Provençal proverb

A Nouvè 'me tei paren, a Pasco 'me toun cura.

Months and Days

Maritime Provençal

A Nouvè 'me tei paren, a Pasco 'me toun cura.

Meaning

At Christmas with your kin, at Easter with your priest.

Note : In Provence, family gatherings are very numerous during the Christmas festivities. Christmas is to the family what Easter is to religious duties.

Theme

Months and Days

Source : La Tour-Keyrié, Recueil de proverbes provençaux (1882), Gallica — public domain. Maritime Mistralian normalisation by Lingua Nostra.

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