Hares are proverbially timid and a number of fables have been based on this behaviour. For example, a "typical" inhabitant of Berlin of 1938 would proverbially be a Silesian. The bride's family were proverbially wealthy bankers, originally based in Norwich. Proverbially Stirling is the strategically important "Gateway to the Highlands". The second mate's is proverbially a dog's berth. Proverbially it is the strategically important "Gateway to the Highlands". "Cenmar's compensation" is used proverbially in Persian and Arabic.