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"Bodajbyś ty tysiónc gajdów zjod"

Surroundings of Cieszyn; In standard Polish: "Bodajbyś ty tysiąc gajdów [żad?]", which translates as "If you only had a thousand gajdy … [?]"; According to Kubik it is one of 2 proverbs that "concern people, particularly when screaming too loudly, often unpleasant for an environment of children" [?]; NB: ➺ "Isto zjod sto gajdów, ...".


Sources

Kubik, Józef: Przysłowia i wyrażenia przysłowiowe o instrumentach dętych (Proverbs and proverbial expressions about wind instruments). In: Polskie instrumenty ludowe… (1981), p.125 (»Krzyżanowski/Adalberg, I;592).

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