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Home is home, be it ever so homely.
A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.
Charity begins at home.
A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.
Covetousness brings nothing home.
A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.
On first looking into Chapman’s Homer
The speaker likens years of reading to travel through golden realms and western islands, says he never breathed the pure air of Homer's domain until he heard Chapman, and compares the moment to an astronomer sighting a new planet and to explorers staring silently at an unknown ocean.
Written on Coming Home
I left home young and come back old; my home accent unchanged, the hair at my temples thinned. The children see me and do not know me; laughing, they ask where the guest has come from.
回乡偶书
Concerning the Hawk and the Owl
Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.
Concerning the Leopard, the Squirrel, and the Tortoise
Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.
How a Hunter obtained Money from his Friends the Leopard, Goat, Bush Cat, and Cock, and how he got out of repaying them
Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.
How the Tortoise overcame the Elephant and the Hippopotamus
Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.
Of the Fat Woman who Melted Away
Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.
Of the Pretty Girl and the Seven Jealous Women
Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.
The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus lives in the Water
Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.
The Ass and His Purchaser
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Ass and the Lapdog
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Ass and the Mule
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Bee and Jupiter
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Boy and the Nettles
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Cat and Venus
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Cock who caused a Fight between two Towns
Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.
The Disobedient Daughter who Married a Skull
Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.
The Eagle and the Jackdaw
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Election of the King Bird (the black-and-white Fishing Eagle)
Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.
The Farmer and the Fox
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Frogs’ Complaint Against the Sun
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.