FAT AND MERRY; LEAN AND SAD
A book of proverbs has this: "The louke mon is lethe bei; • Selde comid his lierte rei; He liavit stoni lierte.” Translated into modern English the proverb—which is reputed to date from Saxon times—runs : “The lanky man is lazy; Seldom is his heart stirred; He has a stony heart.” Here is an amplified modern rendering: . Fair and foolish, little and loud; Long and lazy, black and proud; Fat and merry, lean and sad; Pale and pettish, red and bad. Here, then, is confirmation of the impression that the fat man is a merry man, and that the skinny man is a sad man.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIX, 29 January 1936, Page 10
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109FAT AND MERRY; LEAN AND SAD Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIX, 29 January 1936, Page 10
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