Folklore
Right words said by the forefathers folklore: proverbs and old sayings, traditions and superstitions, spells and incantations, traditional songs, riddles, carols.Folklore, Categories
To get rid of anger, first weed out the bitter roots.
Proverbs and old sayings
The crab has stuck fast between the stones at the entrance of its hole.
Proverbs and old sayings Zulu
Medicine that heals is not always sweet and caring words are not always pleasant.
Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan
A fool who knows Latin is never a real fool.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
As brisk as bottled ale.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
Whether you hit an owl with a stump, or a stump with an owl.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
We don't kill a pig every day.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian
Now my resources are reduced to a narrow compass.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
Wisdom is lost in a fat man's body.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
The sound of the bell does not drive away rooks.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
The beard does not make the philosopher.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
Fair words, but look to your purse.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
Let him who will not have advice have conflict.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
Every invalid is a physician.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
There are seven different kind of weather in one autumn night.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic
He who is in a hurry always arrives late.
Proverbs and old sayings Georgian
For sake of the knight the lady kisses the squire.
Proverbs and old sayings French
The worst jests are those that are true.
Proverbs and old sayings French
A penny spared is better than a florin gained.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
A full vessel must be carried carefully.
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
As porridge benefits those who heat and eat it, so does a child benefit those that rear it.
Proverbs and old sayings about children
A cheerful wife is a joy of life.
Proverbs and old sayings British about joy, wife, life
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
What is always before you, yet you can never see it?
Your future.
Riddles
A handful of gold is a heart of iron.
Proverbs and old sayings American about heart
He who hesitates, regrets.
Proverbs and old sayings Albanian
The frog wanted to be as big as the elephant, and burst.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian
What is the angriest kind of wind?
A crosswind.
Riddles
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
