Folklore
Right words said by the forefathers folklore: proverbs and old sayings, traditions and superstitions, spells and incantations, traditional songs, riddles, carols.Folklore, Categories
Do not belittle what you did not cultivate.
Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan
People who have little to do are excessive talkers.
Proverbs and old sayings
Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
Dogs understand each other by their barking, and men by their words.
Proverbs and old sayings
With a good farm, garden and vineyard, all your problems will be cured.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
What you can do today do not leave off for tomorrow.
Proverbs and old sayings Serbian
Maistery mowes the Meadows down.
Proverbs and old sayings
A field in common is always ravaged by bears.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
He that never rode never fell.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian
The grunts of pigs never make it to heaven.
Proverbs and old sayings Polish
Do not make yourself so big, you are not so small.
Proverbs and old sayings Jewish
Every story has two sides and every song has twelve versions.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic
Who readily borrows, readily lies.
Proverbs and old sayings German
What goes down usually comes up.
Proverbs and old sayings German
When the blind man carries the banner, woe to those who follow.
Proverbs and old sayings French
Beauty and folly are often companions.
Proverbs and old sayings French
Where god builds a church, the devil will build a chapel.
Proverbs and old sayings English
All are not thieves that dogs bark at.
Proverbs and old sayings English
When a slave mounts a camel he wants to ride on both humps.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian
Short flax makes long thread.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
What grows when it eats, but dies when it drinks?
Fire.
Riddles
If the pills were pleasant, they would not want gilding.
Proverbs and old sayings American
At night they come without being fetched,
And by day they are lost without being stolen.
Stars
Riddles
The ant shall never crawl on its knees.
Proverbs and old sayings
Shameful eats the bone.
Proverbs and old sayings Romanian
It has a crown, but is is not a king, it has roots, but is not a plant. (The tooth)
Riddles
A centipede is not crippled by the loss of one limb.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
As porridge benefits those who heat and eat it, so does a child benefit those that rear it.
Proverbs and old sayings about children
Wait for the night before saying that the day has been beautiful.
Proverbs and old sayings Bengali about night, day
A cheerful wife is a joy of life.
Proverbs and old sayings British about joy, wife, life
Even a pigeon has a pussy
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish
I'm not fragile like a flower;
I'm fragile like a bomb.
Proverbs and old sayings English
Lesson: Don't lose your pen
Proverbs and old sayings American about teaching, depression, marriage, food, children, work, money, death
What is the center of gravity?
The letter V.
Riddles
It's better to keep what little you have, than to risk it for something more.
Proverbs and old sayings American about risk
A journey of a thousand miles began with a single step.
Riddles
Poor iron won't make a sharp sword.
Proverbs and old sayings Afghan
When good cheer is lacking, our friends will be packing.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
It is better to forgive the quilty one than to punish the innocent.
Proverbs and old sayings Romanian
You will never be loved if you think only of you.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
All is fair in love and war
Proverbs and old sayings British about war, love, old, olderness
A handful of gold is a heart of iron.
Proverbs and old sayings American about heart
A journey of a thousand miles began with a single step.
Riddles
As lately we watched
As lately we watch'd o'er our fields thro' the night,
A star there was seen of such glorious light.
All thro' the night, angels did sing,
Carols so sweet of the birth of a King.
A King of such beauty was ne'er...
Proverbs and old sayings American about earth, night, fame, air, name, beauty, sky, light, mother
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
Proverbs and old sayings American
It's always darkest before the dawn.
Proverbs and old sayings American
The enemy of my enemy is my friend
Proverbs and old sayings American about enemies
Be yourself in every situation.
Proverbs and old sayings American
It's better to keep what little you have, than to risk it for something more.
Proverbs and old sayings American about risk
When one dog barks another will join it.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
What one knows it is sometimes useful to forget.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
Trouble rides a fast horse.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the scythe.
Proverbs and old sayings Chechen
The right man comes at the right time.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about rightness, time, man
The morning is wiser than the evening.
Proverbs and old sayings Czech
The Devil looks after his own
Proverbs and old sayings German about devil, old, olderness
The comforter's head never aches.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about heads
Some people are masters of money, and some its slaves.
Proverbs and old sayings Chechen about money, people
