Provençal proverb

Lia ren de pu bèu
Que la graisso souto la pèu.

Children

Maritime Provençal

Lia ren de pu bèu
Que la graisso souto la pèu.

Meaning

There is nothing more beautiful than fat beneath the skin.

Note : Said of a very chubby small child.

Theme

Children

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

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