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Indeed it is true that Konkani proverbs do not belong to anyone and we have not been able to find out the original writer of the Konkani Proverbs which may be over 100 years old. As I recollect, the topic of Proverbs first came on Goanet in 2002, though I cant find it in the archives, and ever since then I had been compiling them as I always had an interest in them. I remember Cine/Goa times had one column 'Tum Zannaim' which were mostly these proverbs. I had a collection of the same but lost them when I came to Saudi Arabia. On 28th Aug 03 there was a post from Sonia regarding this proverbs and Floriana responded with a request for more proverbs from goanetters(Wisdom in Konkani Proverbs). I responded first, then Cypriano, Domnic n others followed. There were also some suggestions of books available, among them was Fr. Antonio Pereira’s “Oparinchem Bhanddar” which was not available that time, ( I think Valmiki had the copy) a book by Chavan (in Devnagri script) and some others. I later compiled (sorted alphabetically, rearranged as there were duplicates) all the proverbs and sent them to those who had requested with a note of thanks to Cyprian, Domnic and rest of the Goanetters for contributing to the proverbs. At that time there was no mention of any sites where the proverbs are available, but as I checked the GoaNow archive, I saw some proverbs column which was started in Aug 03 This column has some proverbs from Fr. Antonio's book and some from the goanet. If one googles for konkani Proverbs, there is not much free stuff available other then the Goanet. I will continue to compile this list with new proverbs as I come across.If any Goanetter needs a copy, please drop in a line on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards Eddie Verdes Jeddah/KSA ---- Original Message ----- From: "domnic fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 3:17 PM Subject: [Goanet]NEW KONKANI PROVERBS? Here is how the 300+ Konkani proverbs were collected and posted on Goanet. Last September, there was an article by Florina Fernandes from the States about Konkani proverbs. In this article she mentioned a couple of proverbs and said it would be nice if we had a collection of Goan proverbs. So, initially Cypriano, Eddie and I taxed our brains and came up with some proverbs. Many others joined us in the fray, so to say. In all, we posted We posted Goan proverbs on Goanet out of our love for Konkani and for Goanetters’ free consumption – not for personal gains!