Sayings of the rural peoples of Polactious

"'By Hestu's light!' Many of the things the people say in Polactious have roots that go back further then the ruination. This is a quick summery of some of those sayings." - Books of The People, Stanley Drecklet, 1678 ED Most of these idioms are spoken by humans, as that is they tend to spread every where and bring their vernacular with them, but other races can pick them up and use them in their speech.

Geographical Distribution

For the most part, these sayings are centralized in places that are majority human and are rural. They'll leak into the speech of the larger cities but often times the nobles will refuse to say these things by sign of being a rube. These saying are tied to the common nature of religious structures in the rural central of Polactious or are reflections of the things that concern the lives of farmers and herdsfolk.

Common Phrases

By Hestu's light

An expression of shock

Not even by friendish mind

An idea is so absurd not even a devil or demon would consider it

When angels return

The person saying this deosn't believe that something will be done

Good Sun!

A greeting for the daytime that wishes luck upon the recipient. Mostly used by rural individuals like farmers

A threat isn't here

There isn't a need to rush because nothing is forcing them to act."Threat" can be replaced with anything that would force action.

If you can carry it then it's Hestu's

An idea that the belongings of mortals are also of their god's ownership. Generally used to enchurage or denote a minimalist ideal or to convince someone to abandon something

Making the good grow faster wont make our job easier

Wisdom often passed on to children. The level of understanding of magic that a rural farmer has is often enough to know when a local druid is saying something believe them, and this is a saying that would have started with a mage's explanation of natural spell works

A sword doesn't feed the body or soul

Another piece of wisdom for youngsters, usually to discourage adventuring or fighting in wars/battles for a lord