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Headword: Alektôr pinei kai ouk ourei
Adler number: alpha,1115
Translated headword: a cock drinks and does not pass water; a (?)dormouse does not drink and passes water
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
This spell is said when a donkey has difficulty in passing water.
Greek Original:
Alektôr pinei kai ouk ourei. muxos ou pinei kai ourei: legetai hê epôidê hautê eis dusourian onou.
Note:
See again at mu 1419.
Keywords: daily life; medicine; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 3 April 2000@11:31:17.
Vetted by:
Ross Scaife ✝ (keywords, etc. Meaning of mu/cos uncertain?) on 4 April 2000@15:40:31.
David Whitehead (modified headword and translation; added note and keywords) on 26 January 2001@10:28:27.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 6 August 2009@06:59:26.
David Whitehead (tweaks) on 3 February 2012@05:56:45.

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