Folklore
Right words said by the forefathers folklore: proverbs and old sayings, traditions and superstitions, spells and incantations, traditional songs, riddles, carols.Folklore, Categories
The frog saw how the horses were shod, so she also lifted up her foot.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish
A liar is worse than a thief.
Proverbs and old sayings
He who does not whip the child does not mend the youth.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
Leave in the daylight, don't leave in the dark.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
He that is fraid of a far--should never hear thunder.
Proverbs and old sayings
No man can be a good ruler unless he has first been ruled.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
Never judge things of which you only know the shadow.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
Who hath no courage must have legs.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
Never use a dwarf to measure the depth of the water.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
A man without a woman is only half a man.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
He who gossips and he who listens to it deserve to be thrown to the dogs.
Proverbs and old sayings
Someone with an unrelenting heart is his own executioner.
Proverbs and old sayings Greek
He who saves in little things, can be liberal in great ones.
Proverbs and old sayings German
The narrower the cage, the sweeter the liberty.
Proverbs and old sayings German
Two hard flints never grind well.
Proverbs and old sayings German
Ill gotten goods never thrive.
Proverbs and old sayings German
Every medal has its reverse.
Proverbs and old sayings French
An overly modest man goes hungry.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian
Do when ye may, or suffer ye the nay, in love 'tis the way.
Proverbs and old sayings English
It isn't a fit night out for man nor beast.
Proverbs and old sayings English
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
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
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
