Literary notes about granary (AI summary)
Literary works employ "granary" in a rich variety of ways, both as a tangible storehouse of food and as a potent symbol of wealth or security. In many narratives, such as those in Philippine Folk Tales ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5]), the granary is literally where rice is stored and even becomes the setting for rituals and symbolisms of abundance. In the works of Thomas Hardy, notably in The Mayor of Casterbridge and Far from the Madding Crowd ([6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14]), it is not only a physical structure but also a focal point around which themes of duty, justice, and destiny revolve. Moreover, fables and proverbial texts frequently use the granary metaphorically—to suggest accumulation, preparedness, or the crucial role of even a single grain in fostering community support ([15], [16], [17], [18])—while historical and descriptive accounts compare cities to granaries, underscoring their importance as treasure troves of sustenance and power ([19], [20], [21]).
- One day the king sent for him and said: A rice granary “I want you to bring to me a beautiful princess who lives in a land across the sea.
— from Philippine Folk Tales - Before the bundles of ripened rice can be put into the granary a ceremony is made for the spirits.
— from Philippine Folk Tales - Then when they are ripe, build a granary to put the rice in until you shall need it, and a sugar-press to crush the cane.
— from Philippine Folk Tales - Bringing water from the stream 160 Bagobos, Davao, Mindanao 161 A rice granary 196 Methods of transportation
— from Philippine Folk Tales - So Ligi went home and built a rice granary to hold his grain, and when he returned to the field the rice was all cut.
— from Philippine Folk Tales - asked Solomon Longways as he worked beside Henchard in the granary weighing oats.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy - At the back of the wall was a corn-yard with its granary and barns—the place wherein she had met Farfrae many months earlier.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy - They have only gone up into the granary.”
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy - He had reached the granary steps and was about to ascend, when he said to himself aloud, “I'm stronger than he.”
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy - The granary was just within the farm-yard, and stood on stone staddles, high enough for persons to walk under.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy - “I never found out who it was that sent us to Durnover granary on a fool's errand that day,” said Donald, in his undulating tones.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy - “Out of bed, sir, and off to the granary, or you leave my employ to-day! 'Tis to teach ye a lesson.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy - “Ah—it's Miss Newson,” he said as soon as he could see into the granary.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy - What do you want here?" "The key of the granary.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy - One grain does not fill the granary, but it helps its companion.
— from A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs - Work waits, time flies; adieu:-- This gabble does not fill My granary or till.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine - Weasel in a Granary.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine - WEASEL IN THE GRANARY.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine - [ Alexandria may well be called the key, claustra, of Egypt, which was the granary of Rome.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius - 96 contains sections on dispensaries ( Hui min yao kü ), granary regulations ( Shi ti ), and regulations for a time of dearth ( Chen Sü ).
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Marco Polo and da Pisa Rusticiano - —A village servant in South Canara, appointed to watch the store-rooms (ugrāna), e.g. , the village granary, treasury, or bhūta-sthāna.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston