Bibliomancy, divination, superstitions, amongst the Persiansarticle 1906 • Phillott, D. C. (Douglas Craven)
Iran • Middle East > Middle East
Persian beliefs and practices related to the evil eye, lucky and unlucky days, and omens and their interpretations are discussed in this article....A note on sign-, gesture-, code-, and secret-language, etc. amongst the Persiansarticle 1908 • Phillott, D. C. (Douglas Craven)
Iran • Middle East > Middle East
This article presents examples of signs, signals, and gestures, secret or otherwise, used by the Persians in their daily life. The Persian word and its English equivalent are given, followed by a description of the gesture or pantomime used to signif...Common saws and proverbs collected, chiefly from dervishes, in southern Persiaarticle 1906 • Phillott, D. C. (Douglas Craven)
Iran • Middle East > Middle East
This collection of common proverbs was made by the author during a two-year residence in southern Persia. The list was checked for authenticity by three educated Persians. The text of the proverbs are not indexed for subjects, and except for one or t...Some current Persian tales collected in the south of Persia from professional story-tellersarticle 1907 • Phillott, D. C. (Douglas Craven)
Iran • Middle East > Middle East
Lt. Colonel Phillott has presented five Persian tales in the original Persian and in English translation, selected on the basis of simplicity of language and their many colloquialisms. There is a variety of ethnographic data in the footnotes to the t...